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Most Wonderful Time We asked Chathamites, ‘What are your holiday traditions?’

Familiar Faces Meet Pittsboro-based painter Onicas Gaddis

For the Love of Fruitcake Bear Creek’s Berta Lou Scott dishes on all things Southern Supreme

All About the Blooms Pittsboro’s Orchid Gallery is worth the trip

Homemade How Marsha Scurlock’s lifelong joy for cooking blossomed into a business

Setting the Scene Say ‘I do’ to these Chatham wedding venues

Home on the Range Cattle and community mix at Siler City stockyards

Healers in the Hallway Meet three nurses at Chatham County Schools

Growing Healthy Minds The Farm at Penny Lane gives solace to people with mental illnesses

Translating Hope Ascary Arias offers the Latino community quality care at Vidas De Esperanza clinic

Home Run Six styles to steal from Parade of Homes winners

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Bynum Pumpkin Carving

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Siler City Veterans Day Parade

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Not only do we have nonprofits to help our neighbors, there is a spirit of caring and helping here that is special. I’ve noticed it in every neighborhood, at farms, and in downtowns throughout the county. People are ready and willing to help their neighbors – whether life-long or newcomers. It’s a source of pride that our community seems to understand that we have a shared interest in the well-being of everyone, in all our communities. As the publisher of Chatham Magazine, I am committed to showcasing the many neighbors making a difference. It is a part of our obligation, even our contract, with you, our readers. Check out page 78 to read about Pittsboro’s The Farm at Penny Lane helping those challenged by mental illness, or about our daily healers – seven school nurses in Chatham County (page 66), and Ascary Arias and the Siler City medical and dental clinic he created, Vidas De Esperanza (page 80). With Chatham County growing at an incredible rate, how do we keep up our neighborly spirit of caring? We can’t all launch medical clinics, but we can practice random acts of kindness, volunteer or check in on an elderly neighbor. Warm up someone’s winter! See you in the New Year!

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1 Jordan-Matthews High School band members Ayden Campbell, 14, and Nahum Flores, 14. 2 Jordan-Matthews High School students Mia Lopez, 15, Jose Zendejas, 15, Katie Ocampo, 16, Victor Herrera, 15, and George Jacinto, 17. 3 Retired Sgt. Maj. Raymond Austin, Spc. Marshelle Horton, Sgt. Kevin Marsh, and Siler City Chief of Police Gary Tyson. 4 Carmen Flores, Vinietta Flores, 2, and Siler City Elementary student Yazmyn Cobbs, 9. 5 American Legion Post 93 Commander Scott Busenlehner and District 13 Commander Jeff Cathcart. 6 Siler City Town Commissioners Tony Siler and Larry Cheek.

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and Food Experience was enjoyed by more than 600 attendees at the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) in October. The event showcased fare from 30 local restaurants paired with outstanding wines from more than 30 wineries. Sponsors included Bull City Food & Beer Experience, Chatham Magazine, DPAC and TASTE the Event while the nonprofit partner was Keep Durham Beautiful. CM

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what we’ve heard around the county Good Work McIntyre’s Books’ Reindeer Readers

program collected monetary donations to supply Chatham County Schools elementary students with new books this holiday season. As of press time, the bookstore was about three-fourths of the way to meeting their goal of collecting 1,500 books for prekindergarten, kindergarten and first grade students in Chatham County. PHOTO BY SARAH DANIELS

The Chatham County Council on Aging hosted a series of forums in November as part of an effort to develop an aging plan for the county. Participants had small group discussions to identify the most important issues facing Chatham seniors. Northwood High School Special

Olympians and students studying sports medicine competed against Jordan-Matthews High School Special Olympians and weightlifting students in a kickball game in October. This year, Jordan-Matthews’ team, including Hunter McLaurin (pictured left), took home the trophy.

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Fitness Fashionistas Chic River, a business devoted to creating eco-friendly

and functional active wear held a promotional photoshoot at Briar Chapel to show off their new line of clothing. Locals like Jami Tobias, Katherine Migliaccio, Michelle Bragassa, Heather Beachy, Rachel Flanagan, Jess Gray, Trisha Remes and Abby Porter stepped in front of the camera to show off vegan, chemical free and madeto-order exercise gear made by Chic River owners Trisha and Mike Remes. Likewise doing good, Northwood High School Women’s Tennis volunteered in October at Special Olympics North Carolina’s tennis tournament at the Chapel Hill Tennis Club. Special needs athletes partnered in doubles with the Northwood tennis players.

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Principal of the Year. Realtor Karen O’Dwyer was named the Chatham Chamber of Commerce’s

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And the Award Goes to… Carolina Tiger Rescue is one of 54

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which comes with $10,000 to support creative development and the creation of new work. Playwright and Chatham County resident Mike Wiley was given UNC’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. The UNC M.F.A. graduate is currently writing “Leaving Eden,” a PlayMakers Repertory Companycommissioned work based on interviews conducted in and around Siler City. The play about a fictional small town in North Carolina will premiere at PlayMakers in April.

