March PineStraw 2018 by PineStraw Magazine

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134 Lawrence Overlook, West End

“Thistle Dhu” historic Pinehurst home meticulously restored and renovated. 6 bedrooms, 7/3 bathrooms.

CCNC beautifully crafted with style and comfortable elegance. Exceptional indoor and outdoor living with golf and water views; many special features. 4 bedrooms, 4/3 bathrooms.

Seven Lakes West. Lakefront home with optional Pinehurst Country Club membership. Home has 2-acres, gym, workshop, and guest quarters with kitchen. 5 bedrooms, 6/1 bathrooms.

220 Merry Way, Southern Pines

2335 Midland Road, Pinehurst

805 South Diamondhead Drive, Pinehurst

Elevated private equine retreat on over 17-acres in Horse Country. Rolling pastures, 3,500+sf home plus barn. Outdoor fire-pit for star gazing. Trails galore. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

This charming, renovated cottage offers an open kitchen/family room, lush master suite, 4-car garage, 2 lots, and extraordinary landscape and hardscape. 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms.

Luxurious custom home with Lake Pinehurst views. 4,800sf with a chef’s kitchen, expansive layout, 2 wood burning fireplaces, multiple decks & patios. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

810 Lake Dornoch Drive, Pinehurst

80 Cypress Point Drive, Southern Pines

118 Saint Mellions Drive, Pinehurst

CCNC This home on 5.4-acres has an open floor plan and offers transitional living with stunning golf vistas; varied ceiling designs, cedar shake roof & more. 3 bedrooms, 4/2 bathrooms.

“Fair Hill” offers an open plan, spacious master suite, office/bar, pool. Porch and terrace overlook Cardinal’s 10 th fairway, tee box and green. 4 bedrooms, 4/2 bathrooms.

Pinehurst National 9 - Lakefront, golf front, 3,850sf, Camina Design, high ceilings, tall windows, and intricate moldings & trim. 3 bedrooms, 2/1 bathrooms.

105 Gordon Point, West End

102 Douglas Drive, West End

23 Whithorn Court, Pinehurst

Seven Lakes West. Unique lakefront home designed to captivate the lake views. Spacious living, clean lines, 2 fireplaces, metal roof, maintenance free exterior. 3 bedrooms, 4/1 bathrooms.

Seven Lakes West. All brick, water front home with over 3,700sf plus 1300sf unfinished. Well maintained, large bedrooms & closets, outdoor fireplace and seating area. 3 bed, 3 bath.

Spacious, elegant home built with craftsmanship using superlative materials with an eye to detail. Light-filled rooms with 9’-12’ foot ceilings. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

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

$2,700,000 MLS 183960 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

$1,250,000 MLS 184086 Deb Darby 910-783-5193

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$975,000 MLS 184183 Marie O’Brien 910-528-5669

$875,000 MLS 185463 Carolyn Hallett 910-986-2319

$665,500 MLS 185313 Linda Criswell 910-783-7374

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$1,490,000 MLS 182888 Linda Criswell 910-783-7374

$759,000 MLS 185774 Frank Sessoms 910-639-3099

$649,900 MLS 186100 Linda Criswell 910-783-7374

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105 Bancroft Court, West End

240 Frye Road, Pinehurst

Built in 1916, Onondaga Cottage is conveniently located. Buy a piece of history. Large corner lot, private back yard, lush landscaping and with lots of possibilities. 4 bed, 3/1 bath.

Seven Lakes West. Great opportunity to own an all brick golf front home. Value price with over 6,500sf & a 4-car garage, theater room, gym space & 3 gas fireplaces. 4 bed, 4/1 bath.

Just steps from The Village of Pinehurst. This home is compact on the outside and expansive on the inside. Beautifully landscaped with a koi-filled pond & waterfall. 4 bed, 4 bath.

29 Devon Drive, Pinehurst

114 Timber Ridge, West End

20 Linville Drive, Pinehurst

Pinewild. Timeless custom-built golf front home. Large bonus room, workshop, 3-car garage, open kitchen, screened porch. 3 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

Seven Lakes West. Custom details throughout. Gorgeous pool and hot tub. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms.

CCNC brick home with large family room, white kitchen, hardwoods, pool, and patio. 3 bedrooms, 2/1 bathrooms.

4 Royal Dornoch Lane, Pinehurst

35 Whistling Straight, Pinehurst

250 Sugar Gum Lane #208, Pinehurst

Overlooking 11th green of Dogwood, granite, stainless, plantation shutters, 2 fireplaces, generator, covered slate porch. Perfect year-round living or golf getaway home. 2 bed, 3 bath.

Location, location. Turnkey living with custom upgrades throughout. 4 bedrooms, 3/1 bathrooms.

208 Lakeview condo, waterfront view, furninshed, transferrable PCC membership, new HVAC, HOA pool, rare find. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.

$629,000 MLS 186041 Scarlett Allison 910-603-0359

$529,000 MLS 184587 Kay Beran 910-315-3322

$475,000 MLS 183367 Carolyn Hallett 910-986-2319

Southern Pines Office

$619,900 MLS 186245 Linda Criswell 910-783-7374

$595,000 MLS 178697 Kay Beran 910-315-3322

$500,000 MLS 177618 Jennifer Nguyen 910-585-2099

$369,000 MLS 186408 Jennifer Nguyen 931-561-8000

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$485,000 MLS 185126 Carolyn Hallett 910-986-2319

$149,750 MLS 179434 Frank Sessoms 910-639-3099

Southern Pines, NC 28387

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FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS 67 Pleasures of Life

17 Simple Life

26 PinePitch 29 Instagram Winners 31 Good Natured

69 Birdwatch

By Jim Dodson

By Karen Frye

33 The Omnivorous Reader By Stephen E. Smith

37 Bookshelf 43 A Writer’s Life By Wiley Cash

47 Hometown By Bill Fields

49 Pappadaddy

51 In the Spirit

55 The Kitchen Garden

59 Character Study

63 Mom, Inc.

By Clyde Edgerton

By Tony Cross

By Jan Leitschuh

77 When I Love Spring Poetry by Sarah Edwards

By Tom Allen

78 Who’s on First?

By Bill Fields When the boys of spring called Carolina home

By Susan Campbell

71 Sporting Life

82 Night Work

By Tom Bryant

By Jim Moriarty Exploring deep space in Jackson Springs

73 Golftown Journal By Lee Pace

104 117 125

Arts & Entertainment Calendar SandhillSeen PineNeedler By Mart Dickerson

127 The Accidental Astrologer By Astrid Stellanova

128 SouthWords By Ray Linville

86 A Cut in Time

By Haley Ray Carving out a piece of art

90 Long Live Loblolly

By Deborah Salomon The halls are alive, with the sound of . . . a new generation

103 Almanac

By Ash Alder Heirloom azalea, four-leaf clovers and two full moons

By Samara Wright By Renee Phile

65 Out of the Blue

By Deborah Salomon

Cover Photograph by Tim Sayer On the Cover:

Pinecrest High School pitcher/outfielder Nik Pry plays the role of a member of the 1909 Philadelphia Phillies.

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22 stoneykirk drive All brick 4 BR / 3.5 BA home located on .9 acres on a quiet street in nice, private setting. The master suite features tray ceiling, a sitting room w/deck access and over 200 square feet of closet space while the main level features beautiful updated kitchen.

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915 rays Bridge road Beautifully renovated 3 BR / 2.5 BA lakefront home featuring oversized living room w/fireplace and French doors to the spacious deck as well as gourmet kitchen w/marble countertops and stainless steel appliances. Charming gazebo and private lake…a must see!

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105 tall timBers drive Amazing 5 BR / 4.5 BA brick home in desirable Pine Grove Village offers great living space for a large family. In addition to a large living room, dining room and spacious family room, the sellers have added a master suite and a master bath w/adjoining study

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205 national drive Very nice all brick 3 BR / 2 BA home w/views of the 7th and 8th holes of Pinehurst #9. The home features split bedroom plan, private den/office off the foyer, lots of living space and centrally located close to shopping and dining….a must see!

145 Quail hollow drive Enchanting 3 BR / 2.5 BA sun-drenched home in prestigious CCNC, nestled in the back of 1.5 acres on the golf course. A large terrace encompasses the back of the house overlooking the pond and Holes 5 and 15, great for outdoor entertaining.

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4 Buckingham Place Gorgeous all brick 3 BR / 3 BA townhome in desirable Cotswold. With over 2,600 sq. ft. of living area, the floorplan is bright and open w/ expansive living room with center fireplace surrounded by custom built-ins. The living area is open to the oversized rear patio and offers great privacy.

1060 Burning tree road Lovely 5 BR / 3.5 BA waterfront home w/incredible panoramic views of Lake Pinehurst. Main level includes spacious living room, cathedral ceiling and brick fireplace, while the lower level features family room w/fireplace and double doors that open to a fabulous screen porch and lower level deck.

4 Biltmore Place Elegant 4 BR / 3.5 BA two story golf front home located on Pinehurst #3 course. Offering over 3,600 square feet of living area, this all brick home is light and open w/spacious living area opening to the formal dining area, kitchen and informal breakfast area as well as the covered patio. Also upstairs there is a sitting alcove and a separate office.

Pinehurst • $439,000

Pinehurst • $375,000

Pinehurst • $350,000

16 montrose court Stunning 4 BR / 3.5 bath home in Pinewild CC offers open and airy floorplan w/beautiful hardwood floors in the main living areas. The living room has gas fireplace w/built-in base cabinet and bookshelves. Gourmet kitchen has custom wood cabinets, granite counters, center-island and walk-in pantry. A must see!

585 Burning tree road Delightful 4 BR / 3.5 BA home with custom Sergio trim work and hand-scraped Acacia hardwood floors. Kitchen has custom cabinetry w/fluted columns and granite counter tops. There are two spacious master suites w/great closet space, tiled walk-in showers, jetted tubs and custom cabinetry.

1010 morganton road Fine 3 BR / 3.5 BA home on 14th green of Pinehurst course #1. The home features two first floor master suites w/golf course views, screened in porch w/ceiling fans, large eat-in kitchen and spacious BONUS SUITE w/expansive golf front view. Also has a huge finished garage w/bay for included golf cart.

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122 mccracken drive Beautiful 3 BR / 3.5 BA lakefront home on Lake Auman. The floorplan is very open with great views from almost every room. The kitchen features custom cabinets, granite countertops, walk in pantry and a butler prep area; a wonderful place to relax and enjoy lake views!

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

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175 midland road Private 4 BR / 3.5 BA cottage located across the street from prestigious Pinehurst #2 and within walking distance to the historic Village of Pinehurst. This home offers a spacious living area that opens to a sunfilled Carolina room overlooking the gorgeous in ground pool.

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80 Braemar road Incredible golf front home in Fairwoods on 7. This beautiful 4 BR / 5.5 BA home features top of the line finishes, mouldings, marble and hard-wood slate flooring. Wow guests with the gourmet kitchen, luxurious bedroom suites, wine cellar or cascading terrace overlooking the 15th green.

106 cook Point Gorgeous 3 BR / 3.5 BA waterfront home on Lake Auman, located on a point lot at the end of a private cul-de-sac. Beautiful panoramic views on three sides of the property and great orientation to the sun insures optimum enjoyment of morning sunrises and evening sunsets!

132 otter drive Custom built 3 BR / 3.5 BA home on Lake Auman w/spectacular water views in the ever desirable Seven Lakes West community. Water front living at its finest!

Pinehurst • $698,500

mclendon hills • $595,000

Pinehurst • $589,000

85 aBBottsford drive Marvelous contemporary 4 BR / 2.5 BA home was honored as home of the year in 2006 in their price bracket. Located on the 13th green of the Holly Course, this is one of the most beautiful home sites in Pinewild, overlooking both golf and water with long views.

106 rachels Point Drop dead gorgeous 4 BR / 3.5 BA Bob Timberlake design located on 1.8 beautifully landscaped acres that slopes gently to the water and includes an outdoor kitchen on the patio, a private dock and beach with a fireplace. A must see in McLendon Hills.

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28 kilBerry drive Grand 4 BR / 5.5 BA golf front home in beautiful Pinewild CC overlooking two greens, a tee and a natural pond. The French Country style home offers a spacious interior w/gourmet kitchen, Carolina Room overlooking a hillside water feature w/waterfalls, 2 pools and a guest suite w/private bath.

Pinehurst • $649,000

537 foxfire road Stunning 3 BR / 5 BA country home on 3.64 acres just minutes from the Village of Pinehurst. The expansive floorplan is light and open and features a custom designed fireplace and lots of windows overlooking the rear of the property.

55 glasgow drive Alluring 3 BR / 3.5 BA gem located in the gated community of Pinewild CC w/beautiful views of the 3rd hole of the challenge course. This home offers beautiful floorplan w/ soaring ceilings, cozy living area complete w/fireplace and designer kitchen.

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

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www.maisonteam.com Jacob Sutherland This month, we would like to feature an agent who is the backbone of Maison Real Estate Team, Jacob Sutherland! Jacob began working with Amy about 5 years ago after obtaining his Real Estate license. From providing support to agents, to closing over 5 million in sales, Jacob is a valuable team player. He also specializes in land development, new construction and working with builders on subdivisions. Jacob is a knowledgeable, determined agent who will not stop until he accomplishes each of his goals. His large impact on Maison will undoubtedly facilitate future growth!

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There are over 600 real estate agents in Moore County. amy stonesifer is among the top 3. Award-winning REALTOR® Amy Stonesifer got into the business of selling homes because she wanted to get out on her own. Six years ago, she realized she was becoming restless and needed new challenges beyond managing the household while her husband served in the Army in some of the most dangerous parts of the world. What started out as a simple midlife-career change quickly became one of Moore County’s fastest growing real estate firms. That’s because she realized there was an unmet need, one that she could intimately identify with: Soldiers and their families who need specialized individuals to take care of their homes while they’re away — and to sell them quickly when their assignments changed. As business boomed, she recruited the best of the best and built the Maison Real Estate Team – a team of highly talented, client-focused professionals who have the ability to meet military families where they’re at. Stonesifer’s disciplined, results-focused approach to buying and selling homes has become as much a mission as a business, one that gives back to the community and expresses deep appreciation for our men and women in uniform.

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M A G A Z I N E Volume 14, No. 3 David Woronoff, Publisher Jim Dodson, Editor

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Andie Stuart Rose, Creative Director

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Jim Moriarty, Senior Editor

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Deborah Salomon, Staff Writer Mary Novitsky, Sara King, Proofreaders CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

John Gessner, Laura Gingerich, Tim Sayer

CONTRIBUTORS Tom Allen, Harry Blair, Tom Bryant, Susan Campbell, Bill Case, Wiley Cash, Tony Cross, Al Daniels, Annette Daniels, Mart Dickerson, Clyde Edgerton, Bill Fields, Laurel Holden, Jane Lear, Jan Leitschuh, Meridith Martens, D.G. Martin, Diane McKay, Lee Pace, Jeanne Paine, Romey Petite, Renee Phile, Joyce Reehling, Stephen E. Smith, Astrid Stellanova, Angie Tally, Kimberly Taws, Ashley Wahl, Janet Wheaton

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1680 Midland Road • Southern Pines Tucked away under a magnificent canopy of towering hardwoods, Stone Oaks Farm on 6 private acres, blends turn-of-the-century charm with the finest of modern luxuries. The idyllic cottage built in 1929 was remodeled and extensively updated in 2008. Concurrently a 3900 sq. ft. addition was constructed incorporating a great room with vaulted beam and paneled ceiling, two story stone fireplace, paneled den, master suite with fireplace and three car garage with guest apartment. The exterior of the handsome expansion is clad with Tennessee field stone. The wings of the house enclose an exquisite outdoor terrace with gathering spaces for outdoor grilling, fire pit and pond. Features include 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, gourmet kitchen 5 fireplaces, 750 bottle wine cellar, 4 stall barn and paddocks. Offered at $1,600,000.

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285 N Bethesda Road

140 Pinegrove Road

Enchanting 1920’s country home in a garden setting on 4.09 acres. 4 BR, 4.5 BA with a guest cottage. Exquisite master wing, updated kitchen, 3 fireplaces. $998,000.

Exceptional renovated cottage in premier location. Beautifully designed in character with original architecture. 4BR, 3.5BA. $798,000.

101 Kirkhill Court

85 Lake Dornoch

70 Cypress Point Drive

55 Shaw Road

120 N Highland

49 Chestertown Drive

5 acres overlooking the 9th Fairway of the Cardinal Centerwood, the log cabin in the Village. An enchanting Course in CCNC, a testament to fine taste in a property built at the turn of the century, this 5BR, 5.5BA cottage Southern setting. 5BR, 5 full BA, 3 half BA. $2,775,000. represents a genuine piece of Pinehurst’s history. $1,650,000.

The best of everything in Pinehurst #9, National. Golf front CCNC with lake view. 4023 main Delightful Colonial Revival was designed by Aymar Embury Superbly built 2010 Forest Creek golf front home. Spacious light-filled rooms, antique heart pine floors house, 763 guest house addition. One floor, 5 BR, 6900 sq ft, golf simulator, elevator, wine II for the Boyd family in the 1920’s. Slate roof, 5 fireplaces, on three levels, 6BR, 6BA, 2 half BA. $785,000. 3 BR, 3.5 BA main, 1 BR, 1 BA guest. $995,000. cellar, veranda with stone fireplace. $1,999,000. hardwood floors, charming guest house. $889,000.

Maureen Clark

910.315.1080 • www.clarkproperties.com

292 Old Dewberry

8 North South Court

Gorgeous, renovated mid-century house with situated on 6.2 acres. Grandfathered horse farm with total privacy on iconic sand road. $798,000.

Mid south Club golf front 15th hole. Southern Living home, 4 BR, 3.5 BA, brilliant design. $587,500.

60 Manigault Place

177 Cross Country

Private Horse Country estate on 16.7 acres Desirable 3BR, 3BA home located in Middleton Place is perfection on one level. Backing up to a large woodland area is very quiet and including lovely lake. Faulk designed 4BR, 4.5BA, 5640 sq ft home built in 1970. $1,425,000. a choice location in the walled community. $358,000.

25 Maple Road

920 E. Massachusetts

230 Inverrary Road

124 W Chelsea Court

30’s Dutch Colonial, restored in ’06 adding two The 100 year old Rambler Cottage has a premier location in the Village with an endearing garden. Exudes wings. 4 BR, 3.5 BA, walled patio with courtyard, guest house, main floor master. $790,000. signature Pinehurst charm. 4BR, 3.5BA. $795,000.

A bit of golf heaven offering exceptional Living made simple in a beautifully designed villa in Mid one-floor living on a premier golf front South Club. Two spacious light-filled bedrooms each have location. 3BR, 3BA. $610,000. generous bathrooms with double sinks. 2BR, 2BA. $278,000.

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SIMPLE LIFE

Walter’s Saw Cutting through time

By Jim Dodson

Save for a handsaw, an old pocket

wallet and quiet memories, they are all that I have left of him.

The wallet is a fine piece of work, a gentleman’s pebble grain leather breast wallet, beautifully stitched and bearing my grandfather’s initials in gilt lettering: W.W.D. William Walter Dodson was a skilled carpenter and electrician who helped raise this region’s first electrical transmission towers and worked on the crew that wired Greensboro’s Jefferson Standard Building. During the Second World War, he also made cabinets for PT boats and built bookshelves for local public libraries. The wallet is in mint condition, lined with fine silk, its state of preservation suggesting it was scarcely used. I think my dad brought it to my grandfather upon returning from military service in England and Normandy, in 1945. My guess is, Walter rarely used it because he was a workingman who rarely, if ever, dressed up. As I remember him, he was a preternaturally quiet but gentle man in rumpled cotton pants who was either fishing or in his woodshop or massive vegetable garden — the three places I spent most of my time with him. There was always the stump of a King Edward cigar in his mouth. Walter’s handsaw, on the other hand, shows years of steady use, well worn and rusted in places near its simple wooden handle. I suppose it must be 80 years old if a day. Both wallet and saw came my way decades ago and traveled with me to

Georgia and Maine and back to Carolina in order to complete the sacred circle old elephants and most Southerners observe before they translate to a gentler, kinder place. I inherited the items from my father, who never used the wallet either — too nice, he claimed — but did use that old handsaw for years until power saws showed up in his own woodworking workshop. He made bookshelves and tables for friends and family. Not surprisingly, I picked up the woodworking bug too, clearly something in the bloodline. We hail, after all, from a long line of Carolina woodworkers, at least one of whom was a celebrated cabinetmaker. Walter’s grandfather — my great-great-granddad — was one George Washington Tate, a prominent citizen of Alamance County who helped survey the boundaries of the state’s central counties following the Civil War, but was best known for his grist mill on the Haw River and his skill at crafting fine furniture. Last summer, while attending a seminar at the Museum of Early Decorative Art (commonly known as MESDA) on the Scots-Irish furniture makers who filtered into the Carolina back country during the 18th century, I heard G.W. Tate’s name mentioned in a tone of near reverence by an expert on Piedmont furniture making, who noted that one of his most notable surviving pieces is a handmade wardrobe displayed in a Williamburg museum of early American furniture. Tate Street in Greensboro is named for this man. She was delighted when I informed her afterwards that I knew of a second splendid handwork of Tate’s. My second cousin Roger Dodson and his wife, Polly, had recently had us to supper and showed us a handsome old walnut corner cupboard that bore his distinctive mark “G.W. Tate.”

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It was his grandson Walter, however, for whom I’m partially named, who first placed a saw in my hand. One Christmas when I was about 6 or 7 years of age, visiting my grandparents in Florida, he gave me a miniature tool box with a small hammer, screw drivers and handsaw. In his modest workshop, he also showed me how to saw a straight line and hammer a nail — small tasks that seemed almost magical at the time. Somehow that kid’s toolbox disappeared over the years, probably because I used its tools constantly to build forts in the woods around our house. I recall using them to build my entry for the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. My car got eliminated early, which was perfectly fine with me. I much preferred building forts and crude furniture. It wasn’t until I was over 30 and living on the coast of Maine that two abiding passions hit me with a vengeance, both of which I trace to a quiet carpenter and gardener in rumpled pants. The first struck when my wife and I built a post and beam house on a forested hill in Maine. I helped the housewrights place the structural beams, but did most of the interior finish work myself, learning as I went. Not only did I lay and peg the 16-inch ancient pine flooring boards salvaged from a 19th-century barn in New Hampshire, I also designed and built the kitchen’s counter and cabinetry from scratch. Ditto the adjoining walls of pine bookshelves in the living room. My distinctly Southern mama, when she first walked into our home, smiled and remarked, “Honey, all this wood is very pretty. But when are you going to finish this house?” The Canadian hemlock beams and pine floors and cabinets cast a golden glow over everything, especially as the sun shone through our tall south-facing windows. Over nearly two decades that followed, I loved the subtle creaks and moans the beams and floors made as the house settled and the wood aged, especially in the dead of winter when the sun struck the beams and the house

emitted out a lovely scent of the forest. I thought of this as the house exhaling in a contented way that my late grandfather would likely have approved. Walter probably would have liked the rustic farm table and occasional table I made for the living room, too. The table we gave away when my second wife and I moved home to North Carolina. The occasional table went to my first wife’s house, where it’s still in use and quite loved today. Walter Dodson passed on when he was 64. I was 11, my first funeral, and it was really sad to see him go. He looked remarkably peaceful in his big wooden coffin, dressed in the only suit I ever saw him wear. My grandmother was a serious Southern Baptist, though Walter rarely darkened the doorway of any church. Time on the water or in his workshop or garden were his idea of worship, his way celebrating the gift of life. Anyone who works intimately with wood or tends a garden through the seasons would completely understand. As I write, this Walter is also 64 years old and preparing to build a set of ambitious bookshelves for the cozy room my wife and I have decided would make a splendid library in the old house we’ve been slowly redoing over the past 20 or so months. I have my eye on a fancy new power saw that will do just about anything from the finest trim work to cutting a rough plank flooring. It costs more than my gifted, gentle grandfather probably made in a year. Proof that you can take the boy out of the woodshop but not the other way around, however, resides in the fact that Walter’s handsaw will be hung somewhere in my new woodshop where those bookshelves will be born, a sweet reminder that the hand that shapes the cut was created long before the saw ever touched wood. PS Contact Editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.

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A Walk on Broadway Saturday, March 17 3pm Matinee & 7:30pm shows Owens Auditorium, SCC A Walk on Broadway, featuring two of Broadway’s brightest stars backed up by Maestro David Michael Wolff and The Philharmonic. If you’ve experienced A Walk on Broadway before, then you know why this is one of our most popular events of the season. Treat yourself to a tour through some of Broadway’s most popular melodies, as well as a few hidden treasures.

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PinePitch Our Little Hummingbirds One of the delights of spring is the return of our hummingbirds, and it’s not too early to start thinking about getting your garden ready for them. Come hear local ornithologist and wildlife ecologist Susan Campbell talk about “Plants that Nurture and Attract Hummingbirds.” Campbell is the North Carolina authority on hummingbirds, and you may have seen her at Weymouth Woods, where she conducts research and bands hummingbirds as they pass through. Sponsored by the Sandhills Horticultural Society and Sandhills Council of Garden Clubs, the talk takes place Friday, March 16, at 1 p.m. at the Ball Center at Sandhills Community College. Campbell will describe hummingbirds’ physical attributes and tell you the best ways to attract them. The event is free, but registration is required, so if you are interested, please email landscapegardening@sandhills.edu to reserve your spot. SCC is located at 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. For more information, call (910) 692-6185.

Dining with History at the Shaw House Back by popular demand, the creamed chicken and waffles luncheon will be served at the Shaw House Tea Room on Monday, March 19. Two years ago, the Moore County Historical Association revived the luncheon, once offered daily at the circa 1821 Shaw House. Chefs Jim Jones, co-president of MCHA, and Roberta Williams will prepare the delicious food on-site. There will be pitchers of maple syrup to drizzle on the waffles for fans of the creamed chicken-waffle-syrup taste combination. The dessert will be the traditional prune cake. There are two seatings: one at 11:30 a.m. and another at 1 p.m. Lunch will be served in both the Shaw House and the Garner House, an 18th-century cabin behind the Shaw House, both located at corner of Morganton Road and Broad Street in Southern Pines. Take-out service will be available. After lunch, diners are invited to visit the gift shop. The price per guest is $20. Please call (910) 281-5417 to make a reservation (required). For more information, call (910) 692-2051.

Magic and Mayhem Dr. Jonathan Drahos and the Uprising Theatre Company invite you to join them on Thursday, March 15, for “Magic and Mayhem,” a benefit sponsored by the village of Pinehurst at the Fair Barn in support of Shakespeare in the Pines Summer Festival’s June presentation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The festive evening begins with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by a short performance of songs and scenes reflecting the “magic and mayhem” celebrated in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The evening will also include food, a silent auction and music. Tickets for individuals are $75, $140 for couples, and $650 for tables of 10. You can purchase tickets at the door and online. The Fair Barn is located at 200 Beulah Road South, in Pinehurst. For more information and tickets, visit www. uprisingtheatrecompany.com.

BYOT (Bring Your Own Talent) The Arts Council of Moore County routinely invites all Moore County artists — actors, dancers, graphic designers, musicians, photographers, singers, visual artists, writers and other creative types — to get together for Artists Meetups. On Thursday, March 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Trinity Community Outreach Center will host an open mic acoustic event for singers, poets. A house piano, drums and sound system will be provided. Unlimited signups. Photographers, painters and dancers are welcome to capture and interpret the music. Savory and sweet snacks and light beverages provided. This is a free ACMC event. All artists are welcome to come and share their creative passion. The TCOC is located at 972 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 692-2787 or visit www.MooreArt.org/ArtistsMeetup.

Sounds on the Grounds Fundraiser On Sunday, March 25, from 4 to 8:30 p.m., come to the Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities for a familyfriendly fundraiser in support of the beautiful grounds, historic buildings and Weymouth’s wonderful community programs. Hear music by Momma Molasses, playing with James Villone and Evan Campfield on bass; 80’s Unplugged; Whiskey Pines; and Becca Rae. Enjoy food and beverage provided by Kona Ice, Wildfire Pizza, Swank Coffee, Southern Pines Brewery and Weymouth (wine), among others. Shop at pop-up stores. Tickets are $10 for members, $15 for non-members, $5 for teens (ages 12–15) when accompanied by an adult. No charge for children under 12. This event is hosted by Weymouth Young Affiliates. Weymouth Center is located at 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. For more information, call (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

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The Rooster’s Wife Friday, March 2: The Kennedys. Now in their 22nd year as recording artists, the Kennedys are continually touring the United States and United Kingdom, playing acoustic folk rock at its finest. $10. Sunday, March 4: Merlefest on the Road. Andy May, the Barefoot Movement and the Waydown Wanderers mix traditional Appalachian with whatever other styles they are in the mood to play. $20. Sunday, March 11: Hiroya Tsukamoto and Kyshona Armstrong offer Japanese folk music and poetry through words and music. $15.

Soup and Bread Come to “Empty Bowls 2018,” a fundraising event to benefit Sandhills/ Moore Coalition for Human Care, a nonprofit corporation that provides food, clothing and emergency resources to our Moore County neighbors in need. The date is Sunday, March 4, from 12 to 2 p.m., at the Country Club of Whispering Pines, where you will enjoy live music and delicious soups and desserts prepared by area restaurants and chefs, including Filly & Colts, Chef Clay White, Wolcott’s and Scott’s Table.

Friday, March 16: Ms. Adventure’s Avril Smith, Vickie Vaughn and Kimber Ludiker play fiddle, bass, and guitar and have voices that soar through original and traditional tunes.

A general admission ticket of $40 also entitles you to a keepsake pottery bowl. A limited number of $20 tickets, without keepsake bowls, are available. Tickets for children ages 10–15 are $8 while children 9 and under can partake for free. Sponsorship opportunities are available. The venue is located at 2 Clubhouse Blvd., Whispering Pines. For tickets and more information, call (910) 693-1600 (option 5) or visit www.sandhillscoalition.org.

Friday, March 23: The Steel City Rovers mix Celtic and North American traditions; and offer sophisticated musical arrangements and clever lyrical compositions. $10.

From Rio to Pinehurst The Tufts Archives and Given Memorial Library will hold its 2018 Spring Colloquium, “Where Is Golf Going?” featuring renowned golf course architect Gil Hanse, on Wednesday, March 21, in the Cardinal Ballroom at the Carolina Hotel. Hanse designed the Olympic Course in Rio de Janeiro — where golf returned as an Olympic sport for the first time in over a century — in addition to creating Pinehurst’s acclaimed short course, The Cradle, and designing the highly praised Castle Stuart Golf Links in Inverness, Scotland. He’s currently working on a redesign of the Pinehurst No. 4 course. Tickets are $100. Cocktails begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The Carolina Hotel is at 80 Carolina Vista Drive in Pinehurst. Tickets are available at the Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road in Pinehurst or at www. giventufts.org. For additional information call (910) 295-3642. TOP LEFT PHOTOGRAPH BY JEREMY LEBLED

Thursday, March 15: Open mic.

Sunday, March 18: Scroggins and Colorado perform a powerful, high mountain bluegrass explosion that features banjo and mandolin, incredible vocals and easy stage banter. $20.

Sunday, March 25: Ameranouche — a rip-roaring ensemble playing hot acoustic, Gypsy-inspired music on traditional French jazz guitars. $15. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music begins at 6:46 at the Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Prices given above are advance sale. For more information, call (910) 944-7502 or visit www.theroosterswife.org for tickets.

Back the PAC Join the Pinecrest Athletics Club at the Fair Barn on Saturday, March 10, in an evening filled with friends, food, dancing and fundraising in support of all student athletes at Pinecrest High School. From 6 to 11:30 p.m., enjoy beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres and music by DJ King Curtis. The evening will also include live and silent auctions. Tickets are $50 for individuals. Tables of eight may be reserved. You can purchase tickets at Cameron and Company, Village of Pinehurst; Knollwood Fairways and Driving Range, Southern Pines; Pinecrest High School; and First Bank, Pinecrest Branch; or by contacting Christa Gilder at (910) 528-1437 or christa.gilder@mzero.com. PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2018

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The Mighty Onion A superfood for your garden By Karen Frye

Superfoods became sought after several years

ago, and are still going strong. They are highly nutrient dense in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Usually they are plant based, and sometimes exotic. Acai, goji berries and moringa are a few of the superfoods that are not typically grown in the U.S. and can be rather expensive to add to your diet. We are more familiar with easy-to-find blueberries and raspberries.

A vegetable that tops the list of healing foods, and one you should include if you’re planting a garden this spring, is the onion. It has been used throughout the ages to treat and heal health maladies from head to toe. They grow easily here, and can be added to your diet in many ways. Grown all over the world, onions were one of the most highly revered vegetables in cultures dating back to the Egyptians. They have even been used as currency. Onions were placed in the tombs of kings, including King Tut. What makes the onion so rich in healing benefits, even more so than its relative, garlic? They are rich in a potent, well-studied bioflavonoid and powerful antioxidant, quercetin, used to treat seasonal allergies. Quercetin kills cancer cells and prevents plaque buildup in the arteries. Onions also contain sulfur compounds. These compounds have antimicrobial and anti-fungal properties that have been studied in connection with the prevention and treatment of heart disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, diabetes, asthma and many more health problems. Eating onions regularly can help lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke. We think of garlic as a potent remedy for these conditions, and a lot of people take garlic capsules daily for prevention. Actually, onion oil is 10 times more potent than garlic oil. Adding onions to your plate can help balance your blood sugar and assist in normal functioning of the liver and kidneys. Women who eat onions daily had a bone density about 5 percent higher than those who only ate onions occasionally. And eating onions regularly may help prevent periodontal disease, by reducing the harmful bacteria that leads to this problem. Even though it’s best to eat them raw, the nutritional benefits are still available if you sauté, steam or bake them. Fried onions, however, lose a lot of value. Topically, onion juice can be a very effective treatment to reduce scars. It’s so effective that there are some skin care products that use onion extract in their concoctions. A friend shared with me that his mother always reached for a raw onion to rub on insect bites to alleviate the itch. Onion poultice is easy to make, and works wonders for respiratory conditions. Simply slice a few onions and steam them for about 10 minutes. Pat them dry and wrap in a clean medium-sized dish towel. Place the warm (not too hot) poultice on the chest to break up congestion and coughing. An onion a day may keep the doctor away. After all, food is our best medicine. PS

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AUTHOR EVENTS New York Times best selling authors are coming to Southern Pines! Stop by the Country Bookshop to see and talk to them about their latest books. These events are free and open to the public.

March 6 at 5:00 pm

JOHN HART The Hush

March 12 at 5:00 pm

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The only writer in history to win consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel, New York Times bestselling author John Hart returns to the world of his most beloved novel, The Last Child. It’s been ten years since the events that changed Johnny Merrimon’s life and rocked his hometown to the core. Since then, Johnny has fought to maintain his privacy, but books have been written of his exploits; the fascination remains. Living alone on six thousand acres of once-sacred land, Johnny’s only connection to normal life is his old friend, Jack. They’re not boys anymore, but the bonds remain. What they shared. What they lost.

In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart– one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager– fight for their families’ survival in this lyrical and powerful novel

But Jack sees danger in the wild places Johnny calls home; he senses darkness and hunger, an intractable intent. Johnny will discuss none of it, but there are the things he knows, the things he can do. A lesser friend might accept such abilities as a gift, but Jack has felt what moves in the swamp: the cold of it, the unspeakable fear.

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A Generous Voice The distinguished reign of a poet laureate

By Stephen E. Smith I have seen the ones I love leave this world as shadows without wings. The purple martins that come up every year from Somewhere Leave as easily as they jetted into their gourds in March. And I have held my father’s hand as he was dying And my mother’s, lying in her lap like dried peas . . . From Paul’s Hill Shelby Stephenson North Carolina Poet Laureate With the death of Poet Laureate Sam Ragan in 1996, the office of state laureate ceased being a lifetime appointment, and sitting governors began selecting poets laureate (with recommendations from the state’s writing communities) who would promote an appreciation for an often misapprehended genre. Recent laureates have been chosen for the excellence of their work, their influence on other writers, and “an appreciation for literature in its diversity throughout the state.” The revised guidelines grant tenures ranging from a standard two-year term to five years, depending upon the governor’s readiness to select a new laureate and the willingness of the poet to serve. With the exception of a disquieting hiccup during the McCrory administration, governors have chosen poets laureate who exhibit exceptional talent and generosity — and the process has been, thank God, more or less devoid of politics. But the job of poet laureate, the physical act of getting behind the wheel of a car and driving to every corner of the state to give readings and workshops, has turned out to be anything but cushy. In fact, it’s full-time work, offering little in the way of compensation and requiring immense dedication. Beginning with Greensboro’s Fred Chappell, who was the first of the new poets laureate and whose Midquest is the finest book (poem) written by a poet of his generation, and continuing with Kathryn Stripling Byer, Cathy Smith Bowers, Joseph Bathanti and Shelby Stephenson, our poets laureate have been barnstorming nonstop for more than 20 years. From December 2014 to January 2018, Stephenson has given 315 readings, lectures and workshops, traveling from Hatteras to the Tennessee border,

twice, and driving more than 25,000 miles within the state. Stephenson, who officially leaves office when a new laureate is appointed later this month, has gently touched the lives of thousands of North Carolinians, and he leaves us with an ambitious 52-part poem, Paul’s Hill: Homage to Whitman (Sir Walter Press), which is the logical and artistic culmination of his past work framed within the hard edges of the perplexing new world in which we find ourselves. Raised in a large family that farmed in Johnston County, Stephenson is deeply rooted in a rural environment and possessed of a strong sense of longing for a particular time and place that’s never failed to offer the purest vision. His primary subjects, the foundation upon which he’s shaped most of his poems, are family, the natural world, the cycle of life, even the plank house where he was born, and despite a reliance on memory and the intensely personal nature of his poetry, there’s a restrained use of nostalgia in his work. When reading his leapfrogging lyrical lines, the reader is left with an overwhelming appreciation for the life the poet has lived and his eagerness to share his most personal moments. The light plays shadows where once cordwood readied the woodbox. My mother’s lost in the steam of her kettle. I rub my face, as if parting curtains, Wonder if I see myself in the rose-blue feathers smeared on the picture-window.

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Bliss fades into pattern I’ll ride later, dross and all. White moon, hold me in your arms. Bathe my thoughts so wild onions may climb the cold Sister Night to say to morning, “Hello, again.” A mix of spoken language and the rhymes and rhythms, the literary tongue is interspersed with hymns, dogs, goldfinches, tulip poplars, cornstalks, collards and country music resonating in song titles and country lyrics, even in the irony of a long-forgotten radio advertisement sung by Arthur Smith and the Crackerjacks: If your snuff’s too strong it’s wrong Get Tuberose get Tuberose To make your life one happy song Get Tuberose get Tuberose. Stephenson’s early poems took their inspiration from the land, but in the last 25 years he’s dealt critically with the guilt posed by slavery, the destruction of the natural environment, the dangers of romanticism, the relationship of the past to the present, and the twitches and ticks of contemporary life all infused into Paul’s Hill, anchored steadfastly in the present by the inclusion of the mundane elements of daily life and a use of language that dissolves the distinction between precincts of poetry and prose. His is the voice of a man viewing the present with skepticism, occasional distaste and a trace of anxiety.

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The flag of the Oklahoma-bombing holds one tiny baby, fire-scarred And that September, towering out of words, humble beyond relief, Some hint of lushness — and you among the moon’s heaving night — listening to whispers . . . Judged by productivity, Shelby Stephenson has, for 50 years, created poetry of high quality. Beginning with Middle Creek Poems and moving forward through his 10 books to Paul’s Hill, he’s demonstrated continued growth and has perfected a distinctly individual voice cultivated with a single-minded devotion to his vision of a North Carolina in transition. As he’s matured as a writer, he’s stepped out of the tobacco rows, assuming the role of critic, teacher, reviewer, social commentator — and, most importantly, a distinguished and generous poet laureate. PS Stephen E. Smith is a retired professor and the author of seven books of poetry and prose. He’s the recipient of the Poetry Northwest Young Poet’s Prize, the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Prize for poetry and four North Carolina Press awards.

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Gods of Howl Mountain, by Taylor Brown

This is the third novel by the acclaimed author of The River of Kings and Fallen Land set in the high country of 1950s North Carolina. Gods of Howl Mountain is a dark and compelling story of family secrets, whiskey running, vengeance and love. Maybelline Docherty, “Granny May,” is a folk healer with a dark past. She concocts potions and cures for the people of the mountains — her powers rumored to rival those of a wood witch — while watching over her grandson, Rory Docherty, who has returned from the Korean War with a wooden leg and nightmares of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Rory runs bootleg whiskey in a high-powered car to roadhouses, brothels and private clients in the mill town at the foot of the mountains. With gritty and atmospheric prose, Brown brings to life a perilous mountain and the family who rules it, tying together past and present in one captivating narrative.

What You Don’t Know about Charlie Outlaw, by Leah Stewart

After a series of missteps in the face of his newfound fame, actor Charlie Outlaw flees to a remote island in search of anonymity and a chance to reevaluate his recent breakup with his girlfriend, actress Josie Lamar. Soon after his arrival on the peaceful island, his solitary hike into the jungle takes him into danger he never anticipated. As Charlie struggles with gaining fame, Josie struggles with its loss. The star of a cult TV show in her early 20s, Josie has spent the two decades since searching for a role to equal that one, and feeling less and less like her character, the heroic Bronwyn Kyle. As she gets ready for a reunion of the cast at a huge fan convention, she thinks all she needs to do is find a part and replace Charlie. But she can’t forget him, and to get him back she’ll need to be a hero in real life.

Tangerine, by Christine Mangan

Lucy Mason was the last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband, John. After the accident at Bennington, the two friends — once inseparable roommates — haven’t spoken in over a year. But there Lucy was, trying to make things right and return to their old rhythms. Too afraid to venture out into the bustling medina and oppressive heat, Alice hadn’t adjusted to life in Morocco. Lucy, fearless and independent, helps her emerge from her flat and explore the country. Soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice — she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. When John goes missing, Alice starts to question everything around her: her relationship with her enigmatic friend, her decision to come to Tangier, and her own state of mind. Tangerine is a sharp dagger of a book, a tightly wound debut replete with exotic imagery and charm. Full of precise details and extraordinary craftsmanship, it will leave you absolutely breathless.