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Home Improvement In September, Chatham County Schools Superintendent Dr. Derrick D. Jordan presented a Chatham Habitat for Humanity ceremonial house key to the Ramos family – including Eulalia Ramos Hernandez, Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez Ascencio, Lenore Ramos Juarez, Wilson Ramos Meza and Lizbeth Rodriguez Ramos – for their new home.

Artful Accomplishments 64 West Service Center’s Dale Currin

has released a single called “A Country Life,” which is available on Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube. Northwood High School student Andrew Bonomolo – a member

of Pitch Please, the school’s a capella group – won the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s National Student Auditions’ state-level competition in the category upper high school musical theater men. He will move on to the national competition.

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came in first place in the 6th District Congressional Art Competition, and her piece, “A Beautiful Day,” will hang in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. this year. The piece also won first place in the Scholastic Art Showcase in the computer generated division. CM

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Santa at Country Farm & Home Dec. 16 Country Farm & Home pulls out all the stops at its annual meet and greet with jolly old Saint Nick. Enjoy gingerbread cookies, cocoa and cider while listening to Christmas stories from Santa, and take a photo with him to remember the experience. chathamfarmsupply.com

Each year, Santa Al visits Country Farm & Home in Pittsboro to spread holiday cheer with Christmas stories, festive treats and lively conversation with local kids.

Christmas Trees at Oasis Open Air Market Nov. 24-Dec. 24 The regular market may be closed, but you can still get your Oasis fix – and a Christmas tree and wreath or two – during this month-long event. oasisopenairmarket.com 24

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Miracle on Hillsboro Street Dec. 16 Just a week before Christmas, see Santa Claus on trial at the Chatham County Courthouse. Two afternoon performances include audience participation, local actors and the real Kris Kringle. shoppittsboro.com

New Year’s Eve at Pittsboro Roadhouse Dec. 31 Dance to N.C. Revelers Orchestra and eat hors d’oeuvres from 39 West Catering before toasting to 2018 with a glass of champagne at midnight. pittsbororoadhouse.com Whirlikids Book Fest Feb. 3 Nationally recognized children’s authors and illustrators converge at McIntyre’s Books in Fearrington Village. Geared toward ages 3-12, the event includes story times, author panels and book signings. fearrington.com/mcintyresbooks CM

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the Northeast through the ’80s. And so with that came all of the great food – and just a stone’s throw away from New Haven-style pizza. I really fell in love with the coal-fired pizzas – the flavor, the style. For years, we’d go once a week to get pizza and a beer or two at a place called Richter’s. We got hooked on the pizza, so when we came down here [to North Carolina in 1994], having it was a necessity. I did a lot of reading and taught myself everything I could about making pizza, including crazy stuff like putting the oven in cleaning mode [so the temperature would hit 900 degrees F]. We’d have pizza dinner parties on Sunday nights and we got pretty good at it. People started saying, ‘Oh, you gotta do this, you gotta do this.’ I found this mobile wood-fired pizza oven on a trailer, and I was like, ‘Yeah, we could do that.’ I left my job in 2010, and in 2011, we [started] Capp’s Apizza, which was the mobile food unit. We worked farmers markets, music festivals and neighborhoods including Briar Chapel, The Preserve and Fearrington Village. A lot of people from up North move to Fearrington and they were all like, ‘Oh my God, it’s just like New York pizza, or just like Connecticut.’ We were very fortunate to have that exposure ... one thing led to another and here we are [with a brick and mortar]. Capp’s Pizzeria opened the third week of October [2016]. Somebody got on Nextdoor and told Briar Chapel that we were open. We had a line down the sidewalk and a packed restaurant for three hours. It was insane, and it was quite an intro to the restaurant world [on the owning side of the business].

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[Over the years] my wife, Wendy, and I have worked in a lot of restaurants – that’s how we kind of met. Wendy and I had actually gone to grammar school together, and I’d always say, ‘That MacDermid girl, she’s cute.’ I did a lot of [hospitality] work – bartending jobs, catering jobs, worked in kitchens. Then when we were catering at Westside Lobster House [in Waterbury] after college, Wendy was there on the crew on the first day. We started hanging out

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We asked Chathamites, ‘What are your holiday traditions?’