Caribbean Rim, by Randy Wayne White

Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams,

but he’s never faced a situation like this. Murder, sunken treasure and pirates both ancient and modern send Ford on a nightmare quest in this thrilling new novel. His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he’s run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical Resources. Its director, Leonard Nickelby, despises amateur archaeologists, which is bad enough, but now he and his young “assistant” have disappeared — along with Fitzpatrick’s impounded cache of rare Spanish coins and the list of uncharted wrecks Fitz spent decades compiling. Some of Fitz’s own explorations have been a little dicey, so he can’t go to the authorities. Doc is his only hope. But greed makes people do terrible things: rob, cheat, even kill. With stakes this high, there’s no way the thieves will go quietly — and Doc just put himself in their crosshairs.

Anatomy of a Miracle, by Jonathan Miles

The last place Private First Class Cameron Harris walked was in a field in the Darah Khujz District of Zabul Province, in Afghanistan. A paraplegic for the last four years, he lives with his older sister, Tanya, in their Biloxi, Mississippi, family home — a narrow, 50-year-old shotgun-style house that wasn’t designed for the turning radius of a wheelchair — in a neighborhood where only half the houses made it through the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina. One hot August afternoon on their daily trip to the Biz-E-Bee convenience store, as Cameron waits outside for Tanya, he suddenly and inexplicably stands up. In the aftermath of this “miracle,” Cameron finds himself a celebrity at the center of a contentious debate about what’s taken place. And when scientists, journalists and a representative from the Vatican start digging, Cameron’s deepest secrets are endangered. Written as a closely observed journalistic rendering, filtered through a wide lens that encompasses the vibrant characters, Anatomy of a Miracle is a remarkable story of the perils of grace.

The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian

From The New York Times best-selling author of The Guest Room, a powerful story of how an entire life can change in one night when a flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man — and no idea what happened. Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to morning hangovers. She’s a binge drinker with a taste for adventure who lives with occasional blackouts and the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakens in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece together the previous night, counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark hair. His utter stillness. And a slick, wet pool of blood on the crisp white sheets. Afraid to call the police, Cassie lies to the other flight attendants and pilots; she lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin; and she lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. Soon it’s too late to come clean. Could she have killed him? If not, who did? The Flight Attendant unveils a spellbinding story of the devastating consequences of addiction, and of murder far from home.

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Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover

The first time Tara Westover set foot in a classroom she was 17 years old. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-thehills bag.” In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father’s junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. As a way out, Tara began to educate herself, learning enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University. Her quest for knowledge would transform her, taking her to Harvard and, then, Cambridge University. With acute insight, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.

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Bears and Blossoms,

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The Horse’s Haiku, by Michael Rosen

From field to barn to field, the grace, playfulness and beauty of the horse is celebrated through haiku in this stunningly simple, quietly lovely picture book. Horse lovers of all ages will smile with appreciation at author Michael Rosen’s clever insights into the cool quirkiness of horses and his genuine understanding of the connection between horse and rider told exclusively through haiku. (Age 6-adult.)

Dory Fantasmagory: Head in the Clouds,

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Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, by John August

Arlo Finch moves to a new town where he joins the Rangers program and learns about the mysterious Long Woods and the magic seeping out from within them. Arlo must face down fierce enemies and help friends in need on his way to becoming a better Ranger. Filled to the brink with plot twists, turns and surprises throughout. Readers who like fantasy or realistic fiction will adore Arlo — review by Henry Bauer, 12. (Ages 10-14.) PS

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Owning the Past

For any writer — budding or in full bloom — a great story often begins someplace that’s intimately known

By Wiley Cash

When I teach creative writing, whether to

undergraduates or master’s students or community workshop participants, I always tell my class three things. First, I say that the knowledge I will share with them has been accumulated over my years of sitting at the desk and working very hard to get what is in my mind onto the page. This is my way of going about the task of writing, but it is by no means the only way of going about it. Other writers and teachers may give different or altogether conflicting advice. It is the student’s job to wade through that advice to discover what works. Second, writing is difficult, and there are no guarantees that what you are working on will ever see print. I tell them that my first publication came when I was a 20-year-old college sophomore. My second publication came when I was a 30-year-old graduate student, which means that for 10 years I was writing and submitting stories for publication without any success. Third, I tell them that their own lives are worth writing about. This semester I am teaching creative writing at the University of North

Carolina-Asheville, which is my alma mater and the campus on which I was living when I wrote and published that first short story 20 years ago. On the first day of class, I told my students the above-mentioned three things that I always tell my classes. When I talked about their lives being worth literature, a student raised his hand and said that he was “just a hick from Mount Airy,” and that we could tell by his thick accent. I told him that he did not sound like a hick. He sounded like someone who was from somewhere and that he should rely on his knowledge of the place he is from when writing because you never know what you will come to understand about yourself when you scour your past and investigate the places you call home and the people you knew there. With this in mind, our first assignment was to write a personal essay that portrays the places students called home and to consider the ways in which their views of these places and the people they knew there have changed over time. Part of the assignment required them to draw a map of their neighborhood and label the places that meant something to them: Where did their friends live? Where did they play? Where were the places that scared them? Where were the places where they were injured or did something brave or had their hearts broken? Early in the semester I made a promise to my students that I would write with them, which means I would keep an up-to-date writing journal that responds to the same prompts I gave them. It also meant that I would do things like draw a map of the neighborhood from my childhood and write an essay in response to it. Because I have given this assignment before and spent time drawing maps of my old neighborhood in my hometown of Gastonia, North Carolina, I decided to draw a map of my paternal grandparents’ neighborhood in Shelby, North Carolina, where we spent just about every Sunday afternoon of my childhood. When I began sketching my map I drew my grandparents’ house, and

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then I drew the houses around it. An elderly man named Roscoe lived on one side of my grandparents. In my memory he wore spectacles and a cowboy hat and looked a little like Grandpa Jones from Hee Haw. Surely I am filling in someone I cannot remember with someone I can, but if I were to write about Roscoe, then I would have to rely on the image in my mind to do it. On the other side of my grandparents’ house a couple named Narse and Linda lived with their daughter Suzie, who was about eight years older than me. I say that Narse’s name was Narse, but it was probably Norris and my grandparents and my father pronounced it with only one syllable. I cannot remember what Narse or Linda did for a living, but I remember that Narse had a garage behind his house where he worked on cars, and sometimes he would invite my father and me over to check out his work. I drew the garage behind Narse’s house on my map, and seeing it reminded me of something that I had not thought of in years. Behind my grandparents’ house was a huge, dusty patch of garden where they would grow vegetables in long rows. Behind the garden was a stand of trees of some kind. I have a very foggy memory of my father taking my younger brother and me on a walk behind this stand of trees to a shaded area where goats munched on grass. In this memory I am about 4 years old, and my brother, who is in my father’s arms, is about 2. I can remember picking up some kind of fruit off the ground, perhaps apples, and feeding it to the goats. I can remember the feel of them eating the fruit from my hand, the roughness of their horns against my palms, the clangs of the bells around their necks as they moved around us. Where had this memory been for so many years? Would I have recalled it had I not done this exercise, had the image of Narse’s garage not led to my grandparents’ patch of garden? I talked about my memory of the goats during our next class. I asked the students to consider how they would use voice to tell their stories. For example, would they limit their perspectives to the moment of their experience when they were 4 or 10 or 15 years old, or would they move beyond it and tell their stories from the contemporary moment of being college freshmen and sophomores? I asked them to ponder this because a 4-year-old’s powers of observation are not as sharp as a 10-year-old’s, and as authors they have to think about what their characters perceive and how these perceptions will be shared with the reader. I used an exercise to illustrate my point. On the chalkboard I wrote “memory of feeding the goats.” I drew a line on the left and wrote “four years old” above the line. I explained to the class that if I were going to recall this memory from the perspective of my 4-year-old self, then I would only be able to draw on the information I possessed at that time. On the other side of the memory I drew a longer line, and I marked it at several points. If I were to narrate this memory from the perspective of my 15-year-old self, then my voice would probably have an edge of boredom to it: What were we doing out in the backyard feeding goats when I could have been playing video games or shooting basketball or talking on the phone to girls? How would I narrate this memory at 19 after I had lost both my grandparents? Would my recollection of this place that had recently been sold contain an air of nostalgia? Continuing down the line headed away from the memory, I stopped and wrote “thirty-eight,” which is how old I was when I lost my father. If I were to narrate this memory from this vantage point, how would I portray the man I had lost as he held my brother in his arms and told me not to be afraid of the small black goats that milled around us? The line continued a little farther, stopping at 40, the age I am now. There, my back turned to my class, chalk held to the board, I remembered something else that I had forgotten. My grandfather died just before I turned 5. I have memories of knowing he was dying in the bedroom at my grandparents’ house, and I have memories of adults — my parents and aunts

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and uncles — shushing my brother and me while we played. We were too young to play outside alone, so my father took a break from sitting by his own father’s bedside and carried my brother and me outside to the backyard. Wanting us away from the house, he decided to show us the goats on the other side of the trees, where our voices could not be heard inside my grandparents’ bedroom. In that moment, standing in front of my students, I realized that my memory of feeding the goats was not the story I would write based on the map of my grandparents’ neighborhood and the memories it conjured. No, I would write about another memory, a memory much more recent, but a memory that involved my father just the same. I am not 4, but 38. It is not my grandfather who is dying, but my father. We are not at my grandparents’ house in Shelby, but at my parents’ house in Oak Island, and it is not my brother and me whose voices are being shushed by the adults tending my grandfather, but the voices of my two daughters in the hallway outside my parents’ bedroom door. In this memory I pick up my youngest, who is barely 2 months old and having trouble settling down for a nap, and I take the hand of my oldest, who is almost 2. We walk out into my parents’ backyard so that my oldest can play and the baby can cry and settle without anyone worrying about her disturbing my father, who we all know is long past being able to hear us. I look up at the windows of my parents’ bedroom, knowing that my father may be gone when I go back inside. Now, as I write this, I wonder if my own father thought the same thing on that day long ago as he held my brother and watched a small black goat eat an apple from my hand. What else could he have been thinking? How good it feels to have the warm spring sun on your face, to feel the heft of a baby in your arms, to hear the sounds of a child laughing outside in the light. These memories have been locked inside me from anywhere from two to 36 years, and they are layered and resonant and difficult to describe. I would struggle to explain how to get them on the page, and doing so would not guarantee anything at all aside from the work it would take. But I do believe these memories are worth writing about, and I do believe that I will stay in that moment, a goat nibbling at an apple in my hand, my newborn daughter asleep in my arms, my father and my grandfather on the cusp of leaving this world, for as long as I can. PS Wiley Cash lives in Wilmington with his wife and their two daughters. His new novel, The Last Ballad, is available wherever books are sold.

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By Bill Fields

I’m not sure how my reading ability

stacked up to that of my elementary school classmates, but I’m certain having the sports pages of the Greensboro Daily News at the breakfast table didn’t hurt. There were some big words in there.

The newspaper was very specific about where it was covering an out-of-town contest. After North Carolina moved into its new basketball facility in 1965, the dateline for Tar Heel home games spilled over into a second line of narrowcolumn type. CARMICHAEL AUDITORIUM, Chapel Hill— Occasionally, if the slot man was swamped and the typesetter was sloppy, it looked like this next to my bowl of grits: CARMICHAEL AUDITORIUM, Chapel Hill—

Regardless of how it appeared in the paper, the building’s name stood out because it was where my team played. It was not CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM, Durham; or REYNOLDS COLISEUM, Raleigh; or other Atlantic Coast Conference basketball venues. We had no family ties to Carolina, notwithstanding a summer school Spanish class my UNC Greensboro sister took there. My other sister went to Wake Forest, and while I proudly wore the black-and-gold sweatshirt she gave me, I was a Carolina kid. It was one of those decisions those of us in ACC country made early, before you were even able to write the name of your favorite basketball player in cursive. I was in first grade when the Tar Heels played their first game in Carmichael, defeating William & Mary 87-68 on Dec. 4, 1965. Although I didn’t see the place in person until I got to campus as a freshman a dozen years later, I felt I knew it. Aside from newspaper stories and box scores, there were the radio broadcasts. In the late-1960s — when Carolina won the ACC Tournament and advanced to the Final Four three straight years — play-by-play was handled by

Bill Currie, a crazy-uncle type known as the “Mouth of the South” and starting with the 1971-72 season by Woody Durham, who was “The Voice of the Tar Heels” for four decades. Televised games were rare when I first became a fan. We had to be content when a Carolina contest was on the Wednesday or Saturday C.D. Chesley network. And “The Dean Smith Show” was weekly Sunday morning viewing, with Smith always much more effusive about assists or hustle than how many points someone had scored. One of my first memories of basketball on television is the NCAA title game on March 23, 1968, when the Tar Heels played UCLA. It was a 7 p.m. tipoff in Los Angeles, which made it a very late night for an 8-year-old in Southern Pines. I stayed awake until early in the second half, when the Bruins were well on their way to a 78-55 victory. Nine years later Carolina played for another championship but had its heart broken by Marquette. I attended my first game in Carmichael in the second semester of my freshman year, a two-point victory over Wake Forest on Jan. 15, 1978. Working my way up the pecking order of The Daily Tar Heel sports department, I traded a seat in the student section for one on the press row-catwalk above it. When things went well for the team wearing light blue and white, it was deafening either place. After home games, reporters huddled around Smith in a corridor outside the locker room as he smoked a cigarette and looked forward to a Scotch. My first time on a commercial flight, on Dec. 3, 1979, I sat beside thenassistant coach Roy Williams going from RDU to Tampa-St. Petersburg to cover Carolina vs. South Florida. Prior to the start of the 1980-81 season, I had a 90-minute interview with Smith in his office. I was DTH sports editor at that point, but, needing to mind my grades as a senior, left the job well before Carolina lost to Indiana in the 1981 NCAA championship game. The following spring, I was back on Franklin Street as a fan — and graduate — enjoying the Tar Heels’ win over Georgetown. Carolina men’s basketball relocated to the Smith Center in 1986. It has twice the seats of Carmichael, but if one grew up with the latter, not twice the charm. Carmichael Auditorium is no more, having been renamed Carmichael Arena in 2010 following an extensive modernization. They sold small commemorative pieces of the hallowed hardwood from the old building in 1998. I didn’t buy one then, but it might be time to check on eBay. PS Southern Pines native Bill Fields, who writes about golf and other things, moved north in 1986 but hasn’t lost his accent.

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Roll, Honey, Roll… If you’ve been there, you feel my pain

By Clyde Edgerton

If you’ve been “down in the back,”

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If you didn’t raise your hand, you might find the following about as interesting as a pharmaceutical commercial. But if you’ve been there, then as you read on you may nod your head in agreement here and there. During our early January Arctic cold spell, I ventured under our house to turn off water to some outside pipes. At about six steps in through the low door that leads under the house — bending way over — I looked up and, whoops, felt a sharp pain in the middle of my lower back. A quiet voice said: “That was not good.” I finished with the pipes, got out from under the house and thought, Maybe it’s not too bad. I hauled in a load of wood for the fireplace, built a fire, messed around in the backyard, thinking: Something is wrong with my lower back. But it’ll be better in the morning. Next morning, when I started to get out of bed, a sledgehammer hammered a spike into my lower back. A pain so severe that had it continued over a few seconds I’d been yelling constantly to the high heavens. “Stabbing pain” sort of gets at it, but I feel like I need a new word — not spasm, but: Stabazm! I yelled, and fell back into bed. The universe had attacked. Oh my goodness. Kristina, my wife, who’s had back problems off and on for a decade, said, “If you want to get up, you need to roll. Roll out of bed. Don’t just pull up. You’ve got to roll. And breathe.” After a long struggle and several more stabazms, each bringing a yell and sweat, I got up and slowly made my way — holding onto furniture — to the bathroom and then to the living room couch. Kristina helped me get propped up on my back with pillows under my knees, ice on my back and a laptop in lap for work. While helping me onto the couch, she said, “Roll. You’ve got to roll.” When I was later trying to get back up she again said, “Roll, honey, roll,” and the word roll got funny for some reason . . . to both of us. I started to laugh — but the laughing brought on — yikes! Stabazm!

“Please don’t make me laugh,” I whispered through clenched teeth. Next I found that I could not cough without initiating a stabazm. I remained inside the house, hobbling back and forth from bed to couch for one week. I would figure out yet another way to not move, and then: BAM, another you-know-what. After a week, I visited my doctor. She gave me a muscle-relaxer drug, an inflammation drug and said if it wasn’t better in another week to get an X-ray. It got a little better, but not much. I decided to wait two weeks to see if I really needed that X-ray. Inside the house I was using a cane that I was too proud to use outside the house. I finally started driving. A car entrance looked a little like . . . I don’t know — a turtle climbing onto a motorcycle? At the beginning of the third week — two days ago as of this writing — I got that X-ray and then went to UNCW for a faculty meeting. I was somewhat better, no stabazms in three days. I was happy to be up and about — careful about every move. But I was five minutes late to the meeting, hobbling along carefully. I met a student who said, “Hi.” “Hi,” I said. I wondered if I was supposed to know him. He was smiling. “Hi,” he said again. I was a bit confused. I had pencil and pad in hand, ready to go into the meeting. Then he pointed . . . and said what he’d been saying all along: “Fly!” “Oh. Thanks,” I said, grabbed at my pants, dropped the pencil, zipped up and then bent down to pick up the pencil. Stabazm! I was unable to muffle a yell. If you’ve been there, you know how it feels. If you haven’t been there, then when it happens, and you have to get out of bed: Roll. PS Clyde Edgerton is the author of 10 novels, a memoir and most recently, Papadaddy’s Book for New Fathers. He is the Thomas S. Kenan III Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at UNCW.

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who wanted something “that tastes good with vodka.” I’d usually whip up a citrus-heavy concoction with Uncle Val’s Botanical Gin. Distilled in Bend, Oregon, and bottled in California, this lemon bomb of a gin has converted the most vehement anti-gin drinkers. Here’s a drink that I created when my little sis turned of age. She bugged me for two years to name a drink after her, so it was only fair that I obliged.

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I’m sure you’ve heard someone say, “Oh, no. I don’t drink (insert tequila, gin or other spirit here) anymore; it makes me mean!” I’ve heard this among peers, and I’ve been instructed while bartending for guests on what not to use as a base spirit when someone has asked, “Will you just surprise me with whatever you want to make? Just don’t use whiskey, gin or tequila.” If this is speaking to you, then keep reading. A certain spirit has never made me mean; it’s quite the opposite — not having a spirit to sip on at the end of a long day, but that’s another story . . . Here are a few drinks that you should try if you’re the least bit interested in adding those “mean spirits” to your repertoire. And, just for the record, it was probably the ton of drinks you consumed before that shot of tequila that made you make terrible life decisions while you time-traveled. Aside from Aftershock, and Goldschläger, it seems like gin is a shoo-in for third place as the drink that most folks won’t return to after college. For many of you who dislike gin, it’s the London Dry style of gin that is a turnoff. Tons of juniper. You dislike juniper. Nowadays there are myriad distilleries that are turning out delicious (and not juniper-forward) gins. I used to play a trick on guests

Heidi Lynne 1 1/2 ounces Uncle Val’s Botanical Gin 3/4 ounce Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur (sub Cointreau if you have to) 3/4 ounce lemon juice 1/2 ounce homemade grenadine* Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, add ice, and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Double strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. Add a very thin lemon wheel for garnish. *Take 8 ounces of POM pomegranate juice and 12 ounces demerara sugar. Combine in pot over medium heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Bottle, and place in refrigerator when cooled. Will last a few weeks.

I’m a little biased when it comes to rum. I can’t understand how someone can take a sip from a great rum cocktail and not feel happiness on the inside. In the past I just thought that these people have no soul. And while in certain cases, that statement carries some weight, the others are probably just misinformed, e.g., Bacardi and Coke. I always start with the daiquiri when introducing someone to rum. As I’ve written before, it’s the perfect example of bal-

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Daiquiri 2 ounces Caña Brava Rum (or sub Flor de Caña seco) 3/4 ounce lime juice 1/2 ounce rich cane sugar syrup Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, and shake like hell for 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. No garnish, or at least I don’t use one. If you’d like to put a spin on this, muddle a few blackberries in your shaker before adding liquid ingredients. Be sure to double strain when pouring into the coupe.

I’ll admit that whisk(e)y is one spirit I understand folks passing on. When I was 18, Jack Daniels was not my friend. Even worse, I thought that all whiskey tasted like Jack. These days, Jack and I are cool. I learned that there are (just like with all spirits) different ingredients, different distillation methods, and so

on, that result in different flavor profiles. On paper, introducing someone to a bourbon whiskey sour would be a great start in converting a non-believer, but I’d like to suggest the Old Fashioned. I’ve had countless guests declare that they never thought they would enjoy an Old Fashioned but, once again, the balance of spirit, sugar, water and bitters round out this beautiful hooch. The recipe below is a slight tweak from Zaric (formerly 86 Co. and co-owner of New York City’s famed bar Employees Only). Employing a little bit of chocolate in this Old Fashioned adds depth with the bourbon and orange bitters.

Old Fashioned #7 2 ounces Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel Bourbon 1/4 ounce cacao nib-infused rich demerara syrup* 3 dashes Angostura 2 dashes orange bitters Combine all ingredients in a chilled cocktail shaker. Add ice, and stir until you believe you’ve reached proper dilution. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a swath of lemon and orange peel. *Cacao nib-infused rich demerara syrup: In a pot, combine 1/2 cup water and 8 ounces (by weight) of demerara sugar. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Place syrup in blender and add 1/4 cup of cacao nibs. Blend on low for 10 seconds. Put into a container and let sit for 4 hours. Strain through cheesecloth, bottle and refrigerate. PS Tony Cross is a bartender who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines.

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THE KITCHEN GARDEN

The Allure of March On the cusp of good eating

By Jan Leitschuh

March can either frost us or tempt

us with promises of spring. Dreams of fresh produce awaken the taste buds. It’s a good time to clean up the garden, even plant a few items.

Early March, we can put in the sugar snap peas, some beets, carrots, spinach, radishes and Swiss chard. Your odds are good. Tough transplants of broccoli, cauliflower, parsley, cabbage, chives and onions can go in now if a glance at the weather forecast looks promising. Set out your potatoes. Hold off till at least month’s end (if not longer) for corn, tomatoes, squash, peppers, eggplant, basil and cucumbers. Have a cover ready for that inevitable night in the mid-20s. Cross your fingers, and hope the deer and the bunnies steer clear. Yet we know that many here in the Sandhills will never plant so much as a seed — and that’s fine. Life is busy, your soil is poor, there’s little interest, the neighborhood or the sun exposure doesn’t support the growing of produce, the old knees aren’t what they used to be. But, if you still love a strawberry, those sweet early greens, juicy fresh peaches, spring asparagus and tender sweet corn, the next best way to experience the freshest tastes is to buy just-picked produce

from a Sandhills someone who did. With the advent of produce programs outside the area, including Amazon moving into the fresh food space, it’s good to distinguish items grown right here by our fellow citizens, enriching our local economy and preserving our local green spaces. “For every dollar you spend on truly local produce, it circulates within our economy,” says Lorraine Berman, acting general manager of Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative (SF2T). “If we buy local produce, and the farmer hires and spends locally, well, it really contributes a lot more than if you spent those food dollars outside the area.” Besides, she adds, “Fresh, local produce just tastes amazing.” I’ve said it before, but the in the early decade of this century, Moore County virtually led the nation for loss of farmland. This tide has stabilized, in part due to the support of the community in creating a market for local tastes. In fact, one essential aspect of the new 2018-2020 Moore County Economic Development Strategic Plan is simply “to keep Moore County farmers farming.” “Because agriculture is 25 percent of our local economy,” says Pat Corso, executive director of Moore County Partners in Progress. Your support does this. You provide the markets that keep Sandhills farmers farming. There are a number of ways to enjoy the tastes of the Sandhills. Finest of all

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is to visit a local farm during fruit-picking season. Strawberries top the popular list in mid-April, and in the giddiness of early spring, what could be finer than taking the kids to a pick-your-own field? A month or two later, you can find pick-your-own blueberries, blackberries and maybe even grapes during the summer season. Don’t delay; the season for any juicy fruit crop is short. A farmer’s own stand will offer a cornucopia of summer bounty. Another way is to visit local farmers markets for a variety of seasonal treats, meats and cheeses. At peak season, you can buy fresh almost every day of the week. You can speak to your producers directly, pick up preparation tips, learn something about how your produce was grown, run into your friends and neighbors. Local farmers markets also kick off in April, with the market on Morganton Road open Thursdays throughout the year with meats, greenhouse produce and more. Another program with genuine impact on the local farm economy is the Sandhills Farm to Table box program, distributing the full bounty of the Sandhills season. Entering its ninth year, the community-owned program requires a certain number of subscriptions by April each year to remain viable, but the positive impact on local farmers is undeniable. “It makes a difference,” says John Blue of Highlander’s Farm. “It really does.” Many Sandhills farmers enjoy picking a crop the afternoon before, or even that morning, and delivering wholesale quantities to the SF2T packing house, getting better than wholesale prices for their labor and the day free to do what they do best — grow food. They take their stewardEGYPT | SPRING 2018 ship of the land and “their” subscribers very E G Y P T | S P R I ENGGY P2 T0 1 | 8 S P R I N G 2 0 1 8 personally, going the extra mile to replace any item (packed by community volunteers) deemed sub-optimal after delivery. Inspired by the hidden wonders of EGYP T , This year, SF2T will kick off its subscripInspired by the hidden Inspired wonders by the of EGYP hiddenT ,wonders of EGYP T , tion drive March 1, with a public community this season’s NEWEST ST YLES encourage celebration at the Sunrise Theater, screening YLES encourage NEWEST ST YLES encourage this and season’s NEWEST thisST season’s the film Sustainable, followed by local bites spirits at 305 Trackside. Tickets for the movie-andyou to OPEN YOUR E YES to the power food event are available at the Sunrise website. E YES to theYOUR power E YES to the power you to OPEN YOUR you to OPEN Subscription to SF2T boxes of weekly or biweekly that’s BURIED WITHIN . produce is available at the movie event or email that’s BURIED WITHIN that’s. BURIED WITHIN . info@sandhillsfarm2table.com. “We are often overwhelmed by the news and problems of the world, convinced that we are helpless to effect change,” says Berman. “But all things large start out small; every marathon starts with that first step. Eating local food and subscribing to Sandhills Farm to Table is that first step toward better health, to protecting the environment, toward improving our local economy, and toward a kinder community and better quality of life.” PS

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Long Journey Home Life lessons of the “baby home” in Tanzania

By Samara Wright

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When I arrived in the small village of Mwanza

in the summer of 2017, I walked slowly through the tiny market, my eyes taking in each small shop made out of dirt and clay. I watched girls my own age baking “chapati” and “mandazi,” similar to our tortillas and doughnuts. Some sold fruits and vegetables, including the largest avocados and mangos I’d ever seen. The village, and the people who would become my friends, quickly felt like home to me.

For six of my eight weeks there, I worked in a baby home, an orphanage, called Forever Angels. Neshibu, one of the mamas, or care workers, invited me to her house for lunch, the first meal of her day. We walked the twisted path between dirt walls that she walked every day. Her home, one of the nicest in the village, was one room, with a tiny bed. It was beautifully cluttered with things she had collected, clippings from local magazines, pink tinsel saved from baby home parties, a large wooden cross. I was welcomed by her two young children, who immediately introduced me to their neighbor friends. After Neshibu

cooked rice and beans on the tiny stove she shared with her neighbors, we sat around her bed and ate together, showed each other our favorite photos, laughed and sang songs. On Tuesdays of every week as many as 150 families came to the baby home, some traveling as much as five hours to get there. We would teach them about nutrition and what to do if their child had a fever. For most of them baby formula represented an entire week’s wages and was impossible to afford. We gave them formula and peanut butter and, usually, that was enough to keep them from abandoning their children, to keep their children from being the ones we cradled in the baby home each day. I played photographer and took family photos which we printed out and gave to each family as a gift. A picture they could hold in their hands meant more to them than I would have ever imagined. But mostly I remember the babies. I held them each and every day, giving them baths and hearing their giggles. And I remember the music. The baby home had very few CDs but one of them was the soundtrack of the musical Mamma Mia. I laughed until I cried watching 30 or 40 African toddlers gyrating wildly to the song “Dancing Queen.” They sang “Happy Birthday” at the top of their lungs to every single insect we found because they loved singing one of the few songs they knew in English. I read stories to them, both in English and Swahili, and they begged for more. I walked down to Lake Victoria with a baby strapped to my back. And when it was time to eat, I watched them sit around the dinner table together, like real family.

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Every night when I put them to bed, straight out of the bath, all cozy and clean in their pajamas, they lined up so I could kiss each one on the head and say “kulala” or “goodnight.” I learned their stories. One had been left in a graveyard, one on the outskirts of the baby home, some in hospitals. Many had starved, some with both parents dead, some whose mothers died and whose fathers couldn’t take care of them. I cried nearly every day, of gratitude and heartbreak. I felt like I was walking exactly where I was supposed to be, a feeling like I had never felt before. I left Mwanza wanting to know what was in the best interest, not just of the orphans I’d held each day, but also for the 8 million additional orphans in care institutions. I connected with professionals in the international adoption field, something that keeps me close to the place that feels like home, even when I’m not there. I’d seen the joy of international adoption but also became aware of the corruption that plagues it. Today 80 percent of children in care institutions around the world aren’t orphans, but have been either taken or bought from their families to meet the demand First World countries have for orphaned children. Not all orphanages and adoption processes look like the baby home in Mwanza. Though much of what I have learned was shocking and scary, I am encouraged because I saw it done right at Forever Angels. I’m certain of one thing — the importance of being culturally diverse as individuals, families and communities. In all of my conversations with both advocates and opponents of international adoption, there has been one common denominator: We must respect and promote cultural awareness and sensitivity. We must champion it. The babies I held in my arms every day are the voiceless. They have nothing, not even a mother or a father. Regardless of whether they grow up in Tanzania, East Africa, or Southern Pines, North Carolina, they need a community that is inclusive, that sees the beauty of diversity and the value of every life. I am thankful for all those who made it possible for me to walk where I have always dreamed of walking, thankful to this community that taught me, the community that I am proud to call home. I’m thankful to Young Life Africa and Forever Angels. I hope we can continue to dream together and know that what is cultivated in our community does, in fact, have the power to change the world. PS Samara Wright is a 2016 graduate of Pinecrest High School and a sophomore at Appalachian State University, majoring in communication studies. An intern for Young Life Africa, she plans on returning to Tanzania after graduation.

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A few months ago, around 6:50 a.m.,

the boys and I were on our way to school when David, my 14-year-old, from the backseat says, “I guess I’m not going to my band concert tonight. It’s really not a big deal.”

I nearly swerved off the road. There are only two concerts a year, and they are both quite the events. “What? Of course you’re going. Why would you say you aren’t?” “My white shirt and the black pants are too small.” I nearly swerved off the road again. “Really? When were you going to tell me?” “I forgot.” “So you decide to tell me on the way to school on the day of the band concert when you know I have to work all day.” “Sorry. I don’t need to go. It’s not a big deal. My band teacher will understand.” “Oh, so she has been preparing you for months for this concert and you think she will totally understand if you don’t go because you failed to tell your mom in time that you need new clothes?” “Maybe.” I was afraid of anything that might spill out of my mouth and I guess they were, too, because we drove to school in silence. After work I rushed to Kohl’s to find the required white dress shirt and black pants and, of course, they weren’t on sale. What choice did I have? I was being held up at the point of a band concert. I bought the clothes and picked up David from wrestling practice 30 minutes before he had to be at the concert. “You really didn’t need to worry about it Mom. My band teacher would

understand. She’s pretty reasonable.” Um, you’re welcome. *** A few weeks later Kevin and I were sitting at David’s wrestling match. Now, these matches typically last around three hours or more, so a wrestling match night is a late night. Kevin, my 9-year-old, between bites of popcorn, said in the most nonchalant voice, “Mom, can we stop by Walmart on the way home?” “Why?” “I need something for a project.” “What project?” “Something about solar systems. It’s due tomorrow.” “Kevin, please tell me this is a joke.” “I forgot about it until just now.” Frantic, I sent a text to his teacher, apologized for bothering her at home, and said Kevin told me he has a project due tomorrow and this is the first time I have heard anything about it. (No smiley face.) She texted back promptly and said that, yes, there was a discovery project on the solar system due in the morning, and it was also the end of the grading period, so he couldn’t turn it in late. (Smiley face and a thumbs up.) That night was spent gluing and coloring Mercury, Venus and Mars. Around and around we go. The rules are simple: Tell me your due dates; give me notes from school when you get them; let me know what you need for a project a week ahead of time. Nowhere in the rules do the words “last minute” appear. I know they’re genetically capable of advance planning because when a friend is having a birthday party in two weeks, Kevin hands me the invitation right away and reminds me about it five times a day. They can do it, I just know they can. PS Renee Phile loves being a mom, even if it doesn’t show at certain moments.

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OUT OF THE BLUE

Harriet Knows Best For those indispensable Yak needs

By Deborah Salomon

Catalogs are a

plague of modern living, dinosaurs that somehow survived the asteroid, little more than pricey landfill. I dump ’em. But somehow, hidden under a pile of New Yorkers (talk about strange bedfellows), I found old friend Harriet Carter.

How’s that for a retro name? Harriet and I have been round the barn a few times. Her stuff just begs roasting. But, in the hoopla over Amazon taking over not just Whole Foods but the world, I had sort of forgotten “Harriet Carter’s Distinctive Gifts Since 1958.” Finally, a last chance to own Rodent Sheriff and a Heavy Sleeper Alarm Clock. Like, breathes there a man who doesn’t jolt awake with a regular buzzer? Of course not, because he’s dead. The real reason I’m addicted to Harriet is for a commentary on life. Her ring-bound paper Internet Address & Password Logbook (regular and large print, $7.95) screams of technology’s failure to thwart hackers/identity thieves. Change your passwords often, we’re told. Make them complicated combinations of numbers and hieroglyphs to challenge the memory of an M.I.T. grad. This means writing them down . . . somewhere. Unfortunately, Harriet’s little address book is itself ripe for stealing, especially with title printed on cover. “Shakespeare’s Complete Works” might be a better camouflage. Either way, lose it and you’re finished. Harriet finally got herself a website which offers a company history, how she began (in her kitchen, kids helping) with an item or two splashed across the back pages of women’s magazines — along with a photo of a cute blonde, certainly not Harriet, who, if my big-button calculator is correct, must be in her mid-90s. Anyway, the catalog/website specializes in “useful” items. Were I teaching sociology I’d find an alternate use: Give a catalog to each student, tell him/her to select three items and explore how they illustrate the human condition, circa 2018. For example: Stuffy nose? OTC remedies don’t work? You need a Himalayan salt inhaler, called, what else, the Inhealer, to relieve nasal congestion like the Tibetans do at 15,000 feet. Warning: The Inhealer was “as seen on Dr. Oz.” Several of this doc’s recommendations failed the smell test, especially with a stuffy nose. Ice storm? You need YakTrax, cleats attached to an elastic web that slips over

shoes. Not sure about the yak connection except they also live in Tibet. I’m fascinated by HairPlus, “clinically proven to increase hair growth up to 123 percent in just 28 days!” Wonder what clinic proved that? Trust me, if it worked, Prince William would have a mullet. I voice similar doubt over 24K Gold Firming Face Mask containing a serum “infused with real 24K gold,” for only $9.98. No wonder those Egyptian sarcophagi were so well-preserved. On the serious side, to illustrate how technology serves faith, Harriet offers teddy bears that recite the Lord’s Prayer when a tummy button is pushed. Of the same genre, consider Wonder Bible, a “compact audio player” containing complete texts of Old and New Testaments, with automatic chapter and verse finder. Ear buds extra, so not much help aloft, during turbulence. For dental perfectionists there’s Miracle Teeth Whitener made from activated coconut charcoal powder. Actually, I prefer my coconut in cake and charcoal red-hot under steaks. All is not laughable — or suspicious. The electric foot warmer (looks like an envelope) works well after peeling off those YakTrax. “The Book of Useless Information” might get you on “Jeopardy!” “3 Second Lash” attaches to natural eyelashes with tiny magnets. That’s right, magnets. Gel Toe Straighteners fix overlappers and outliers while you sleep. However, I have mixed feelings about the “Information My Family Needs to Know” kit, with 24 pages to list bank records, insurance policies, notifications, where the family jewels are stashed, other valuables the kids can fight over after your demise. How about “Information My Family Doesn’t Need to Know” as a companion? At times like this I think of the archeologists who reconstructed life (and the dinner menu) in Pompeii from artifacts preserved by lava. Two thousand years hence, what will diggers think of us upon finding a Sock Slider, batteryoperated nail file, Pro RX Disc Pill Cutter, a (horrors!) talking scale, electronic dictionary bookmark and, Harriet’s pièce de résistance, the gift every 12-year-old boy craves — a Fanny Bank: This tushy-shaped, flesh-colored receptacle breaks wind (choose from six audio flatulents) with every coin inserted. J. Jill, J.Crew and L.L.Bean, take note. Cashmere mufflers aren’t everything. 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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Green with Envy Doing St. Paddy’s Day the Southern way

By Tom Allen

You are what your ancestors ate. And

drank. Sometimes.

Credit English forebears for my fish and chips hankering. Hot tea, too. But a recent Ancestry.com search shows a wee bit o’ green pulsing through my veins. Therefore the Irish branch on my family tree should support corned beef and cabbage. But no. A split decision. I love cabbage. Ditto potatoes and soda bread slathered with Kerrygold butter. But, even on St. Patrick’s Day, I can’t stomach corned beef. Maybe that’s because nobody in Ireland eats the Americanized permutation, which replaced bacon — too expensive for poor Irish immigrants. Funny thing is, I’m a deeply rooted Southerner who doesn’t appreciate a thick Better Boy tomato slice on white bread, made mushier with mayo. Duke’s, of course. “Unheard of,” some folks say. “Treason,” others sneer. My reply? “Sorry, it’s a texture thing.” Leprechauns aside, March 17 marks the feast day of Ireland’s beloved patron saint. In Ireland, until later in the 20th century, the day was more religious than raucous. While family and faith are important to the celebration, pubs and parades now mark the occasion as well. An estimated 33 million pints of Guinness are downed in that 24-hour period. In America, St. Patrick’s Day is a one-day deal, but the Emerald Isle spends several days tipping its hat to the good fellow credited with Christianizing the island nation and driving out those legendary snakes. According to a friend with Irish roots, lots of folks wear green, even live shamrocks, but pinching is purely American. Pinch an Irishman who’s not wearing green and you’re liable to catch a left hook.

As for Irish food, colcannon, not corned beef, is a St. Patrick’s Day staple. The mixture of creamy mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale is served with bacon, a combination that makes me smile. But who whips up colcannon around here? I’m a foodie traditionalist. Therein lies the pickle. Give me Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day, burgers and dogs on July 4, turkey from Thanksgiving to Christmas. But what’s a Southern boy, with a bit of Irish ancestry, supposed to eat on St. Paddy’s Day? If not corned beef, perhaps a pork option honoring those frugal Irish immigrants who gave up their pricey bacon? Try cured and fried. Make mine country ham, sliced paper thin and seared in an iron skillet. Perfect, I say, with a plate of steamed cabbage. Pair with some buttermilk biscuits, spread with Kerrygold butter, of course, and dig into a fine pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Speaking of pickles, St. Patrick’s Day always falls during Lent, a season when some abstain from meat on Fridays. Last year, the feast fell on a Friday. Fortunately, some bishops in communities with large Irish-American populations relaxed the rule, granting one-day dispensations, so the faithful didn’t have to choose between sinning and nibbling on their beloved corned beef. No such pickle this year, since St. Patrick’s Day falls on Saturday. So simmer a pot of cabbage. Load up that slow cooker with a slab of corned beef brisket, or, if you’re like me, fry up some slices of North Carolina’s WayCo country ham. Don a bit of green, offer a word of thanks for good souls like Patrick, then sit down to a salty feast that’s sure to keep those Irish eyes smiling. Erin go bragh! PS Tom Allen is minister of education at First Baptist Church, Southern Pines.

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“Konk-a-ree!” The call of the red-winged blackbird heralds spring

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the song of the American robin, our melodious and most familiar songster. But for me it has always been the call of the red-winged blackbird. When I first started watching birds in New York State, migration began a lot later than here in North Carolina. And some of the first returnees riding the warmer winds back north are red-wingeds. The distant “chucking” coming from the ribbons of birds passing overhead was the very first sign that winter was losing its grip. Not long after, I would be greeted by the first males giving their loud “konk-a-ree!” songs from the tallest of the cattails in the nearby marsh. Red-wingeds get their name, of course, from the bright red epaulets on the wings of the adult males. These patches are actually set off on the black wing by a patch of yellow feathers just below. Otherwise, the birds are completely dark. Females, not surprisingly, are quite drab. Their brownish, streaky appearance is superb camouflage against the tall grasses in the wet habitat that they tend to inhabit. Young birds are also entirely streaked, which makes them harder to spot as they learn their way around the world, well into their first winter. These blackbirds can be found inland in our state year round. However, in the winter months, they gather in large flocks so they are not widespread.