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he Pittsboro parade is a must every year. We love waving at our neighbors and friends (and our kids) in the parade as they pass. Afterwards, we gather at the [Pittsboro] Roadhouse or The Mod for food and fellowship.” – Russ, Andrea, Rylie (11) and Aaron (11) Ward

“All of [my husband’s] side of the family [are] in Pittsboro, so we enjoy getting together with cousins, aunts, etc. Our favorite Christmas traditions are decorating the inside and outside of our home. We go all out with traditional Christmas decor. We Chatham Connecting volunteers Marianna Spence, Alice Donoghue, Dianne Birch, also love to make homemade cookies [and Jeff Morehouse, Maggie Pearson, Alyce Twomey and Caroline Taylor. to spend] Christmas Eve with family and friends, eating good food and building community.” – Chasidy, Wes, Demi (10), Duncan (8) and Davis (4) Parker

“Every year family and friends attend the Christmas Lovefeast at Lystra Baptist Church … In a celebration of community, we humbly offer a service of cider and cookies served by youth in the community. Lit by beeswax candles with soft glowing flames, [we feature] special music. This year the guest musicians will be Little Windows’ Mark Weems and Julee Glaub, who create a mix of Appalachian and Irish music.” – Mary Alexion and the Lystra Baptist Church Family

“In our family, giving to those who need help or to groups that provide help is part of our tradition. We believe this is one way to teach our children, and now our grandchildren, to care about others and to do something to help. [Chatham Connecting,] created and run by volunteers, has a Holiday Wishes button on the home page. We activate this each year to focus on the programs that serve those in need during the holidays. For example, Chatham County Social Services has programs to serve 30

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children and adults. Chatham County Council on Aging has an Angel Tree. Food pantries need extra food for efforts to provide holiday meals.” – Chatham Connecting volunteer Dianne Birch

“About 20 years ago, when my husband [Tim Fulk] and I lost our first pet together (our cat, Dusty), the next Christmas we hung his collar right under the star on our Christmas tree to remember him. Over the years, we also lost cats Maggie, Missy and Andy, and Basset Hounds Barney, Penelope and Lily Belle. I find it joyful to remember each and every one of them. While [my husband and I] divorced a few years ago, we remain good friends and I have continued the holiday tradition.” – Pam Fulk – compiled by Ashley Cruz CM

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familiar faces

Meet Pittsboro-based painter Onicas Gaddis BY H OLLY WE ST | P H OTO B Y BRIAN A BROU GH

hen artist Onicas Gaddis walks up the sidewalk to The Mod on any given day, he is greeted by a chorus of “heys” and high-fives. Onicas, a Pittsboro-based painter, is well-known in the area for his art, which hangs at The Mod and 580 Craft Beer, in addition to several people’s homes. Each painting is unique, but residents might see familiar faces in them – or at least think they do. Onicas incorporates faces into many of his paintings because of his beginnings as a charcoal portraitist. “I did that for a lot of years and I drew a lot of faces,” he says. “I think subconsciously, it’s people that I know or spirits. Some people tell me when you look at them they look like they’re real and they’re thinking about something. It’s creepy to some people.” During his training at the Sarah Carlisle Towery Alabama Art Colony, the organization’s namesake taught him to paint what he knew. “When I met Sarah, she said, ‘Just paint and don’t think about it. The painting will tell you what it wants to be,’” Onicas says. “In the paint, I see a lot of faces. I kind of see the painting, and then I make it and figure out what the story is behind it.” Much of his work is based on emotion, as he used painting

to cope with his difficult childhood. One of 12 children, Onicas was placed into Alabama’s foster care system at an early age. “Growing up in foster care there are some really hard days,” he says. “It never goes away, and, if you don’t have an outlet, it destroys you. That’s why I’m so thankful, passionate and serious about my work. I just think it saved my life.” He has also done charcoal and pencil drawing, but Onicas says painting is the true outlet for his emotions. “I don’t think

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sculpting and modeling clay would provide that for me. I’ve got action, and I’ve got the music up loud,” he says. “There are a lot of tears in some of my paintings, and a lot of joy.” Both of those things went into “Heaven and Hell,” a 2010 two-canvas piece that hangs at University Place’s The Frame & Print Shop in Chapel Hill, where Onicas works. Onicas has priced the two-part piece at $1 million after originally giving away the smaller of

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the two paintings and realizing they couldn’t be separated. Despite the high price tags, Onicas’ art really isn’t about the money, he says. He has given away more than 350 of his paintings. “It became this thing where every time I gave away a piece of art and went back to my canvas, a vision was forming,” he says. “I attributed that to me giving and becoming a better painter in the process.” Onicas credits his friend Sheila Fleming – a Pittsboro singer/songwriter he met while he was living in Sanford – with helping him get out of a rut. “I was sleeping in my car in a parking lot in Sanford for a while,” he says. “It’s because of her I’m able to take showers pretty much.” But Onicas’ primary motivation for being successful is to take care of his two children, Royal, 12, and Roman, 11, who live in Lynchburg, Virginia and are impressed by Onicas’ local celebrity status when they come to visit. “My daughter asked me, ‘Are you a famous artist?’ because everybody in Pittsboro knows me and talks to me. I said, ‘Not yet.’” CM

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the same day,” says Marsha. During the summer, graduations, weddings and family reunions fill her calendar; the holiday season can get even busier. Of course, she still cooks for her family, friends and neighbors, too. “It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but no matter the size or type of event, it is always rewarding,” she says. On one memorable occasion, Marsha catered a celebration honoring former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt’s Smart Start program. Though she doesn’t have a favorite food – to prepare or to eat – Marsha

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does have a favorite dessert. “Pound cake was the first thing I ever learned to make and make well,” she says. “I don’t do a lot of sweets, but I do still enjoy that.” When she’s not planning or preparing for an event, Marsha can be found spending time with her family in Pittsboro. “This is such a quiet, peaceful place to live.” When her schedule allows, she also enjoys occasional trips to the North Carolina mountains and coast. “And as I get older, I am definitely trying to enjoy my granddaughter more.” But that doesn’t mean she’ll ever stop cooking – “I love people, and I love to make them happy and to see them eat. I’m very lucky that I get to do the thing I am passionate about every day.” CM

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setting the scene Say ‘I do’ to Chatham’s wedding venues P RO D U C E D B Y A S HLE Y CRUZ

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Past and Present Jessie Meacham married Gabe Pinkston at

2017: “We chose the venue because the chapel is very near and dear to my heart. I grew up on Poythress, right down the road from the chapel. My father and grandparents also grew up there. Before the chapel was a venue, it was where my dad grew up going to church [with] my grandmother. One of my aunts got married there while the church was still in service. As soon as we got engaged, I arranged a meeting with Yvette [Navarro], and, the second I walked through the door, tears filled my eyes. I knew it was the place we would be married.” 54

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The Parlour at Manns Chapel in October

Jessie’s Favorite Features

“Obviously the history, the intimate feel and the pure beauty [of the location]. I do love that they kept the vintage feel of the chapel without taking the history away from it. I would absolutely recommend to future couples. Yvette and Aimee [Flynn] both were very easy to talk to and go through the process with.”

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Picture Perfect Photographer Heather Gunter has shot five weddings at Oakland Farm: “I love the natural lighting inside the barn and inside the house where the bridal party gets ready. This allows me to photograph my detail and getting-ready shots effortlessly. I also love the pasture and fencing on the property which makes for a great backdrop! When I am photographing an entire wedding day, I have to go back and forth a lot and this venue makes that so easy for me with everything in one general location. I always enjoy shooting at the Oakland Farm. It is one of my favorite venues to photograph.” December/January 2018

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both graduated from high school in North Carolina and from UNC-Chapel Hill, so they wanted to get married in the area, [but] didn’t want a big fussy wedding. Fearrington is such a lovely natural setting with the gardens, the barn, the cows, etc. Well, it was the perfect solution! Julie and Daniel chose the Crabapples Garden for the actual wedding site. The backdrop is gorgeous and required very little [extra décor]. We added a few flowers in glass containers on the

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chairs down the aisles, and that was it! The reception was in The Barn, which is simple and beautiful. We chose the Southern buffet. I cannot tell you how many guests oohed and ahhed over the food. They talked about how they had never had a better wedding buffet. So delicious! Gilda [McDaniel] and her team were there from beginning to end. I can’t praise these people highly enough!”

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Musician Tommy Edwards from The Bluegrass Experience enjoys playing for weddings, receptions and related events at Fearrington. He says, “The beautiful venues and the excellent service always has the wedding party in a fine mood. Gilda McDaniel and the Fearrington staff are extremely well organized, which means the guests have a plan they can follow and the musicians know exactly what to expect and when to carry out their respective duties. And the staff is welcoming to the musicians and they make sure we have everything we need to provide the appropriate entertainment to enhance the event.”

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No Wrong Way to Wed More Chatham County venue options The Barn at Woodlake Meadows 3809 McLaurin Rd., Bear Creek woodlakemeadows.com

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The Inn at Celebrity Dairy 144 Celebrity Dairy Way, Siler City celebritydairy.com

Chatham Mills 480 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro chathammills.com

Het Landhuis 1898 Henderson Tanyard Rd., Pittsboro hetlandhuis.com

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458 West Bed & Breakfast is a great choice for intimate, wedding-related gatherings Chathamite Courtney Hart knows bridal showers and luncheons. She has hosted a couple of events at 458 West and says she loves the place and the people she’s worked with. In spring 2012, she held a bridal luncheon for her bridesmaids and family and in the summer of 2016, she held a bridal shower for Chathamite Lauren Rizzuto. Courtney plans to hold all of her future shower events at 458 West and would definitely recommend the venue. The owners Cheryl Conrad and Houston Blair are “so sweet to work with,” Courtney says. “They are extremely accommodating, the food is always fresh and delicious and the venue is beautiful. They do everything possible to make the event just what we wanted.” The location being so close to home and not too far for guests are what attracts Courtney about the venue’s location. When asked how the space was adapted to meet her needs for her events she says, “Cheryl and Houston allowed us to use whatever space we needed, whether it be the dining area, sitting room or front porch. They provided the chairs and tables as well as set them up for us. I was allowed to decorate however I wished.” “They go above and beyond to make each of my events perfect,” Courtney says. 58

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home on the range Cattle and community mix at Siler City stockyards PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN A BROU GH

very Monday and Friday, farmers gather at Carolina Stockyards Co. in Siler City to buy and sell livestock. Farmers from North Carolina and beyond arrive early to offload their livestock, and the auction often continues well into the evening, until all the animals are sold. It’s open to the public, so go check out this little slice of Chatham County, and don’t forget to have a burger at the restaurant, one of Chatham County’s best kept secrets!