Aggregations of thousands of birds can be found closer to the coast from late fall into early spring. But by March, they are returning to localized bottomlands, lakes and ponds to breed. Red-wingeds are unusual in that they are polygymous. Males may have a harem of mates within the territory that they defend. Experienced males will pair with two or more females as early as midMarch. Females will create substantial nests in low vegetation by weaving wet leaves and shoots together to form a dense cup. They will add mud to the inside and then finally line it with fine grasses before laying two to four pale eggs with dark streaks. Although blackbirds are generally known to feed on seeds, of both native and agricultural origins, in the summer they hunt mainly insects. They are known to probe at the base of aquatic plants with their slender bills and are very capable of prying insects from the stems. Young red-wingeds, like so many species, require lots of protein. It is the mother birds that forage for the family. Males spend most of their time defending their territories from high perches, singing throughout the day and fiercely chasing interlopers that venture too close. As abundant as these birds may seem to be, their numbers have been declining for several decades. It is likely due to the continuing loss of wetland habitat throughout their range. Additionally, terrestrial predators are on the rise in areas where they breed — including cats. If you have red-wingeds in your neighborhood this spring, consider yourself lucky and be sure to get out and enjoy their antics as well as that unmistakable song! PS Susan would love to receive your wildlife sightings and photos at susan@ncaves.com.

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SPORTING LIFE

Using It Up

Squeezing the most out of precious time By Tom Bryant

Here we were rushing, hell bent

for leather, into 2018, March already to be exact, and I wasn’t through using up 2017.

Linda, my bride, and I are in Florida escaping a winter that seems to be on a quest to freeze off all my digits. We are rambling in our little Airstream, wandering from one fish camp to another, sort of like modern day gypsies. The year I wasn’t through with yet played havoc with our normal fishing port, Chokoloskee Island, just below Everglades City. During the summer, Hurricane Irma all but washed the little place away, and we decided not to revisit the island on this winter excursion. Last year would go down in the journal as a very different one from those in the past. It was a time of extremes, good days and bad. We finished off duck season with few good results. Then on our venture to Chokoloskee, the weather was beautiful, fishing unsurpassed, all in all good times. John Jarrett, a good friend from Rotary, gave me a call early one evening while we were relaxing under the awning of the Airstream. “Tom, this is John Jarrett, how about we get together for lunch tomorrow?” “John, we’re in Florida.” “We are, too. We’re visiting friends in Naples, and I remembered you’re usually at Chokoloskee about now and thought I’d give you a call.” Naples is only about a 30-minute drive from Everglades City, and the following day found us enjoying a wonderful seafood lunch with John, his wife, Linda, and their friends at the venerable old Rod and Gun Club. It was a wonderful visit and a welcome break in our daily routine. John, who put up a gallant battle with cancer, succumbed to the disease later in the year. I’m glad he gave us a call for lunch. John lived his life to the fullest and will be missed. Like a lot of us surviving the golden years, he made the best of his days; and following his example, I’m determined to do the same. Another good friend, Rich Waters, often says that a lot of people catch the rocking chair disease. As soon as they reach a certain year, they sit down and rock themselves into old age and perhaps an early grave. I feel a lot like Rich, a moving target is harder for the grim reaper to catch. In 2017, Linda and I were on the move. Checking out the journal, we made several trips to the beach, an impromptu trip to Florida, and a nice visit to Charleston. We spent good times with friends and family. My first book was successfully published with the expertise of the folks at The Country Bookshop, and another is on the way. Duck season last year may not have been up to earlier successes, but I believe it’s a sign of the times. I’ve had the opportunity to watch several wild areas suffer the wave of progress, too many people after too much of the same. Currituck, for example, was one of the finest duck hunting locations on the

East Coast. Today it has become a place to remember as it used to be when canvasback and redhead ducks made it a waterfowl haven. Just before last Christmas, my good friends John Vernon, Jack Spencer, Art Rogers and I enjoyed a few days at Lake Mattamuskeet duck hunting. It was a classic hunt, shooting over an impoundment loaded with corn. In earlier years, we would have had ducks by the hundreds paying us a call. On this adventure, though, the weather refused to cooperate and ducks stayed out on the lake and on the sound basking in 60-degree temperatures. There was sufficient moaning and groaning at the warm weather and lack of ducks, but the four of us have long ago given up equating the success of a hunt by game in the bag. It was enough for us to enjoy the camaraderie of good friends, good food and incomparable wild scenery. Tundra swans by the hundreds flew over the blind at treetop level, and their primal calling reminded us of days long gone. For years, tundra swans’ numbers were down, almost on the endangered species list and off limits to hunters. Their recovery has been so good that today a waterfowler, with the correct permit issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission, can shoot one bird. In our hunting group, we have declined; not saying it’s wrong, but watching the birds’ majestic flight, long necks extended, calling their wild call is more than enough to just file away in our memory banks. On the same trip we observed several eagles soar over the lake in numbers I haven’t seen before. They, along with their cousins, the ospreys, have made a remarkable recovery from near extinction. So why do I have the concern that there is something I missed in the last year, something that I should have done to close out the time with a more satisfied feeling? I think that if the truth were known, I’m a lot like Calvin in the classic comic strip Calvin and Hobbs, by Bill Watterson. Calvin admonishes his imaginary friend Hobbs to “Hurry. Hurry. We’re having fun but not enough fun!” While 2017 is a not too distant memory, the new year is up and running. There are fish to be caught, dove and duck hunts to plan, gear to repair, and some of the latest stuff to buy. Right now, I’m sitting on the gulf, just off Cedar Key, ready later this afternoon to launch my little canoe for some laid-back fishing. If I’m lucky, I’ll catch enough trout for supper, and if not, I’ll boil up shrimp that we just picked up from the local fish market. When I asked the crusty old owner if the shrimp was fresh, he replied, “Man, those shrimp were swimming yesterday.” In my own mind, I might not have used up all of 2017 to the extent I wanted, but I plan on wearing 2018 down to a nub. PS Tom Bryant, a Southern Pines resident, is a lifelong outdoorsman and PineStraw’s Sporting Life columnist.

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that Bob Hansen sat down to breakfast at the Pine Crest Inn to talk about his lifelong love affair with golf, his memorabilia collection, his involvement in a Brunswick County golf course called The Thistle, and a new club he was developing located 5 miles to the northwest of the village of Pinehurst.

The new enterprise was called Dormie Club. It was to be a private enclave with local and national membership components, a place for purists to congregate and walk a rough-hewn and old-style course designed by North Carolina native Bill Coore and his design partner, Ben Crenshaw. Hansen waxed eloquent about the old-soul template for the club and what he hoped would be a lack of pretense — just golfers sticking a peg in the ground and having a game. “Golf is life-shaping,” Hansen said. “You get an opportunity to be completely away from the business world, from cellphones and traffic and all the noise out there. You get out on the golf course with people, and you find out real quick what’s on their minds. For the most part, you’ll see that fog from

their everyday life evaporate and see that their commitment is to the game. Guys are wrought up with stress, but put your bag on your shoulder and go hit some shots and it changes your whole day.” Hansen spoke of the genesis of the name “Dormie,” taken from the golf term meaning that a golfer in match play has a lead equal to the number of holes left to play. He cannot lose. “’Dormie’ has been in the Scottish language for hundreds of years,” Hansen says. “In the context of this club, its primary meaning is that you have come to a point in life where nothing much bad can happen, where you can do me no harm. ‘I am dormie’ — the worst I can do is tie. I am at a point where I am comfortable and can relax.” It turns out the “dormie” metaphor was far more ticklish than Hansen and his partners would ever dream. Over the following 12 months, the S&P 500 would be cut in half, and two venerable financial institutions would implode and go belly up. The timing for a new club was horrendous at best, dreadful at worst. The course opened in 2010, but the lofty visions of the Dormie brain trust never materialized. The golf operation never actually closed, but the original plans and infrastructure were stuck in the muck. In recent times, there was not even a head golf professional, just a clerk to take golf fees from the public and the package players that the club needed for its trickle of cash flow. “Bob had excellent vision for the club,” says Mike Phillips, the club’s

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original membership and sales director who first worked at Dormie from 2009-13. “He was very smart in bringing Coore and Crenshaw in and basically giving them carte blanche to do what they wanted to do on the golf course. He showed them the boundaries of the property and said, ‘Use what you want and call me when you’re through.’ “The fact that the course never closed during some tough times says volumes about how good it is. The site is hard to match in terms of peace and tranquility.” Coore and Crenshaw’s first smash hit in the golf design business was Sand Hills, a 1995 buildit-and-they-will-come club in central Nebraska. A member there is Tom Peed, who built a publishing empire centered in the heavy machinery and agricultural worlds of the Midwest and has three sons working for the business. One of them, Zach, is a crack golfer who played at Nebraska Wesleyan College and now is running a division of the company that has purchased four golf courses from Nebraska to Texas to Virginia and, now, to the Sandhills of North Carolina. Dormie Club was bought in January by Dormie One Properties, which will operate it as one of a network of clubs that includes Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas, Ballyhack Golf Club in Roanoke, Virginia, and Arbor Links in Nebraska City, Nebraska. New management will honor tee times and outings already on the books, but in time the club will be strictly private — per the original vision. Local, national and corporate memberships will be available, and membership at one club includes access to each club in the Dormie One network, which the Peed family intends to expand. Plans for a clubhouse and 15 four-bedroom villas are in the works. Phillips, who has returned to the Dormie team as membership director and land sales broker, says the owners hope to break ground by summer, and plans call for no more than 60 to 70 golfers a day. Coore visited the club in early January 2018 and planned a second trip soon after to complete a punch list of to-do items for the club maintenance staff, things mostly a result of tree and underbrush growth over the eight years since the course opened. “Ben and I are very pleased with the new developments,” Coore says. “In talking to the Peed family and walking the golf course with them, they really do want it to reach its potential. It’s not been that far off. It’s a very positive thing — not just for Dormie, but for golf in the Pinehurst area. Basically the course just needs a little polishing, nothing major. It’s actually in very good condition.” The club is located near the intersection of Hwy. 73 and Beulah Hill Church Road and has two lakes (one of them 55 acres large) and

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100 feet of elevation change. There are the pine forests typical of the area, but a rich abundance of hardwoods as well. The designers’ idea for the course when they began in 2006 was to incorporate the look and feel of the No. 2 course, which Coore played often as a junior in the 1950s and ’60s — hard running, plenty of width for strategy, interesting green complexes, no Bermuda rough anywhere. Tees, fairways and greens would be maintained, everything else left as nature had created it. Since there is no real estate within the course, it’s relatively compact and walkable (caddies are available). “By no means did we envision a copy of No. 2,” Coore says. “But we wanted to take some of the principles we felt applied to No. 2 and other courses Mr. Ross had done in the Sandhills and say, ‘This is our interpretation of what golf in the Sandhills might look and feel like.’” The finished design requires a deft touch in places — there are two par-4s drivable for long-hitters (the third and 14th, both under 300 yards), but often a player will deduce the smart attack is to lay back and have a full spinning wedge from a hundred yards. Delicacy is also required on the par-3 12th, which stretches only 98 yards with tees stair-stepping upward from back to front. Brute force is demanded on the closing holes — 17 is a par-5 with a vast expanse of sand and nature to carry, and 18 is a long par-4 uphill. Coore remembers routing the course from walking the land and surveying the topo maps — before wetlands had been designated. He knew from experience and instinct which areas of the property would likely be deemed wetlands and thus untouchable for the playing areas. He was amused and pleased to learn that his routing and the government-issued wetlands map meshed nicely. “If they had handed me a map at first with the wetlands delineated, I’d have handed them back and said, ‘You can’t do a golf course here,’” Coore says. “But it worked out fine. It just proved to me that if you lay the golf course out the way the land wants to go, in most cases the wetlands are going to be OK. The topos will tell you a lot of things, but they won’t tell you the feel of the place. You have to go walk a site and experience it, get a feel for the way the golf course will circulate. Because we laid the holes out the way you would naturally play from one high, across a low to the next high, the wetlands had little impact.” And so Dormie Club enters its second iteration, hopefully one that will see it emerge as a winner in extra holes. PS Chapel Hill-based writer Lee Pace wrote about Coore and Crenshaw and their restoration of Pinehurst No. 2 in his 2012 book, The Golden Age of Pinehurst.

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When I Love Spring when I love spring geese take off on frothy runways for the north tuxedoed mallards tow mates through v-shaped water dotted clouds of dragonflies flurry over lily pads turtles untuck sleeping noses, rise to feast icy grey-ghost branches show soft nubs quiver like an infant’s hands wake in morning sun — Sarah Edwards

Who’s on First? When the boys of spring called Carolina home By Bill Fields

n the early years of the 20th century, when hillmen were twirling the white spheroid at swat artists, baseball’s spring training was not the domain of Florida and Arizona as it is today. To sweat out the boilermakers and beef stew consumed over the winter, major leaguers moved all around the United States’ warmer climes. They came to places they could reach by train that had adequate and affordable lodging, a ball field a cut above a pasture, and town elders eager for publicity via all-caps datelines in big-city papers. Teams ventured to a score of locations during this time, including Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana; Dallas, Galveston and Marlin Springs, Texas; Charlottesville, Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia; Augusta, Macon, Savannah and Thomasville, Georgia; Charleston, Columbia and Spartanburg, South Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; French Lick, Indiana; Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama; Hot Springs and Little Rock, Arkansas; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. (Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run on March 7, 1914, at Fayetteville’s Cape Fear Fairgrounds during an intrasquad game as a member of the then-minor league Baltimore Orioles.) For three seasons, the Philadelphia Phillies got down to playing weight, knocked off the rust and otherwise readied for their National League schedule in Southern Pines. The Phillies held spring training in Southern Pines in 1909, 1910 and 1913. In 1914, when Philadelphia, seduced by a fancy field in Wilmington, moved on, the Baltimore Terrapins came to town in 1914 to prepare for their first season in the short-lived Federal League. Familiarity hadn’t bred contempt for Terrapins player-manager Otto Knabe, who was a second baseman for the Phillies in their three Sandhills springs. The Phillies had set up camp in Savannah from 1906 to 1908, but in early January 1909 Southern Pines officials wrote to club president Bill Shettsline asking him to visit and consider the town for spring training. “At a meeting of the councilmen and the golf club of Southern Pines last week the plans for taking care of the ball players, should they go there, caused considerable enthusiasm,” the Harrisburg Daily Independent wrote of the bid. “It was decided to improve the baseball grounds and to put in shower baths and a plunge.”

Another paper reported that “every accommodation and facility for training were guaranteed.” When Phillies manager Billy Murray left January 10, 1909, on a scouting trip of Southern camp possibilities, Southern Pines was his first stop. Murray liked what he saw — from the enthusiasm of the populace to the accommodations at the Piney Woods Inn to the quality of the baseball field next to Southern Pines Country Club, which had been established in 1906. “The hotels here will be prepared to take care of the crowds, and they are assured of the best of treatment and of the generous hospitality of the townspeople,” The Tourist of Southern Pines boasted. “Mr. C.L. Hayward of the baseball committee has had a force of men at work on the grandstand, and it has been entirely renovated. Three extra tiers of seats have been added, the flooring renewed, and the whole stand braced inside and out. A canopy of canvas will protect the spectators in the grandstand from the direct rays of the sun.” The Phillies arrived in early March after a 14-hour train trip. Among the traveling party was sports cartoonist and columnist Edgar Wolfe of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Wolfe, who used the pen name “Jim Nasium” and would become nationally known through his drawings in The Sporting News, chronicled each of the Philly team’s sojourns to Southern Pines. Nasium endorsed the ball field, calling it the finest spring-training surface the Phillies had encountered in a long time, with black loam over sand rolled hard and smooth. “This means much in training the judgment and speed of infielders in early spring practice,” Nasium wrote, “besides greatly reducing the frequency of those delightful moments when an infielder gets plugged in the eye with a hot one that hasn’t any consistency in its action.” The correspondent was less enthusiastic with the sleepy atmosphere in Southern Pines, population approximately 500. “When it comes to wideawake towns,” Nasium said, “this little old village makes the average group of Southern plantation buildings look like a bustling metropolis in comparison.” And Nasium rued the difficulty in finding a drink in the area. “Nut-brown is the prevailing style of complexions in this neck of the woods,” he wrote. “But you couldn’t get a nut-brown taste in your mouth here if you were President of the United States with a rattlesnake bite as big as an ostrich egg concealed

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on your person. This is one of those sections of the Sunny South where you can’t ‘look upon the wine when it is red,’ or any other color, unless you happen to personally be acquainted with some native who keeps a fire extinguisher in the house charged with ‘joy water’ for home consumption and the entertainment of guests.” A lack of diversions wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for teams attempting to get their charges in shape. During the latter part of the 1800s, when pre-season getaways began (Boss Tweed’s New York Mutuals, an amateur nine, traveled to New Orleans in 1869, with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Stockings warming up in the Crescent City the following season) and into the 20th century, the focus was on perspiration not strategy. “ . . . For early camps were more fat farms than baseball camps,” Charles Fountain wrote in Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training. “The players of the day were given greatly to off-season dissipation . . . ” In Baseball: The Early Years, Harold Seymour noted that players frequently showed up in the spring “looking like aldermen.” The Phillies were given every advantage to work off any off-season excesses in Southern Pines. There were many paths through the longleafs for walks to augment baseball drills. The 8-mile round trip to Aberdeen was a frequent training route. Being based near the country club, a majority of the players caught the golf bug and played every chance they got. Sherry Magee, the Phillies stalwart left fielder who in 1910 hit .331 to snap Honus Wagner’s four-year run as National League batting champion, often led the hikes and golf outings. After a full day, the Phillies could sit on the veranda of the Piney Woods and, as Nasium wrote in the Inquirer, “bite off chunks of balsam-laden ozone that will assay 500 pounds to the bite and make you sweat turpentine every time the sun hits you.” Because the food coming out of the Piney Woods kitchen was so tasty, the players had to mind their portions in order to keep their hard effort from being for naught. Certainly there were no reports of dissatisfied players such as Philadelphia Athletics catcher Ossee Schreck, who according to Fountain in Under the March Sun, “grew increasingly frustrated with the poor quality of the steak he was served at the team’s hotel and with the hotel’s seeming indifference to his complaints. Somewhere along the way, he secured a hammer and nail, and when another steak displeased him, he rose from his table and nailed the steak to the dining room wall.” There was discontent about the wind and rain that sometimes marred March in Moore County, the latter a particular concern in 1910. New Philadelphia player-manager Red Dooin — a compact but feisty catcher sometimes called the “singing maskman” because of his off-season vaudeville work — was appalled at the condition of the field when he got to Southern Pines. “Manager Dooin scared the golf club committee into seven different kinds of fits last night,” Nasium wrote on March 2, “when he threatened to pack up his trunks and take his bunch of ball tossers to some other spot on the Southern map where there was an inch of smooth ground to practice on.” It turned out to be an idle threat. Dooin calmed down as town officials scurried to make improvements to the diamond. But four players wished the team had decamped.

Piney Woods Inn and dining room (above) Southern Pines Country Club (below)

Charles “Red” Dooin As the Phillies slept in the Piney Woods Inn on Sunday, March 6, a severe storm rolled in with heavy rain starting at 2:30 a.m. Forty-five minutes later a powerful lightning bolt hit the cupola of the wooden structure. “Suddenly the heavens were lit up with a flash of fire which shot down on the hotel,” the Inquirer reported. “It tore away the big flag-pole on the corner of the roof, burned a big hole through the shingles and went through two floors, splintering the woodwork, shattering many window panes and scattering plaster all over the corridor.” The worst damage occurred in a room housing Johnny Bates, Lou Schettler, Jim Maroney and Harry Welchonce, where the lightning ripped a hole in the ceiling above Maroney’s bed, sending a chandelier and plaster debris crashing down on them. “That the big pitcher was not killed,” the Associated Press wrote of Maroney, “was due to the fact that a gaspipe, extending across, acted as a conductor and shunted the lightning away.” The four players were stunned and shaken — Schettler unable to speak for two hours — but miraculously weren’t injured. For Welchonce, the incident brought back bad memories of a close call from lightning a few years prior and was part of an odyssey of misfortune that limited the highly touted minor leaguer to only play a total of 26 games in the majors. In addition to the lightning-strike scares, Welchonce battled shoulder injuries, was hit in the head by a pitch and contracted tuberculosis. Surprisingly, despite the litany of problems, he had a long life, dying at 93 in 1977. Led by Magee’s hitting and the pitching of Earl Moore, who led the league in strikeouts, the Phillies improved slightly on their 74-79 record of 1909, going 80-73 and finishing fourth in the National League in 1910. By that fall, though, they had decided to go elsewhere for spring training. Philadelphia traveled to

Gavvy Cravath

Birmingham in 1911 and Hot Springs in 1912. The Arkansas locale, where the Dodgers and Pirates also prepared for the 1912 season, made a push to get the Phillies to return in 1913. But Southern Pines recruited them as well, and with promises of a good practice field and comfortable rooms at the Pine Cone Inn — the Piney Woods Inn had burned down since their last visit — Philadelphia headed to Moore County again. “Instead of the snow which greeted their vision in 1910,” the Inquirer wrote upon the Phillies’ arrival in North Carolina, “old Mother Earth was just donning her gown of green, the sun was shining bright and getting warmer every minute. It was a glorious sight for a bunch of tired old ball players and it made every one sniff and show new life.” Dooin, who had suffered a broken ankle in 1910 and a broken leg in 1911, the latter on a vicious collision as he tried to block home plate in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, would be more manager than player in 1913, taking the field in only 55 games. The skipper had players to fill the void, though. Gavvy Cravath, who joined the Phillies in 1912, had a great year in 1913. Cravath led the National League in hits (179), home runs (19, no tiny number in the Dead-Ball Era) and RBIs (128, setting a National League mark that stood until Rogers Hornsby broke it in 1921). One of baseball’s greatest pitchers, Grover Cleveland “Pete” Alexander, also limbered up for the 1913 season in Southern Pines after opening a pool hall in his native Nebraska over the winter. Alexander went 22-8 in 1913 and won 373 games in his long career, tied for third all-time with Christy Mathewson and trailing Cy Young (511 wins) and Walter Johnson (417). In their third trip to Southern Pines, the Phillies enjoyed better weather and field conditions than they experienced in 1910. As during their previous visits, they liked being able to play golf on the country club course as well as utilize it for conditioning runs. Yet by the time they departed town at the end of March

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1913, it was clear that all was not perfect on the golf-baseball front. Southern Pines Country Club had expanded to 18 holes and golf had grown in popularity with more visiting golfers. “The country club will not permit a high fence to be built around the outfield so as to protect the players from the strong winds,” a reporter noted, “and some of the golfers object to a ball field being so close to the links.” The club also indicated plans for tennis courts where the diamond was situated, likely meaning that a new field would have to be constructed somewhere else in town. In writing about the Phillies’ spring training plans in December 1913, Nasium addressed the underlying tension. “The Phillies like to play golf — and the golfers didn’t want their sacred links invaded by a lot of professionals,” he wrote. “As the golf course started back of the ball club’s grandstand, it was very annoying to the golfers to have to dodge foul balls, or to have part of the links walked over every day by a lot of ball fans on their way to see the Phillies play.” During 1913 spring training, the Phillies went to Wilmington on March 20 for a game against the Orioles. The Phillies won the game, 5-1, and Wilmington won over the Phillies, local officials turning out in force and hosting a barbecue after the game. In 1914 the Philly club headed to Wilmington to prepare for the season. But it was snowing upon their arrival, and it turned out to be one-and-done for Phillies’ spring training in the Port City. The teams would visit 13 different cities before settling in Clearwater, Florida, in 1947.