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LEFT Zach Johnson (right) of McLeansville settles up with Carolina Stockyards clerk Kim Gaines after purchasing some animals at the auction. RIGHT Richard Matthews of Sanford sits with his grandchildren, Carson,6, and Madison Wiley, 9. Their mom, Amanda Wiley, says she remembers coming to the livestock auction as a child and thought her kids would find it fascinating. BELOW The auction hall where livestock, including cows, goats, pigs and the occasional donkey, are sold every Monday and Friday at Carolina Stockyards. The stockyards have been in their current location since 1971. CM

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hallway

BY HOLLY WEST | PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN A BROU GH

ith 18 schools to serve, the seven nurses of Chatham County Schools are always on the move. Each person is tasked with taking care of hundreds of students, providing care that ranges from administering daily medicines to handling seizures to being a shoulder to cry on. We sat down with three of these healers, Dawn Rains at the elementary school level, Melissa Lassen at the high school level and Denise Jones at the middle school level.

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Dawn Rains loves little people. The veteran nurse switched from hospitals to school hallways four years ago to spend more time with her own children. Now, she is surrounded by hundreds of K-8 kids a day. “The kids come up with the funniest things,” Dawn says. “Kids are brutally honest. They’ll tell you just what’s on their mind.” Dawn splits her time between Silk Hope School, North Chatham Elementary School and Pittsboro Elementary School. Her daughter, seventh-grader Ashlee, attends Silk Hope and her son, Rilee, is a ninth-grader at Jordan66

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Matthews High School.

Her daily schedule depends on the needs of each of her schools on a given day. “You have to prioritize and go to what school has needs,” she says. “We do get pulled a lot from one school to another, so you have to keep flexible.” Between the three schools, Dawn tends to the needs of about 1,300 kids. A large part of her job includes

administering medicine or checking on kids who have chronic conditions and allergies – a list that gets longer each year. “I would definitely say there’s more diabetes,” she says. “You’re seeing more kids with health concerns at every school, whether it be newly diagnosed asthma, a food allergy, etc. You’re seeing lots of kids with medicines

Dawn Rains with daughter Ashlee at Silk Hope School, where Dawn serves as a nurse and Ashlee attends seventh grade.

they bring to school every day, like EpiPens.” She also sees children who get sick or injured at school and says a lot more goes into that kind of care than people think. “That is part of our role, to assess a child when they’re hurt, but there’s also the referral part, the case management part, the follow-up part, knowing when to send a child home or when they need to go to the doctor,” she said. “It’s that nursing judgment.” Judgment is especially important for school nurses, who are often the only trained health care professional in a school building on a given day. Restrictions on the kind of care school nurses can give also adds to the job’s difficulty. “In a hospital, you have... doctors, you have other nurses, you have the medicine, you have everything you could possibly think of you could need,” she says. “Whereas, in a school we’re very limited as to what we can provide to the students. We can’t give a medicine to a child without a doctor’s order and a parent signature.” Despite the challenges, Dawn says she loves her job. When she’s not working, she’s busy with her own two kids. Rilee plays several sports and Ashlee is a cheerleader and involved in theater. “My children keep me pretty busy,” she says. December/January 2018

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In Sync with Students On a Friday morning in October, Melissa Lassen had treated a busted lip, met with two parents whose children were newly diagnosed with medical conditions and talked with another parent about a student’s treatment plan. And it was just 10 a.m. In her 11 years as a school nurse, Melissa has worked at nine different schools in Chatham County. She now works at Northwood High School and is the head nurse for Chatham County Schools, a role in which she supervises the district’s six other nurses and is responsible for state-mandated reports and other district-level tasks. She says the ability to prioritize where she’s needed most is a key skill in getting everything done. “That’s challenging, trying to fit it all in,” she says. “For me, that means coming to work early. I’m always here by 7, but some mornings I’m here at 6:30.” She says the day-to-day interactions she has with students are the best part of her job. Unlike younger kids, adolescents are often in need of more than a Band-Aid.

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“They just need someone that they can talk to that they trust and can confide in,” she says. “Especially for high school students, that’s a big part of what we do.” As much as she loves it now, Melissa didn’t always want to be a school nurse. The daughter of an educator, she decided to forge a different path. For 12 years, she worked as a labor and delivery nurse in hospitals. Then she felt drawn back to school hallways. “It seemed like I had a calling to be in a school,” she says. Working as a school nurse allowed her to spend more time with her daughter, Emma, now a junior at UNC. Like many people, she didn’t realize the scope of the job. Among the surprising tasks is training teachers to deal with health issues for when she’s not around. “They’re the one in the classroom with that student,” she says. “They need to know what to look for, how to handle an emergency. That can look different for different health problems.” While Melissa lives in Apex, she considers Chatham County a second home after all these years. “I’ve never worked in another county, but I certainly think we have a great county,” she says.