The Terrapins were a hit when they trained in Southern Pines in 1914 for the first Federal League season, staying in the Southern Pines Hotel and working out at the Phillies’ old spot by the country club. When the Terrapins left on the train in early April, The Baltimore Sun noted: “Pretty nearly the whole town turned out to say goodbye to the boys, and, as usual, every Terrapin felt just a little sorry he could not take the whole bunch along.” Despite the support, in 1915 the Baltimore club conducted spring training in Fayetteville. No major league team returned to the Sandhills to tune up for a season. The only spring training encore came more than three decades later when some of the Detroit Tigers’ minor league squads set up camp in Southern Pines in 1950-51. The Class C Butler (Pennsylvania) Tigers and Class D Jamestown (New York) Falcons trained in ’50, and in ’51 Jamestown was joined by two other Class D squads, the Richmond (Indiana) Tigers and Wausau (Wisconsin) Timberjacks. “A good many fans have been out to watch the boys at work and report them a good-looking, clean-cut bunch,” The Pilot reported in 1950. The farm clubs played at Memorial Field, their foul balls no threat to any golfers who by then were taking their shag bags to the grounds that long ago had been home to the Phillies, working on pitches of their own and most likely unaware of Southern Pines’ brief brush with the big leagues. PS

Night Work Exploring deep space in Jackson Springs By Jim Moriarty Celestial Photographs by Jeff Haidet Earthbound Photographs by John Gessner

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t’s not necessary to climb a mountain to reach the stars, but sometimes you have to dress like it. During the great January freeze of 2018, when the polar vortex decided to dispatch its nose-hairfreezing temperatures south, Jeff Haidet spent his evenings in the Grande Pines Observatory with the roof open, staring into deep space and a case of frostbite at the same time. Maybe not frostbite. His base camp, well, house is less than a hundred yards away. Nonetheless, here is a man who makes hay when then the sun doesn’t shine. Or the moon. “Everyone he knows, knows he hates the moon,” says Jeff’s wife, Vicki. If your intention is to draw a bead on the Running Man nebula in the constellation Orion, the glow of the moon is nothing more romantic than a bad case of light pollution. The Grande Pines Observatory is as likely to be mistaken for the Gemini Telescope as Jackson Springs is for the top of Mauna Kea, but it’s surprising what can be seen if you know where to look. Most people have a shed for gardening tools. The Haidets have one for citizen science. The official observatory code of the 10-by-12-foot building is W46, the number associated with the data Haidet voluntarily supplies to the Minor Planet Center, part of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and to the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. One is the worldwide clearinghouse for all things asteroid, the other is Near Earth Objects. One does not provide data to these institutions by picking up the phone, calling an 800 number and saying, “Dude, write this down.” They won’t talk to you until they know you’re worth listening to. “You have to send them data to prove you can get to the tolerances they want. You’re getting down to an accuracy of less than an arc second,” says Jeff. “An arc second is a dime at 2.4 miles. Put a dime somewhere down in Foxfire, and we can measure it from here with the right techniques and the right equipment. That’s the kind of accuracy you have to get.” When the Minor Planet Center publishes its astrometric observations in its Circulars, Jeff may have 20 line items in it. The big boys might have 50 pages. “The pros do this a different way,” he says with a smile. The Lunar Planetary Lab is part of a mission that will likely reach its target, the asteroid 101955 Bennu, this August. “They’re going to sample material from the asteroid and bring it back,” says Jeff. “So they had a citizens science program to provide them with data on other possible targets after they’re done with Bennu. They put out a list: We need data on these six this month. They use it in their planning. It was science that I had the equipment and the methodology to do.” So, back to this unusual shed. For one thing, the sliding garage door is on the top. Then inside, instead of a riding lawnmower, there’s a Losmandy Gemini 2 mount held in place by 700 pounds of concrete pillar poured into the ground. You could jump up and down on the detached plywood floor and the telescope from Guan Sheng Optics, a Taiwanese company, won’t even know you’re in the same state. Jeff’s astronomical camera, acquired just before Christmas last year from QHYCCD, completes the outfit while the Lenovo laptop processes the data. “I was doing visual observing, which you do until your eyes start to go a little bad,” says Jeff. “Mostly you’re looking at faint galaxies, nebula, so, if you want to stay in astronomy you do imaging. It’s almost all working together now. There’s a lot of moving pieces. When it works it’s kind of fun, but when it doesn’t work, it’s

frustrating. It takes patience and time to learn how to do it. The other night I was taking pictures of this one nebula and I’m looking at some of the pictures when I got back in the house, and there’s an airplane going right through it. Throw that away.” Naturally, no workplace is complete without a few personal touches, like the Grande Pines Observatory sign the Haidets’ son, Brian, an N.C. State University physics and engineering graduate who is working on a Ph.D. at UCSanta Barbara, made to hang near the observatory’s doorway. Then there’s the tiny homemade heater Jeff rigged up to prevent dew forming on the optics on cool mornings. Addressing the tobacco barn effect of the summer heat is high on the to-do list. And, he’ll eventually replace the weights he has duct-taped to the telescope mount. “The scope and the equipment weighed more than I anticipated. I found some barbell weights and strapped them on there,” he says. Gravity doesn’t seem to resent improvisation. The paper bags suspended beneath the crown of the roof at either end are key pieces of environmental engineering. When the observatory was first built, pre-telescope installation, wasps seemed to be of the opinion the building had been erected as their personal clubhouse. Jeff solicited advice among astronomy bloggers and found the solution — scarecrows for wasps. “Take an empty brown bag, blow it up, tie it off and hang it up there,” he says. “Apparently wasps, the type that would nest in here, are very territorial. So they’ll come in and see it and think that’s a nest. It actually works. I have not had a wasp since.” There have been a lot of different reasons to move to the Sandhills. Pinehurst’s founder, James Walker Tufts, thought people would come for the cleansing ozone of the pines. The Haidets, however, might be the only people who ever moved to Moore County for the dark. “We were looking

for dark skies and warm weather and I’m a golfer,” says Vicki, who plays off a sporty seven handicap. Having horse farms nearby was particularly enticing. Open spaces. No street lights. No floodlights from the neighbors. Five and a half years ago they found the perfect lot in Grande Pines and with the removal of a modest number of trees, created the southern horizon Jeff needed to scan the sky. Ohioans both, she grew up in Toledo and he in Alliance. Vicki learned to play golf at Inverness Golf Club, another of Donald Ross’ famous courses, and Jeff learned astronomy with the help of Dr. James Rodman, the astronomy professor at Mount Union College who was a friend of his parents — Lavern and LaVerne — and lived a few blocks down the street. “I don’t know how it would have gone without him, but he helped a lot,” says Jeff, who attended Case Western Reserve when it was still the duopoly of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University. “We had the distinction at Case Western Reserve, when they merged, of having the nation’s two worst football teams,” says Jeff. “We got beat by Carnegie Mellon one year 72-6.” At least they scored — some solace for an institution that has an affiliation, one way or another, with 17 Nobel laureates. “When I was about 5, I got a telescope for Christmas, and I forget now what it was — either Saturn or Jupiter — was in the sky that morning,” says Jeff. The oohs and aahs were followed by serious study. He built his own telescope; in fact, he has built several, grinding and polishing the mirrors himself. “When you’re a boy, you have no money but you have time, so you build things,” he says. It wasn’t as though Jeff could go to YouTube and download a “How to Build a Newtonian Telescope” video onto his smartphone. Think library. Think

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books. Think Dr. Rodman. “Imagine these two round discs of glass. One is going to be your mirror and one’s called a blank,” he says. For hours at a time, day after day, you apply a heavy grit. “It’s all in the pattern you use,” he says. Eventually, one piece becomes concave, the other convex. When it reaches the curvature you want, you test the focal length. If that’s where you want it, you begin using finer grits for a smooth finish. After that comes the polishing with optical rouge, similar to what jewelers use. “The problem is, you don’t want it to be a perfectly spherical mirror,” says Jeff. “It needs to be parabolic.” Enter the pitch lap. And so on. “Grinding it wasn’t that bad,” says Jeff. “Polishing it would take a lot of time. The tolerances are very tight and it would take weeks to get it right unless you’re really lucky.” Jeff graduated from Case (he stuck with the old diploma) with a degree in astronomy and physics. When he graduated in ’72, the National Science Foundation budget had mostly dried up, so he left astronomy behind, using his computer proficiency to land a job with Owens Corning. He got a Master’s degree in computer science and engineering from Ohio State and spent his career at Owens integrating the shop floor equipment with the enterprise systems until he retired in 2008. Vicki graduated from Bowling Green State University, met Jeff when they both worked at Owens Corning and, after Brian turned 4, struck out on her own as a marketing consultant

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until she retired three and a half years ago. It wasn’t until the late ’90s that Jeff was able to get back into astronomy. But Sylvania, Ohio, hard by Toledo, wasn’t the place for it. Every night session was a road game. “You had to travel about 45 minutes to get to where you had a dark sky. It’s a pain to drag all your equipment out and get all set up and aligned and calibrated,” says Jeff. Wouldn’t a backyard observatory be so much simpler? Thanks to his “store bought” telescope with the Ritchey-Chretien optical design that matches up well with the big sensors in the new camera, deep space is only a few yards away. Auto-guiding allows him to expose the camera for an hour and be spot on the entire time. “Primarily what I had been doing is precise measuring, but with this camera I can do really good deep sky photography,” he says. “The new cameras, you take a series of exposures through different filters and then you stack those together to make the color image. Those really fancy pictures you see, those aren’t by accident. Those take time. A lot of knowledge, how to get the colors right, get the gradient across the background right, get all the noise out of the picture. It’s a serious thing.” And best done in the dark. PS

Jim Moriarty is senior editor of PineStraw and can be reached at jjmpinestraw@ gmail.com.

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A Cut in Time Carving out a piece of art By Haley R ay • Photographs by John Gessner

cars have a tale to tell. Some are the hieroglyphics of awkward accidents or perhaps the traces of regrettable choices you’d rather let slip from memory. For the Sandhills Woodcarvers, however, each scar is a testament to persisting through the beginner stage of the woodcarving craft, a skill rife with small nicks to the hands. Most of the cuts aren’t deep and fade faster than the playful stories attached to them, the price tags of fellowship. The group meets every Monday afternoon, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., in the Senior Enrichment Center off U.S. 15-501. The member list comprises both longtime carvers and newbies who took to the hobby as a form of relaxation and social stimulation. Around 12 to 15 people arrive each week, deftly sculpting trees, hiking sticks, life-size birds, tiny detailed houses, and a variety of other knick-knacks. Abundant gift giving is a conspicuous commandment of the woodcarving craft, a product of having any number of finished tokens lying around the house with no other use. John Harding picked up the gouge and chisel after he lost his favorite game, tennis. “I hurt my shoulder, and I couldn’t play anymore,” Harding says. “So I found this woodcarving group about eight years ago.” Every spare Monday he carves highly personalized gifts for friends and family, completing over 300 comfort crosses with smoothed edges made to fit peacefully in an enclosed palm. “It’s so satisfying, about my crosses. I get calls saying, ‘My wife passed away and she was holding your cross.’ It makes me feel that I did some good,” Harding says. Another memorable carving Harding worked on was for his son-in-law, a second generation Russian-American. He crafted a typewriter spelling out ‘Merry Christmas’ in Russian. For the wedding anniversary of his son-in-law’s parents, he carved a dancing Russian bear. It was the hit of the event, celebrated in St. Petersburg. But the comfort crosses are what make his Mondays fulfilling. Sixteen-year-old Lonnie Poynter also makes a habit of gifting his creations. “When you’re finished you can’t wait to give it away,” he says. “You get tired of looking at it.” Lonnie and his sister Gretchen are oddities in a room otherwise filled with retirees. About six years ago they were introduced to the group by their older brother, who had been encouraged to join by one of the original founders, Don McCluskey. They started at ages 8 and 9, and haven’t stopped since. Although no longer a beginner, Lonnie remembers the novice experience and has a nickel-sized scar decorating his thumb to commemorate the days of yore. The siblings laugh at the memory. PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2018

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“He was using a dull carver, which will hurt you more than a sharp one,” explains Gretchen. “It slipped and took a chunk out of his hand. He said he had something to show me, and it was just his hand bleeding everywhere.” Sibling moments, even the gory ones, aren’t the only chances for bonding in the carving club. The retired members of the Sandhills Woodcarvers discovered a sense of kinship when they picked up their carving tools. “One of the best parts is the camaraderie and picking things up from other people,” says Hal Williams. The skill set travels, extending well beyond a room in the Senior Enrichment Center. During summer travels to National Parks from Yosemite to Yellowstone, Dennis Smith would often find himself sitting at a picnic table, carving away on the hiking sticks he adorns with the park medallions. Without fail, curious people would start up conversations wondering what, exactly, he was working on. “It generates a lot of interest. A lot of people know someone who carves,” he says. The Woodcarvers are eager to teach new members the basics, no matter how long it may take or how many cuts are accrued in the process. They don’t want to hoard all that companionship. They prefer to give it away. PS Haley Ray is a Pinehurst native and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill graduate, who recently returned from the deserts of Southern California.

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STORY OF A HOUSE

Long Live Loblolly The halls are alive, with the sound of . . . a new generation By Deborah Salomon Photographs by John Gessner

h, the good old days, the Roaring ’20s, when Southern Pines throbbed with urban intelligentsia wintering in cottages and mansions — the most prestigious built by New York architect Aymar Embury II — while they partied with author James Boyd’s coterie. Picture life in the Gatsby era as described by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a Boyd house guest. Perhaps he strolled over to Loblolly. Embury had taken on this second project for James’ aunt, Helen Boyd Dull, in 1918. Auntie Helen, founder of the Southern Pines Civic Club, christened it Loblolly, honoring the indigenous pines which she had lobbied her father to save from the booming turpentine industry. Nearly a hundred years after Helen Dull’s death in 1924, ghostly echoes of Jazz Age soirees, heated discussions and philosophical musings compete with the barking of five dogs and the laughter of three small children kicking a soccer ball or playing fort in the bamboo grove. Loblolly, purchased by Erin and Mitch Lancaster in 2011, is once again alive and lively, like a fashionably dressed dowager whirling across the ballroom floor in the arms of John Travolta. Possible, since Loblolly actually has a ballroom — or so it was called. “We call it the Big Room,” Erin says. Indeed, at 7,000 square feet total, big is Loblolly’s operative word. The house, including two guest suites with kitchens, sleeps 14 comfortably. The Lancasters have hosted a wedding on the terrace, with reception complete with dance floor in the Big Room. The stock market crash and ensuing Great Depression silenced the PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2018

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’20s roar, but Loblolly stands witness to the history that shaped Weymouth Heights. When James Boyd lured his Princeton classmate, already a “society architect,” to Southern Pines no architectural style prevailed in the nascent enclave. While Embury developed the Boyd homestead as Classical Revival, he shook, not stirred, Loblolly. Instead of a rectangular footprint the house stretches longitudinally as far as the eye can see. Sources provided by the Moore County Historical Association describe it as “recognizable but difficult to define, not quite English Norman cottage, or French, not Art Nouveau — with stuccoed clay tile, checkerboard brick, bell-cast and hipped and gabled slate roofs with tile ridges.” Which boils down to a divine mishmash that established prototypes influencing subsequent homes in growing Weymouth Heights. After Mrs. Dull’s death, Loblolly was sold to the Vale family, who retained ownership until the 1970s. A fire in 1926 caused the Vales to hire Embury to rebuild and add the ballroom wing. The tennis court is gone, the swimming pool filled in, the acreage divided. Inside Loblolly seemed dark and imposing by today’s standards, with its hewn beams, teak and walnut floors and miles of built-in bookcases — hardly a tempting project for a young family. PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2018

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“I didn’t even want to move (to Southern Pines),” Erin Lancaster says. She is from Richmond, Virginia, Mitch from historic Windsor, North Carolina. They met in Raleigh. His parents lived at Woodlake. The young couple, then with a baby and toddler, were looking to relocate — a possibility, since Mitch operates his businesses from home. “We were visiting friends and loved the idea of walking downtown,” he says. For fun, they looked online. Loblolly popped up. That was on a Sunday. They viewed the property on Tuesday, made an offer on Friday, which was accepted the following Sunday. “Not much had been done — it needed a few upgrades,” Erin remembers, charitably. “It had that ’80s look, with faux marble.” The Lancasters knew what might be involved from remodeling their Raleigh home. Full speed ahead — systems and big jobs first. But making a historic property livable and practical goes beyond fresh paint and new carpet. “We wanted it to be comfortable, not stuffy,” Mitch says. In other words, Erin adds, no no-touch zones. Here, architectural features dictate interior décor: Paned metal casement windows decorate walls like paintings. Sculpted moldings in the dining room channel French chateaux. Plaster walls hand-rubbed into PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2018

an undulating pattern throughout were likely the work of craftsmen imported from New York by the builder. Built-ins dominate public rooms. For participants in the Southern Pines Garden Club Home & Garden Tour on April 14, a walk through the Lancaster-era Loblolly will be a magical mystery tour, beginning with a dark, wide, slightly monastic foyer whose only decoration is Erin’s favorite Biblical verse, from Isaiah, stitched on fabric in the shape of a cross, framed, and hung on the wall — her talisman. To the left, through a paneled round-topped door is the formal living room with beamed ceiling and an entire wall of bookcases, also of dark woods, which convey a library effect. The Lancasters call this the Christmas Room, perfect for their big tree. “We wanted traditional (furnishings) to match the house,” Erin says. What they brought from their previous home fit beautifully. High-backed upholstered chairs, a circular upholstered coffee table/ottoman, her desk and side pieces — even a bread trough under a window shelf — are oversized to match the living room’s dimensions. Yet, she reports, the kids have enough space to run laps around the sofa.