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Homegrown Helper For Denise Jones, the annual countywide vision screenings she helps conduct are like a trip back in time. “I’ve had multiple incidents where I see a child and, before I know their name, I’m like, ‘Who’s your mama?’” she says. “I know their mom and their dad just from looking at them.” Denise graduated from Jordan-Matthews High School, as did her two sons, Noah and Caleb. Daughter Hannah is a junior there now. Seventhgrader Lillian and fifth-grader Lauren, both students at Silk Hope, will be at the school one day, too. Denise and her husband, Jason, live in the country outside Siler City, not too far from where she grew up. After high school, she went away to college at UNC-Greensboro, but she knew she would return to her hometown. “You get a lot of satisfaction from going off to college and being able to come back here,” she says.

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For nearly two decades, she worked in emergency nursing at hospitals. While she enjoyed helping people, especially kids, in that line of work, she says it took a toll on her. “It was a lot of heartache,” she says. “It got to the point where when kids were sick and families were upset, after doing that for 16 years, I realized it was time for a change.” Eight years ago, she decided to switch to school nursing. She worked for one year in Alamance County before returning to Chatham. Now, she splits

and teaching them how to keep themselves well or keep themselves from getting injured was a nice change,” she says. “To see smiling faces and kids that are happy.” Denise’s job as a school nurse comes with its own challenges, however. With 1,300 kids to take care of, she’s always calling to check on students at one school while physically at another. She says she feels bad when something major happens at one of her schools and she can’t be there to help. “Today I came in and I found out that a staff member at one of my schools maybe had a stroke yesterday and I wasn’t there,” she said in early November. “I was like, ‘Gosh, what if I could have been there.’ I hear that a lot, ‘[Such and such] happened yesterday and I wish you were here.’”

her time between Chatham Middle School, Horton Middle School and Moncure School. While she still has to deal with a scary situation every now and then, she says she hasn’t had to face anything life-threatening. “The aspect of taking care of well children and trying to work on prevention

Most parents don’t seem to know that school nurses are stretched between multiple schools, Denise says, but she wishes they did. When she does explain her schedule to upset parents, she says they’re almost always understanding. That’s just one of many things she loves about working with the people of Chatham County, and why her hometown is so special to her. “It’s good to give back to your community and stay local if you can.” CM

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t Dermatology & Laser Center of Chapel Hill (DLC), Dr. Chris Adigun and her team of dermatology-trained specialists provide care for all medical and aesthetic skin issues. DLC offers the latest dermatology procedures for skin rejuvenation including laser resurfacing and injectable treatments, such as Botox® and fillers. Using state-of-the art equipment, Dr. Adigun and her team focus on building trusting partnerships and work to develop treatment plans based on patients’ personal goals and unique skin types. Dr. Adigun and the specialists at DLC know that teamwork makes the dream work! Providers ensure every patient is attended to promptly with ample time spent with each patient to best understand his or her desired outcome. The goal is to guide patients in achieving and maintaining a naturally youthful and elegant appearance in a warm, welcoming practice. In addition to Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicare, DLC is now in network with United Healthcare and Cigna. Dr. Adigun and her team want you to love the skin you’re in! Come see why DLC was voted one of the “Best Dermatologists” by Chapel Hill Magazine readers and let them take care of your skin health needs today!

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he experienced team at Hershey & Heymann Orthodontics strives to deliver excellent orthodontic results with the highest level of service to their patients. With almost 90 years of collective experience, Dr. Barbara Hershey, Dr. Gavin Heymann and Dr. John Frick offer state of the art orthodontic treatment options including Invisalign-- a series of invisible, removable aligners that serve as an alternative to metal braces â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to an increasing number of patients who can receive this method of orthodontic correction. The doctors at Hershey & Heymann Orthodontics are committed to serving their communities and are participants in the Smile for a Lifetime Foundation, a nonprofit organization that identifies and provides orthodontic care to children of families who are otherwise unable to afford treatment.

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1525 E Franklin St., Chapel Hill. NC 27514 (919) 967-0474

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We take a lot of photos at our practice, but our favorites are the after “after.” They come in note cards and chance meetings at the grocery store. Happy images of patients out living life. Confident, energized, comfortable in their own skin. The subtle changes that occur when you feel great about yourself are transformative. Our team is honored to be part of that journey. For before and after, visit our website. For the after “after,” look around. Aesthetic medicine. It changes lives. Make one of them yours.

www.aesthetic-solutions.com (919) 403-6200 5821 Farrington Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

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ith more than 17 years of experience, Dr. Karen K. Tiwana provides evidence-based dental care with a kind touch. From the moment patients arrive at Chatham Dental Arts, they receive treatment tailored to their individual needs. Established in 1976, the practice has treated generations of families in Pittsboro and the surrounding community. For more than 12 years, Dr. Tiwana taught as a full-time faculty member at UNC School of Dentistry. Additionally, she has worked with the Smile Program in North Carolina, providing care to children in schools who are otherwise unable to access dental treatment. Come see why the team at Chatham Dental Arts is known as a small office with a big heart!

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Renaissance Wellness Services In Holly Springs 300 W. Earp St. Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-413-3722

In Pittsboro 288 East Street, Ste. 1001-F7 Pittsboro, NC 27312 919-259-5308

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t Renaissance Wellness Services, Dr. Barbee and her team of therapists strive to provide a safe, trusting and judgment-free environment. As a mental health therapist, Dr. Barbee empowers her patients to develop their self-esteem so that they can achieve positive and significant changes in their lives. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist Associate (LCASA), Dr. Barbee specializes in working with children and adolescents as well as individuals in need of substance abuse counseling. She also addresses womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues, marriage and family needs, anxiety and depression. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Karen Barbee and let her assist in you in meeting your therapeutic goals.

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Pittsboro location 163 Chatham Business Dr Pittsboro, NC 27312 (919) 545-7337

Burlington location 1214 Vaughn Rd Burlington, NC 27517 (336) 532-0000

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iedmont Health SeniorCare promotes and sustains the independence of seniors wishing to remain in their community. Their team provides transportation to bring seniors in for the care they need and keep them safe in the home they love. They offer individualized plans of care managed on a daily basis by an interdisciplinary team of providers: a highly trained team of physicians, nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, nutritionists, recreational and rehabilitative therapists, transportation personnel and home care coordinators. For unique, comprehensive healthcare services seniors, see the team at Piedmont Health SeniorCare.

Dr. Tiffany Cagle, MD

East 54 - 1240 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 919-240-7269 • mosaiccarenc.com

s a small medical practice, Mosaic Comprehensive Care focuses on highquality, personalized care in a nonjudgmental, unrushed environment. Dr. Louise Metz, Dr. Stacey Bean and Erica Howard NP provide primary and gynecologic care to women and adolescent girls, including contraceptive and menopausal care, management of menstrual abnormalities, and STI prevention and treatment. They also offer gender-affirming primary care and hormone management for transgender individuals and specialized medical care for patients with eating disorders. The compassionate team at Mosaic recognizes the complexity of each patient and provides a holistic approach to their healthcare. They look forward to assuring patients feel safe, comfortable and listened to during every visit.

Dr. Louise Metz Board-certified Internal Medicine

Erica Howard Board-certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner

Dr. Stacey Bean Board-certified Family Medicine

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t Carolina Ophthalmology Associates, board-certified ophthalmologists Drs. James A. Bryan III and Mark W. Scroggs provide a wide range of eye care services. Performing vision correction surgery since 1993, Dr. Bryan is one of the most experienced ophthalmologists in the Triangle. He specializes in cataract surgery and laser vision correction, such as LASIK, and was the first surgeon in the

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area certified to implant the latest multifocal intraocular lens, ReSTOR®. Dr. Scroggs provides comprehensive ophthalmology; the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy; and dry eye services. Make an appointment today and let the team at Carolina Ophthalmology Associates improve your vision!

ou rely on your teeth to help you smile, talk and eat— which is why you want them to be their healthiest and look their best. Royal Oak Dental Group cares about your smile and is vested in your optimal oral health. Drs. Aaron Smith, Blake Jones and Robert Watson offer a combined experience of more than 30 years. As Air Force retirees, each dentist is committed to serving their community with the highest level of care and expertise. Their team provides the latest technology for dental treatment, including sedation dentistry. At least one dentist at each location speaks Spanish, offering personalized and accurate diagnoses for all patients. Come let the team at Royal Oak help you feel confident in your smile!

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In Siler City 422 North Holly Avenue Siler City, NC 27344 (919) 742-2392

Chapel Hill 1525 East Franklin Street, Suite 2 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 968-6211

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s the director of The Farm at Penny Lane, Thava Mahadevan focuses on the social determinants of health – things like food, employment and housing – to help people with severe mental illnesses get better. Affordable housing is becoming a particular concern for people in Chatham County, says Thava, especially among those with severe mental illnesses. “Most people with serious mental illness, unfortunately, are poor. Several of them live with a very small, fixed income, like $735 a month,” he says. “It’s impossible to even rent an apartment for that.” That’s why Thava now dreams of a village of tiny houses in the woods off Penny Lane.

April Harper feeds rooster Prince at The Farm at Penny Lane.