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Erin’s interior designer, Susan Brown of Raleigh, chose light solids and patterns (some classic Schumacher) for upholstery and drapes to relieve the dark paneling and floors, which are original, gorgeous and sparsely covered by Orientals. “Susan worked with me on our house in Raleigh,” Erin says. “She knows me so well.” Nowhere is the scale of Loblolly’s original footprint more evident than in the dining room, which accommodates 12-foot table, a full-sized sofa under the window, an exquisite French china cabinet filled with Minton bunnies (Erin’s trademark) and other pieces without crowding. Here, Susan and Erin created a wild juxtaposition that works: The tabletop is made from wide, roughly textured planks while the Papa Bear-proportioned chairs have ornate French Provincial frames upholstered in a floral fabric. Under the table, a sisal all-weather rug, in neutral sand because, Erin points out, “The kids run through here on the way to the kitchen.” The kitchen, of course, required gutting. A small bedroom and pantry behind it were removed to open up space for a family sitting/dining area. The kitchen itself displays an unusual arrangement of two parallel islands, with sink on one and range, ovens, refrigerator against the walls. Carrara marble tops the massive

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bureau-style walnut cabinetry. A ceramic tile backsplash adds another texture. “Mitch has the good brains about how a kitchen functions,” Erin says, understandable since he’s the family chef. When it comes to colors, Erin and Mitch part ways. She adores the pale aqua predominant in the dining room and on some fabrics. He likes red. Erin and Susan Brown have softened his bright primary into a rosy rust, which lives peaceably with Erin’s choice throughout the house, but especially in the family dining area. The Big Room, sunken a half-dozen steps below the main floor, elicits disbelief. Approximately 40-by-25 feet with a high ceiling of the same undulating plaster, built in bookshelves lining two walls, paneling elsewhere, a wood-burning fireplace and two TVs, the space is arranged as the baby grand piano area, the conversation area and the bar added by the Lancasters, where a small kitchen with dated metal cabinets once stood. Beside the bar, a grouping of two pale yellow leather chairs, made in New Zealand, seem lifted from a modern art museum. “We were at a gallery in Las Vegas, looking for paintings,” Erin explains. “Mitch saw the chairs and sat down on one. He said, ‘Oh, these are comfortable.’” Others have noted that Elvis might share his opinion. Pack ’em up, ship ’em east. PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2018

Loblolly has no grand staircase. The elevator has been removed. The second floor remains a maze of wings and narrow hallways, dormer niches with light streaming onto a heirloom slipper chair or table. But the bedrooms (eight, total, including the garage apartment) are enormous, with window seats and sitting areas. Son Milum’s room has two four-poster beds from Mitch’s childhood, while daughter Beverly uses Erin’s small chests of drawers and plays with her mother’s stuffed bunny collection. The kids have a designated Lego room. One small bedroom has become Erin’s closet/dressing room. At the end of the hallway the master suite with soaring ceiling and windows on three sides looks out over terraces, gardens and two-plus fenced acres bordered by ancient trees — another world, another story Loblolly represents not only an extinct lifestyle, but materials and workmanship impossible to duplicate. The trick is dressing old bones in new clothes. “We’ve been chipping away at it for seven years,” Erin says. “We’re about halfway done.” During that time, the Lancasters had a third child, adopted several rescue dogs,

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enticed Erin’s sister and her family to a house down the road. Mitch entered city politics. And a renewed Loblolly is once again the scene of dinner parties, meetings, play dates and social events. “It’s a God thing that we ended up down here,” Erin concludes. “OK, here’s your path, God told us. So if this is where we’re supposed to be, let the house pass inspection.” PS Loblolly is one of six homes featured on the 70th Annual Southern Pines Home & Garden Tour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Also included, an exhibit at Campbell House recounting how club members shaped the landscape of the community through their projects and initiatives. Proceeds from the tour support local beautification and horticultural scholarships. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 day of tour (at sites). Advance tickets are available at The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines and Pinehurst Woman’s Exchange, or through the club website: www.southernpinesgardenclub.com. PineStraw : The Art & Soul of the Sandhills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2018

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You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming. –Pablo Neruda

By Ash Alder

Something primal awakens within you on the first day of spring. You rake the lawn, re-seed bare patches, feed the compost, prune the fruit trees, repair the wooden trellis, and celebrate the new buds on the heirloom azalea. Soon, the banksia rose will be a waterfall of fragrant yellow blooms, and foxglove will swoon from the tender kiss of a ruby-throated hummingbird. Spring is synonymous with life, and each breath is nectar to your soul. As robin exhales mirthful tunes of snowdrop, crocus and daffodil, you find yourself whistling along. Today: songs of iris, thrift and pussy willow. Tomorrow: ballads of blue speckled eggs. When the soil is workable, you sow the first of the peas, spinach, lettuce and leeks, sealing each seed with a silent prayer. Tuesday, March 20, officially marks the vernal equinox. Urban legend has it you can keep an egg balanced upright at the exact moment that the sun crosses the plane of the Earth’s equator. Perhaps. Although you might have a better chance of cutting a deal with the wisteria.

Interview with a Leprechaun

If ever there were an optimal day to spot a leprechaun, surely it would be March 17. That’s what an Irish-blooded friend of mine stands by. As a young girl, Mary would wake with the birds on St. Patrick’s Day morn — the day before her birthday — and lie in the grass in her front yard. “I thought for sure I would spot a leprechaun there at sunrise,” she recently told me. “I could feel it in my bones.” Year after year she tried, but on the day before her 11th birthday, she gave up. Perhaps it was silly to believe in the magic of St. Paddy’s Day. Or maybe it wasn’t. At sunrise on her 11th birthday, something told her to lie in the yard once more. “I saw a quick movement out of the corner of my eye,” she remembers, then ran across the yard to discover a perfect four-leaf clover in the grass. “I still swear a leprechaun guided me there,” she says. Flash forward 20-plus years to a Welsh pony farm in western North Carolina where, this time of year, when the weeping cherry is in bloom, Mary finds four- and five-leaf clovers on

a daily basis — sometimes by the dozen. Halloween of 2015, while scanning a favorite field for an hour and a half, she found 117 four- and five-leafers, which she handed out to trick-or-treaters. “I dressed up as a leprechaun for the occasion.” How on this clover-loving Earth does she find them? “Sometimes I see them as movement, and sometimes I hear their vibration,” she explains. “Nature speaks to those who listen.” If the leprechauns aren’t guiding her, then perhaps the luck is simply in her blood. I’m inclined to believe that both are true. The best thing about finding clovers? “Giving them away,” says Mary. “I love seeing the smile on the face of someone who has never seen a fourleaf clover in person.”

The Lunar Report

Two full moons this month. On Thursday, March 1, celebrate the Full Worm Moon by sowing the season’s first root crops and fruiting perennials. Named by the Native Americans who so intimately knew and loved the land, this year’s third full moon signifies a softening Earth and the return of the robin. A second full moon falls on Sunday, March 31. Celebrate by doing that once-in-a-blue-moon something.

Bird Messenger

In Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s novel, a cheerful robin helps 10-year-old Mary Lennox unearth a rusty key to a long-abandoned garden. The Secret Garden isn’t just a story of forgotten roses and the promise of spring. It’s about the healing properties of the Earth, and how, within and without, love can transmute the bleakest and most dismal places. Listen to the robin: The key is in the soil beneath you. PS

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. – Doug Larson

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Glassfest

17th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade

Although conscientious effort is made to provide accurate and up-to-date information, all events are subject to change and errors can occur! Please call to verify times, costs, status and location before planning or attending an event. OUTPOST BOOK SALES. 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday– Saturday. The March monthly sale at the Given Book Shop is Spring Cleaning — buy one, get one free. The author sale features web Griffin and Sue Grafton (buy one, get one). On St. Patrick’s Day weekend, all books with green covers are half price (some exclusions). Given Outpost/Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-6022. MASTER GARDENER HELP LINE. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. weekdays, March 1 through Oct.31. If you have a question or need help with plant choices, call the Moore County Cooperative Extension Office. Walk-in consultations are available during the same hours at the Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage. If possible, bring a sample or photos. Info: (910) 947-3188.

Continuing through April 21, 2018

CHAGALL ART EXHIBIT. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. “Chagall: The Story of Exodus.” Lithographs by early modernist artist and illustrator Marc Chagall. Admission free. David McCune International Art Gallery, Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 425-5379 or www.davidmccunegallery.org.

Thursday, March 1

MUSIC AND MOTION STORYTIME. 10:30 a.m. For all children, especially ages 2 through 5. This event incorporates stories and songs along with dancing, playing and games designed to foster language and motor-skill development. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. COOKING CLASS. 5–8 p.m. “Weeknight Meals – Vegetarian Edition.” Learn to make black bean burgers,

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zucchini patties and polenta lasagna; and take some home. Instructor: Chef Angela Webb. $75. Lifelong Learning Institute, Sandhills Community College, Russell Dining Room, Little Hall, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. For info and to register: (910) 695-3980 or (800) 338-3944, ext. 3980. SANDHILLS FARM TO TABLE. 6–9 p.m. Sandhills Farm to Table kicks off its 9th year of supporting local farmers with a showing of the movie Sustainable. Party afterward at the fabulous 305 Trackside with local food and drinks, opportunities to meet farmers and learn about our subscription program. Movie starts at 6 p.m. Tickets: $25 (includes movie, food and drinks), available at www.sunrisetheater.com. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 722-1623 or sandhillsfarmtotable.com. THE KENNEDYS AT THE CAMEO. 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7) Tickets: $12 (in advance). Cameo Arthouse Theater, 225 Hay St., Fayetteville. (910) 486-6633 or www.cameoarthouse.com.

Thursday/Friday, March 1 & 2

ART CLASS. 1–4 p.m. Basic Calligraphy, taught by Barbara Sickenberger. For beginners, right hand only. $65. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Thursday, March 1—4

24TH ANNUAL PINE NEEDLES MEN’S INVITATIONAL. This 54-hole, two-man-team event attracts some of the best amateur players. Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, 1005 Midland Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8611 or www.pineneedles-midpines.com.

March 1 — 31

JOY OF ART STUDIO. Joy Hellman offers classes and workshops for all ages in journaling, painting, drawing, fiber and multimedia. She also holds retreats and other events for women to support, nourish and encourage creativity and

personal development. Class times and prices vary. Unless otherwise stated, classes are held at Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., B, Southern Pines. Call (910) 528-7283 or visit www.joyof-art.com for a complete list of events this month.

Friday, March 2

COOKING CLASS. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. “Expanding Meatless Monday.” Explore these international ingredients that may become your new favorites: tofu, tempeh, arepa and socca. Instructor: Chef Angela Webb. $75. Lifelong Learning Institute, Sandhills Community College, Russell Dining Room, Little Hall, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. For info and to register: (910) 695-3980 or (800) 338-3944, ext. 3980. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 6:30 p.m. Night Hike. (Co-sponsored by SPRD) Discover nature by moonlight. Listen to the sounds of the night as you walk along the trail. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). The Kennedys perform. Tickets: $10 in advance. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org. LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. James Villone performs at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

Friday, March 2 and 3

READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY. The Library will celebrate with an all-day photo booth, crafts, games, and more set up both days, and families can enjoy a bonus Dr. Seuss-themed Storytime at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 2. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

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Friday, March 2 — 29

22ND ANNUAL YOUNG PEOPLE’S FINE ARTS FESTIVAL. Reception 5–7 p.m., Friday, March 2. Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. This annual art exhibit showcases artwork by Moore County students (grades K-12). It is presented by the Arts Council of Moore County and sponsored by George W. Little & Associates and Whistle Stop Press. Campbell House Galleries, 482 East Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) or 692-2787 or kate@mooreart.org. ART EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION. 4–6 p.m. “March is for the Arts.” The Exhibit opens on Friday, March 2, and the sale continues through March 29. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artistleague.org.

Saturday, March 3

GIVEN KIDS. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with cake, crafts, activities and books. Library cards are free for everyone. Given Memorial Library & Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022. ART CLASS (ALCOHOL INK). 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Ink (combined), taught by Pam Griner. Cost: $60. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. GLASSFEST. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. A premier hand-crafted-glass sale that features STARworks’s 2018 line of glass products. Meet some of the best glass artists in the area, and enjoy glass-blowing demonstrations. Free admission. STARworks, 100 Russell Drive, Star. Info: (910) 428-9001 NATURE TALES. 10–10:45 a.m. and 11–11:45 a.m. “Froggy Friends.” Preschool story and nature time with a different natural science theme each month. No cost for program, but pre-registration is required at www.form.jotform. com/51535008872152. (Admission to garden not included in program.) Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221 (ext. 20) or capefearbg.org. LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. Heather Kenney performs at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

Sunday, March 4

EQUESTRIAN EVENT. Pinehurst Schooling Show. Pinehurst Harness Track, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info: (910) 215-0816 or www.sportingservices.net. EMPTY BOWLS 2018. 12–2 p.m. Enjoy live music while sampling soups and desserts from area chefs (including Filly & Colts, Chef Clay White, Wolcott’s and Scott’s Table) at this fundraising event to benefit Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care. Tickets: $40/and person and includes a pottery bowl to keep; $20/person admission only—no keepsake bowl (limited number available at this price); $8/ children 10–15 years old (admission only). Children 9 and under free admission only. Call (910) 693-1600 (option 5) for tickets. Sponsorship opportunities available. Country Club of Whispering Pines, 2 Clubhouse Blvd., Whispering Pines. Info (910) 693-1600 or www.sandhillscoalition.org. BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE FROM MOSCOW IN HD. 12:55 p.m. The Flames of Paris. Alexei Ratmansky’s captivating revival showcases stunning pas de deux in this exuberant and passionate production. Tickets: $25. Sunrise Theater,

250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or 692-3611 or sunrisetheater.com. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. Take a 1.5-mile guided hike on the Paint Hill tract to find the rare Sandhills Pyxie-moss, typically, our first spring bloomer. Meet at the Visitor Center and carpool to the site, just a mile and a half down the road. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT. 3 p.m. UNCG Vocal Ensemble featuring Donald Hartman, bass/baritone; Clara O’Brien, mezzo soprano; and James Douglas, piano. Reception to meet the musicians following. Tickets: $10/ members; $20/non-members; students under 18 free. Available at the door. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Merlefest on the Road. Tickets: $20 in advance. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Monday, March 5

EVENING STORYTIMES. 5:30 p.m. Children ages 3 through 3rd grade and their whole families are invited to enjoy a session that incorporates stories and activities that foster a love of books and reading, with tips for winding down after dinner and getting the week off on the right track. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.

Sunday, March 5, 6 & 7

ART WORKSHOP. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. “Conquering the Mystery of Color,” taught by Laine Francis. Cost: $325. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Tuesday, March 6

NATURE TALES. 10–10:45 a.m. and 11–11:45 a.m. “Froggy Friends.” Preschool story and nature time with a different natural science theme each month. No cost for program, but pre-registration is required at www.form.jotform. com/51535008872152. (Admission to garden not included in program.) Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221 (ext. 20) or capefearbg.org. MEET THE AUTHOR. 5 p.m. John Hart will be here to discuss his new thriller, The Hush. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. Building on the world first seen in The Last Child, John Hart delivers a stunning vision of a secret world, rarely seen. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

Tuesdays, March 6 — 27

ADULT TENNIS LESSONS. 6–7 p.m. Tuesdays through March 27 (four sessions). Ages 16+. Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $35/resident; $70/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court #1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS. Ages 5-8 at 4 p.m.; ages 9–11 at 5 p.m.; and ages 12–16 at 6 p.m. Tuesdays through

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March 27 (four sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $5/resident; $10/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court #1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. HOME-SCHOOL TENNIS LESSONS. Ages 12–16 at 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Tuesdays through March 27 (4 sessions). This is a new program for home-schooled children or those who can attend lessons earlier in the day. Pre-registration is required. Please bring your own tennis racket or contact the department to check one out. Cost: $35/resident; $70/nonresident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court number 1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

Wednesday, March 7

REC-ING CREW SOCIAL CLUB. 4–5:30 p.m. March activity: Bingo and pizza party. Light refreshments will be served. Must pay club dues in advance to participate. Dues payment covers all six sessions. Cost: $15/resident; $30/nonresident. Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org.

Wednesday, March 7 — April 7

10TH ANNUAL PEEPS DIORAMA CONTEST. The contest, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, invites participants to submit a diorama depicting their favorite book with Peeps as the main characters. Digital videos are also accepted. Judging will be April 9. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: on entering the contest, www.sppl.net or (910) 692-8235.

Thursday, March 8

ART CLASS (OIL PASTEL). 10 a.m.–3 p.m. “Using Negative Space in Composition,” taught by Linda Drott. Cost: $40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. GENTLE FLOW YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. (Thursdays through April 12) Instructor Carol Wallace leads this class for individuals who have some familiarity with basic yoga poses. This class focuses on alignment, balance, posture and body awareness. Cost: $40/resident; $80/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org. SENIORS DAY OUT. 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Temple Theatre and Lunch. Enjoy lunch at Ms. Lacy’s Magnolia House and then Church Basement Ladies, a play about a pastor, three kitchen cooks and one daughter who run the kitchen and care for the congregation. For ages 50+. Cost: $38/residents; $76/ non-residents. Meet at Assembly Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurstrec.org. GATHERING AT GIVEN. 3:30 and 7 p.m. “Be a tourist in your own backyard.” Claire Berggren of the Convention and Visitors Bureau suggests activities, attractions and events found in Moore County for entertaining out-of-town guests, visiting kids/grandkids or yourself. Given Memorial Library, (3:30 p.m.), 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst; and Given Outpost (7 p.m.), 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820 or 295-6022. YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS. Ages 5-8 at 4 p.m.; ages 9–11 at 5 p.m.; and ages 12–16 at 6 p.m. Thursdays through March 29 (four sessions). Pre-registration is required. Please

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CA L E N DA R bring your own tennis racket. If you do not have one, please contact the department to check one out. Cost: $5/resident; $10/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks & Rec, Tennis Court number 1, Rassie Wicker Park, 10 Rassie Wicker Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. FINE ARTS LECTURE SERIES. 5:30 p.m. “Artist in Provence,” presented by the Arts Council of Moore County and Weymouth Center. Lecture number 1, presented by Denise Drum Baker, will be “Van Gogh & Gauguin: The Intimate Friendship Between Two Troubled Titans of Modern Art.” Cost (per lecture): $12/ACMC & Weymouth members; $20/nonmembers. Lectures presented at 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: www.MooreArt. org, and registration (with payment) at (910) 692-2787.

Thursday, March 8 — 25

TEMPLE THEATRE. Church Basement Ladies. Four women handle a variety of occasions, staving off disasters, having fun and managing the pastor. Temple Theatre, 120 Carthage St., Sanford. Info: including show times and ticket prices, and to purchase tickets: (919) 774-4155 or www.templeshows.com. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 8 a.m.–8 p.m. “Story Walk: What Is A Fish?” Celebrate N.C. State Parks’ 2018 Year of the Fish by heading out to the Bower’s Bog Trail for a self-led, 0.3-mile adventure and discover the pages of children’s book Catfish, Cod, Salmon, and Scrod: What Is A Fish? Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov.

Friday, March 9

MEDITATIVE YOGA. 10:30–11:30 a.m. For ages 18+. This class, taught by Carol Wallace, will help cultivate a relaxed state of mind and body, improve flexibility and relieve tension. Cost $40/residents; $80/non-residents. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, Program Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or www.pinehurst.rec.com.

OPEN STUDIO. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Life drawing. There will be no instruction given and you must bring your own supplies and materials. Members are encouraged to work creatively in any media they choose whether it’s watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastels, colored pencils, charcoal, etc. $15. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. “Swimming Through a Story (For Wee Ones!).” 2018 is N.C. State Parks’ Year of the Fish. Learn about our finned friends on a Story Walk around the 0.3-mile Bower’s Bog Trail. This program is designed for 3- to 5-year-olds and meant for parents to do with their children. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. FUN FRIDAYS. 4–6:30 p.m. Pinehurst Parks and Rec’s monthly group outing for ages 14+. This month: Bowling and dinner. Cost: $20/resident; $40/non-resident. Meet at Assembly Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-1900 or pinehurstrec.org. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Lakota John and Kin perform. $10 in advance. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 9447502 or www.theroosterswife.org. LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. Alan Barnosky performs. Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

Friday, March 9 — April 4

ART EXHIBIT. Gallery hours. Works by photographer Jaya Thompson, from Portland, Oregon. Hastings Gallery, Boyd Library at Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 695-3879.

Saturday, March 10

POETRY SOCIETY SAM RAGAN DAY. 9:15 a.m.–3 p.m. Morning readings by Steve Cushman and Ashley “Milli” Lumpkin, followed by open mic. After lunch, Keith Flynn conducts a workshop on poetry and music. Wear a bow tie in honor of Sam! Presented by the N.C. Poetry Society. $10 Lunch. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. THE MET OPERA: LIVE IN HD. 1–5 p.m. Rossini’s Semiramide. The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by Elizabeth DeShong. Cost: $27. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or sunrisetheater.com. 2ND ANNUAL BACK THE PAC. 6–11:30 p.m. Pinecrest Athletics Club hosts an evening of friends, food, dancing and fundraising in support of student athletes at Pinecrest High School. Cost: $50/person; $400/table of 8. Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Hill Road S., Pinehurst. Info and tickets: (910) 528-1437. ST. PATRICK’S DAY DANCE. 6:30 doors open, free lesson at 7, dancing till 9:30 p.m. Carolina Pines Chapter of USA dance invites you to an evening of ballroom dancing at the Southern Pines Elks Lodge. Admission: $10. 280 Country Club Circle, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 331-9965. LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. Becca Rae performs at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066. THE FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 7:30–10 p.m. Americana Concert. The FSO will be performing pieces such as “American Salute”, “Apollo 13”, and “Forrest Gump.” The SFO Youth Orchestra will perform

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Saturday, March 10 & 11

EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Southern Pines Horse Trials, Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074 or carolinahorsepark.com.

Sunday, March 11

MCHA LECTURE. 2 p.m. William S. Caudill explores a little known aspect of the story of the Highland Scots who immigrated in huge numbers to this area in the 1700s and 1800s. The Moore County Historical Association is sponsoring this free lecture. Southern Pines Civic Club, 105 S. Ashe St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 695-0853. BANNED BOOKS II: WEYMOUTH CENTER LECTURE. 4 p.m. In this second of a three-part series on Banned Books in America, Lois Holt and Ron Layne examine passages from female and male authors whose works were censored or banned and discuss how modern ideas on gender are reshaping perceptions. This event is free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or weymouthcenter.org. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “Become a Junior Ranger!” Join a park ranger to learn about the N.C. Parks Junior Ranger program and what it takes to earn a Weymouth Woods Jr. Ranger patch and certificate. (Most appropriate for children ages 6–12.) Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. BUILD COMMUNITY @ YOUR LIBRARY. 3–4 p.m.

Join the creators of The Sway to take an exclusive, behind-thescenes look into the making of this popular email newsletter. 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 6). Hiroya Tsukamoto and Kyshona Armstrong perform. $15 in advance. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Monday, March 12

2018 KELLY CUP GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. 12–5 p.m. The 20th Annual Sandhills Children’s Center Kelly Cup Golf Championship benefits young children with special developmental needs at Sandhills Children’s Center. The tournament is open to men and women, and the format is best ball of four full handicap. Fee: $800/team of four, includes greens fees and cart; a snack from Nosh, the Deli; and dinner by White Rabbit Catering. Pinehurst No. 8, 100 Centennial Drive, Pinehurst. Info and registration: (910) 692-3323 and www.sandhillschildrenscenter.org/kelly-cup-golf-championship. MEET THE AUTHOR. 5 p.m. Minrose Gwin will discuss her new novel, Promise. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. After a devastating tornado during the Great Depression, two women — a black greatgrandmother and a white teenager — fight for their families’ survival in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Country Bookshop, 140 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-3211.

Monday, March 12 & 19, and April 9 & 16

ART CLASS (CHARCOAL). 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. “Black and White Charcoal Series,” taught by Bob Way. Cost: $220. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Tuesday, March 13

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of Pinehurst Parks & Rec’s Special Needs Program, this event includes lunch at Maria’s and a matinee at Sandhills Cinemas. For ages 14+. Cost $22/members; $44/non-members (includes transportation and movie ticket, bring money for lunch and snacks.) Meet at Recreation Room for departure, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817. UNC PEMBROKE Amazing Grace: The Musical. Evening performance. A radiant production and captivating tale of romance, rebellion and redemption. Cost: $115 (includes: pre-show dinner, admission and luxury transportation). Kirk Tours. (910) 295-2257 or www.kirktours.com.

Tuesday, March 13 & 20

ART CLASS (WATERCOLOR). 1–4 p.m. “Let’s Get Positive about Negative Painting,” taught by Sandy Scott. Cost: $60. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Wednesday, March 14

ART CLASS (SCRATCHBOARD). 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Beginning Scratchboard, taught by Emma Wilson. Cost: $60. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE SERIES. 5:30 p.m. Melody Moezzi, author of Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life. Reception to meet the author sponsored by St. Joseph of the Pines. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

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CA L E N DA R Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. DOUGLASS CENTER BOOK CLUB. 10:30 a.m. This month’s book can be picked up at the Southern Pines Public Library or at the Center. Meetings are held at the Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376 or (910) 692-8235. ART CLASS (FINGER PAINT). 12:30–3:30 p.m. “Finger Paint Blue Hydrangeas (Acrylic),” taught by Magda Sondervan. Cost: $40. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. ART EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION. 3–5 p.m. Artist’s talk at 3:30. Meet photographer Jaya Thompson, from Portland, Oregon, and view his photography. Hastings Gallery, Boyd Library at Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 695-3879. COOKING CLASS. 5–8 p.m. Satisfying Veggie Soups. This class starts with a freshly made vegetable stock and continues with creamy black bean soup and roasted butternut squash soup. Instructor: Chef Angela Webb. $75. Lifelong Learning Institute, Sandhills Community College, Russell Dining Room, Little Hall, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. For info and to register: (910) 695-3980 or (800) 338-3944, ext. 3980. FINE ARTS LECTURE SERIES. 5:30 p.m. “Artist in Provence,” presented by the Arts Council of Moore County and Weymouth Center. Lecture no. 2, presented by Ellen Burke, “Friendship, Inspiration & Rivalry: Matisse & Picasso.” Cost (per lecture): $12/ACMC & Weymouth members; $20/ non-members. L555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: www.MooreArt.org, and registration (with payment): (910) 692-2787, at Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PINES FUNDRAISER. 6:30 p.m. “Magic and Mayhem,” a benefit performance to support Shakespeare in the Pines Summer Production of A

Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tickets: $75/individual; $140/ couple; $650/table of 8, available at the door and online. The Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Road South, Pinehurst. Info and tickets: www.uprisingtheatrecompany.com. CELTIC WOMAN. 7 p.m. Experience Celtic Woman on their worldwide Homecoming Tour – Live from Ireland. Some of Ireland’s most talented singers celebrate Ireland’s rich cultural and musical heritage. Tickets: $42, $62, $102. Crown Complex, 1960 Coliseum Drive, Fayetteville. Info: (910) 438-4100 or www.crowncomplexnc.com/events.

Friday, March 16

COOKING CLASS. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. “More Satisfying Veggie Soups.” Learn to make a clear broth base, a cream base and a puree soup. Baked potato soup and oven roasted tomato bisque is also on the menu. Instructor: Chef Angela Webb. $75. Lifelong Learning Institute, Sandhills Community College, Russell Dining Room, Little Hall, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. For info and to register: (910) 695-3980 or (800) 338-3944, ext. 3980. NATURE TALK AND PRESENTATION. 1 p.m. Sandhills Horticultural Society and the Sandhills Council of Garden Clubs sponsor “Plants that Nurture and Attract Hummingbirds” with local ornithologist and wildlife ecologist Susan M. Campbell. The event is free to the public, but registration is required by emailing landscapegardening@ sandhills.edu. Ball Center, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-6185. ST. PATRICK’S DAY HUNT. 5 p.m. For ages 3–10. Put on your Irish swag as you follow the clues to your very own pot o’ gold. Crafts, games and tons o’ fun. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Memorial Park Playground and Recreation Center Gym, 160 Memorial Court, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2463. THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6).

Ms. Adventure performs. Tickets: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org. LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. Tim Wilson perform at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

Saturday, March 17

STEAM SATURDAY. All day. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). This program is for children grades K–5. Experiment and craft tables will be out all day. From 11 a.m. to noon, join the Library staff for a special Rainbow Science event. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. PINE NEEDLE BASKET MAKING. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. instructor Pat Cheadle. Participants (ages 12+) will make a small, functional pine needle basket during this class. All materials provided. Please bring a thimble if you have one, and a bagged lunch. Pre-registration is required: www.form. jotform.com/80164997090969. Cost: $20/member; $25/nonmember. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info: (910) 486-0221. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 10 a.m. “Follow the Rainbow.” Join our Wildings program series (geared for 6- to 10-year-olds) this St. Patrick’s Day on a scavenger hunt across the rainbow. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. 17TH ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Festive entries, music, dancing, and Irish cheer are all in store for those who attend. The parade will begin at 11 a.m., followed by entertainment and children’s activities. Downtown Pinehurst and Tufts Memorial Park. Rain date: March 18. Info: (910) 295-8656 or www.vopnc.org.

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CA L E N DA R SANDHILLS FARM TO TABLE EVENT. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. This potluck and annual meeting is a free, family-friendly community event. Open to the public. Filly and Colts, 500 Little River Farm Blvd., Carthage. Info: (910) 722-1623. ART CLASS (ENCAUSTIC WAX). 1–3 p.m. Beginning Encaustic Wax, taught by Pam Griner. Cost: $40, supplies included. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. THE CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC. 3 and 7:30 p.m. “A Walk on Broadway,” featuring two Broadway stars. Tickets: $45/preferred; $30/general reserved; $25/military; $11/students. Sandhills Community College, Owens Auditorium, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 687-0287 or carolinaphil.org. LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. Whiskey Pines performs at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

Sunday, March 18

MOORE COUNTY CONCERT BAND. 2 p.m. “Images of America.” Scenes portrayed through music will include a marching band show, a drive through the Shenandoah Valley, a sunrise in Kentucky and a New Orleans funeral procession. Pinecrest High School senior Matt Wise will be the featured euphonium soloist. Free to the public. Grand Ballroom, the Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Village of Pinehurst. Info: (910) 235-5229 or www.moorecountyband.org. SUNDAY FILM SERIES. 2:30 p.m. This film for adults is based on the Agatha Christie novel Murder on the Orient Express. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “Marching through March.” N.C. State Parks challenges you to complete 100 miles of physical activity through running, walking, biking,

paddling, riding, swimming or rolling. Rack up some miles today and join a park ranger for a 3.2-mile hike around Weymouth Woods. Track your progress on the website www.nc100miles.org. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov.

historic menu is homemade creamed chicken on waffles, with maple syrup. Cost: $20. Reservations required both for seated and take-out meals. Shaw House and Garner Cabin, 110 W. Morganton Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6922051 weekday afternoons or www.moorehistory,com.

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Jeff Scroggins and Colorado perform. Tickets: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

Monday, March 19

COOKING CLASS. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. “Healthy Cooking for Two.” This class offers hands-on experience making a meal that is appetizing and healthy. You’ll take home a packet of wonderful recipes to try. Instructor: Chef Monica Midgette. $75. Lifelong Learning Institute, Sandhills Community College, Russell Dining Room, Little Hall, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. For info and to register: (910) 695-3980 or (800) 338-3944, ext. 3980.

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

CHARITY GOLF TOURNEMENT. 9:30 a.m. shotgun. The Carolina Philharmonic 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament takes place this year at the Pines Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Mid Pine Course. All proceeds will benefit the Carolina Philharmonic’s education programs: Encore Kids, Link Up and Junior Orchestra. Cost: $125/player; $500/team (includes continental breakfast and lunch). Info: (910) 687-0287. WOMEN OF WEYMOUTH LECTURE AND MEETING. 9:30 a.m. Coffee at 10 a.m. with a presentation by Lisa Tracy, The Objects of Our Affection. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. MOORE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON. 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. (two seatings). The

UNC PEMBROKE. Wizard Of Oz. Evening performance. Down the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy, Toto and friends. Cost: $115, includes pre-show dinner in Pembroke, admission and luxury transportation. Info: Kirk Tours. (910) 295-2257 or kirktours.com.

Tuesday, March 20

JAMES BOYD BOOK CLUB. 2 p.m. North Carolina Hall of Fame Poets: Kathryn Stripling Byer, Helen Bevington, John Charles McNeill, Jonathan Williams. Free and open to the public. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. ARTS COUNCIL OF MOORE COUNTY ARTour. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with Joshua Bell playing violin. Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill. Cost: $290/ACMC mem-

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CA L E N DA R ber; $330/non-member. Includes concert ticket (Orchestra seats), bus transportation, driver gratuity and dinner. Info: (910) 692-2787 or katherine@mooreart.org. LIT WITS. 5:30 p.m. Join the Library’s newest book club for 11- to 15-year-olds. You can check out your copy of this month’s book, Amina’s Voice, by Hena Khan, at the library from March 1 through 19. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6928235 or www.sppl.net. RUTH PAULEY LECTURE SERIES. 7:30 p.m. Dr. Terri Phoenix, Director of the LGBTQ Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, presents “L-G-B-T-I-Q-A and You: Exploring Gender, Identity and Sexual Orientation.” This event is free and open to the public. Owens Auditorium, Sandhills Community College, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 692-6185 or www.ruthpauley.org.

Wednesday, March 21

ART CLASS (COLORED PENCIL). 10 a.m.–4 p.m. “Planning/Problem Solving! How do I do this?” Taught by Betty Hendrix. Cost: $55. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org. SPRING 2018 COLLOQUIUM. 5:30 p.m. cocktails, 6:30 p.m. dinner. “Where is Golf Going?” Gil Hanse, architect of the Olympic Course in Rio de Janeiro, Castle Stuart, Inverness, Pinehurst No. 4 redesign and The Cradle, will talk about his adventures in golf. Tickets: $100/person, available now at www.giventufts.org. or at Tufts Archives, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Cardinal Ballroom at the Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista Drive. Info: (910) 295-3642. WINE AND WHIMSEY ART CLASS. 6–8 p.m. “Sunset at the Dock.” A perfect date night or girls’ night out. All supplies and instruction provided. Wine, beer and snacks

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Wednesday, March 21 — 25

EQUESTRIAN EVENT. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Carolina International CIC3* & Horse Trials. This will be an outstanding weekend of horse sport and entertainment for riders, owners, grooms, spectators, patrons and sponsors alike. Tickets available online at carolinainternationalcic.com. Carolina Horse Park, 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford. Info: (910) 875-2074 or www.carolinahorsepark.com.

Thursday, March 22

OPEN MIC EVENT. 6–8 p.m. “It’s Your Turn.” Arts Council of Moore County presents an Artists Meet-up hosted by Trinity Community Outreach Center. Singers, poets and musicians are welcome at this acoustic event. Savory & sweet snacks, light beverages provided. All artists are welcome. This is a free ACMC Event. TCCO Center, 972 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6922787 or www.MooreArt.org/ArtistsMeetup.

Thursday, March 22 and 23

ART CLASS (OIL PAINTING). 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. “Oil Painting with Courtney,” taught by Courtney Herndon. Using a limited number of paints, students will learn to mix colors and concentrate on value and composition, painting wet into wet for a loose, impressionistic style. Cost: $110. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Friday, March 23

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Steel City Rovers perform. Cost: $10. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www.theroosterswife.org.

LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. Tom Compa performs at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

Saturday, March 24

MOORE COUNTY FARM TOUR. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. The Moore County Cooperative Extension annual farm tour is a fun way to spend a Saturday with friends or family, meet some of the farmers that grow our food and learn about different kinds of farming in Moore County. Nine Moore County Farms will be participating in this free event. Watch for more information and register on Eventbrite on or after March 5. Info: (910) 947-3188. EASTER EGG HUNTS. 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Children 9 and younger are invited to “eggsplore” Cannon Park in search of candy-filled eggs. Visit with the Easter Bunny afterward and enjoy fun activities. Start times by age group: 10:30 a.m. ages 2 & under; 10:45 a.m. ages 3 to 4; 11 a.m. ages 5 to 6; 11:15 a.m. ages 7 to 9. Cannon Park, 90 Woods Road, Pinehurst. Rain date: March 31. Info: (910) 295-8656 or www.vopnc.org. DOG DAY IN THE GARDEN. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. An actionpacked day of demonstrations and doggie fun. Presented by Cape Fear Botanical Garden and Fayetteville Animal Protection Society. Free for CFBG members. Call for nonmember prices. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville, Info: (910) 486-0221, ext. 30. TRAIL. 3 p.m. All 5–10th graders are invited to join the Library each month for TRAIL (Teens Reading and Investigating Life). Get creative for Retro Day as we enjoy some throwback games, music, and snacks for this blast from the past edition of TRAIL. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6928235 or www.sppl.net. MEET THE AUTHOR. 2 p.m. Local author Patsy Odom will

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Sunday, March 25

EASTER EGG HUNT. 1:30 p.m. Crafts and games will be followed by Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. Campbell House Grounds, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. SUNDAY KIDS MOVIE. 2:30 p.m. Enjoy a free showing of the movie based on the book by R.J. Palacio, Wonder. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235. NATURE STUDY PROGRAM. 3 p.m. “North American Wood Duck.” Take a 1-mile hike through the wetlands of Weymouth Woods to visit areas frequented by one of North America’s most beautiful and unique ducks. Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2167 or www.ncparks.gov. PLAY ESCAPE. 4–5 p.m. Pictures with the Easter Bunny. For all ages. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-2342 or playescapenc.com. SOUNDS ON THE GROUNDS FUNDRAISER. 4–8:30 p.m. Enjoy bands, food trucks, beverages and pop-up stores, and help keep Weymouth beautiful. Tickets: $10/ members; $15/non-members. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

THE ROOSTER’S WIFE. 6:46 p.m. (doors open at 6). Ameranouche performs. Cost: $15. Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Knight St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-7502 or www. theroosterswife.org.

Monday, March 26

WINE AND ART APPRECIATION. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Exploring Art Through Observation and Conversation IX. Join art educator and local artist Ellen Burke, whose topic will be “Innocence, Laughter and Intimacy; Artists Paint the Children in Their Lives.” Cost: $20, including wine and light snacks. Proceeds to benefit The Boy’s and Girl’s of the Sandhills. Hollyhocks Art Gallery, 905 Linden Road, Pinehurst. Info and registration: Ellen (603) 966-6567 or Jane Casnellie (910) 639-4823. CLASSICAL CONCERT SERIES. 8–10 p.m. American pianist Jon Nakamatsu’s playing combines elegance, clarity and electrifying power. Named Gold Medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, Jon has performed widely in North and South America, Europe and the Far East. Tickets: $30/Arts Council member; $35/ non-member. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or www.mooreart.org.

Sunday, March 26, 27 & 28

ART WORKSHOP. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. “Figures with Watercolor and Gauche,” taught by Kate Worm. Cost: $325. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or artistleague.org.

Tuesday, March 27

YOUNG AFFILIATE OF WEYMOUTH MEETING. 6 p.m. Come enjoy meeting young professionals. Everyone welcome. Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

MUSICIANS JAM SESSION. 7 p.m. Bring your instrument and your beverage, or just come to enjoy. Free and open to the public. Library, Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org.

Wednesday, March 28

ART CLASS (ALL MEDIA PAINTING). 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays through May 2 (6 sessions). For all levels of experience, artist Eileen Strickland covers basic information on materials, techniques, color theory and composition. Cost: $52/resident; $104/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and preregistration: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817.

Thursday, March 29

ART CLASS (ALL MEDIA PAINTING). 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays through May. 3 (6 sessions). For all levels of experience, artist Eileen Strickland covers basic information on materials, techniques, color theory and composition. Cost: $52/resident; $104/non-resident. Pinehurst Parks and Rec, Recreation Room, 300 Kelly Road, Pinehurst. Info and pre-registration: (910) 295-1900 or 295-2817. COOKING CLASS. 5–8 p.m. “Global Cuisine Dinners.” Enjoy some island flavor as you learn to make Jamaican curried chicken and fried green banana. Instructor: Chef Angela Webb. $75. Lifelong Learning Institute, Sandhills Community College, Russell Dining Room, Little Hall, 3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. For info and to register: (910) 695-3980 or (800) 338-3944, ext. 3980.

Friday, March 30

LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. Cousin Amy Deluxe String Band performs at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

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CA L E N DA R PLAY ESCAPE. 4–5 p.m. Pictures with the Easter Bunny. For all ages. Free with admission. Play Escape, 103 Perry Drive, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-2342 or playescapenc.com.

Saturday, March 31

THE MET OPERA: LIVE IN HD. 1–4:30 p.m. Cosi fan tutti. Set in the 1950s on Coney Island, the opera features Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Kelli O’Hara, and Christopher Maltman. This is a co-production with the English National Opera. Cost: $27. Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8501 or sunrisetheater.com. LIVE MUSIC. 7–10 p.m. James Villone performs at the Wine Cellar & Tasting Room, 241-A N.E. Broad St., Southern Pines. Free to the public. Info: (910) 692-3066.

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PRIVATE AND GROUP COOKING CLASSES. 6:30 p.m. (most classes). Private classes available Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Group classes, held Wednesdays through Saturdays, provide hands-on instruction for pasta, Moroccan, ravioli, sweet potato gnocchi, sushi, eggplant parmesan, pierogis and charcuterie and knife skills. Vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free options. Brunch classes (from Eggs Benedict to French Toast) on Saturdays. See website for specific menus and prices. Reservations and pre-payment required. Prices: $45–$55/ person, includes meal, instruction and recipes. Brunch: $35. The Flavor Exchange, 115 E. New Hampshire Ave., Southern Pines. Info and menus: (910) 725-1345 or www. theflavorexchange.com.

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

TAX HELP. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Trained AARP volunteers will offer this free service at the Library on Wednesdays and Saturdays through April 14. Clients must register onsite, and there are no prior appointments by phone. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

Tuesdays

BABY BUNNIES STORYTIME. 10:30 and 11 a.m. (two sessions) This storytime, reserved for ages birth to 18 months, will engage parents and children in early literacy brain-building practices. Programs will be offered March 6, 13, 20 and 27. Limited to 20 babies per session. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. BROWN BAG LUNCH/GAME DAY. 11:30 a.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy fellowship and activities, including card games, board games and the Wii. The Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. TAI CHI FOR HEALTH. 10–11:30 a.m. Practice this flowing Eastern exercise with instructor Rich Martin. Cost per class: $15/member; $17/non-member. Monthly rates available. No refunds or transfers. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221.

Tuesdays — Saturdays

YOGA IN THE GARDEN. 6–7 p.m. Improve flexibility, build strength, ease tension and relax through posture and breathing techniques for beginners and experts alike. Free for CFBG and YMCA members, $5/non-members. Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Info and registration: (910) 486-0221, ext. 36 or capefearbg. org. (Must register one day prior). Email questions to mzimmerman@capefearbg.org. BRIDGE. 1–4:30 p.m. A card game played by four people in two partnerships, in which “trump” is determined by bidding. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. READ TO YOUR BUNNY PRESCHOOL STORYTIME. 3:30–4 p.m. Especially for children ages 2–5, this storytime focuses on stories, songs and fun, with a special emphasis on activities that build language and socialization skills to prepare for Kindergarten. Dates this month are March 7, 14, 21 and 28. Stay for playtime. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235.

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

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.

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