Along with Chatham Habitat for Humanity and Bold Construction, Inc., The Farm constructed a 326-square-foot, one-bedroom model unit which will be rented at $250 a month. The plan is to build a village of 15 homes on the farm property. Ten will be for people with mental illnesses, and five will be for veterans with special needs. The UNC School of Social Work will do research on the project in the hopes that the village could become a model for other communities. “It’s not to solve the housing crisis. It’s only 15 homes,” Thava says. “But it’s to start people thinking.” Another key component of The Farm at Penny Lane’s approach to mental illness is its horticultural therapy program. Once a week, a group of clients meets with horticultural therapist Sally Haskett to work a plot of land on the farm. They grow a variety of vegetables, but the program is about much more than gardening. Many people with severe mental illness don’t get out much, so just the act of being outside and doing something physical refreshes them. “Definitely being out in the natural elements, breathing fresh air, working in the dirt,” Sally says. “There have been studies that show there are microbes in the soil that act as antidepressants.” Client Jake Edwards, a Carrboro resident, says the farm setting has opened him up to being more social. “I find it hard to be in public for long stretches,” he says. “I’ve been more comfortable at The Farm. It’s very soothing to be there.” There are group meetings in the lodge before and after each gardening session. The beginning circle usually consists of discussions about what they’re going to do that day, including talking about the science behind gardening. “All the people I work with are very bright, very interested in learning,” Sally says. Among the things they talk about are healthy eating

habits, something that many people with mental illnesses – especially those who are low-income – struggle with. The Farm also hosts cooking classes that use the fruits and vegetables from the garden. Cultivating life through gardening can be an empowering experience for people who often feel like they don’t have control over their lives, says Sally. “You’re putting seeds in the ground and two weeks later you come back and they’ve sprouted. You’re contributing. In a way, it’s a role reversal in that many of the people I’m working with are used to being on the receiving end.” Jake – who struggles with social anxiety, paranoia and obsessivecompulsive disorder – didn’t have any gardening experience before joining the group nearly two years ago. He never would have thought horticultural therapy would benefit him as much as it has. “It’s increased my mood, my social skills, some of my symptoms have dissipated,” he says. “I just like the social aspect and the gardening aspect, getting my hands dirty and seeing the fruits of my labor.” In addition to the gardening sessions, The Farm offers yoga and trains emotional support dogs with the help of both clients and community volunteers. Thava says all of these programs are meant to help clients manage their mental illnesses the same way people with other diseases, like diabetes or asthma, manage theirs. “You have to manage it. If you don’t manage it well, symptoms can take over your life,” he says. CM

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translating hope Ascary Arias offers the Latino community quality health and dental care with Vidas De Esperanza clinic in Siler City BY MATT WHITE

lba Aguirre Moscoso and her daughter, Heidi, 11, sit quietly in the small basement

waiting room of a squat brick building in southern Siler City. Through large windows in the room’s wood paneled walls, she can see the volunteers of the Vidas De Esperanza clinic, Spanish for “Lives of Hope.” The clinic’s primary doctor, Steve Kizer, occasionally strolls through the office while two teenage girls eagerly learn how to record vital signs from the clinic’s nurses. Heidi, a sixth-grader at Chatham Middle School, quietly reads a book while Elba waits her turn to be called back. She’s among the almost 50 patients the Vidas staff will see this Saturday. Nearly all are, like Elba, residents of Siler City or a

Dr. Kizer speaks with Vidas De Esperanza office manager Carolina Torres as Liliana Arias looks on.

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nearby town, nearly all Latino with little or no English skills, and nearly all are women. Men, say the Vidas staff, only come to the clinic in large numbers closer to Christmas, when Chatham County’s factory and construction jobs take a break for the holidays. Like many families at Vidas, Elba’s children do not need to see a doctor here. As kids, they qualify for various government programs. But for Elba and hundreds of other Latinos in Chatham County, Vidas is a lifeline. The clinic opens one Saturday a month, and Elba has been coming for three years for checkups and medicine refills. “When I was pregnant I was going to the clinic [in Moncure], but, when I delivered, [that] ended,” she says in Spanish. “No doctor,” Carolina Torres, Vidas’ office manager, translates for Elba. Originally from Honduras, Carolina was an architect before moving to Pittsboro. She started volunteering at the clinic after meeting Vidas’ founder, Ascary Arias, at a local coffee shop. The

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All in the Family Ascary and Liz Arias arrived in Pittsboro in 2012, when Liz’s law firm, Womble Bond Dickinson (formerly Womble Carlyle) transferred her to the Raleigh office. Today, they spend most of their free time coaching their kids’ soccer teams. In Mexico, Ascary played low-level professional soccer before coming to North Carolina, and today he and Liz coach six teams – five through Chatham Soccer League plus the Horton Middle School girls’ team, on which Ava, 12, plays. Liliana, 14, is a freshman at Northwood High School, while Sulema, 9, and Cruz, 7, attend Pittsboro Elementary School. The family can often be found dining at local favorites like Greek Kouzina, San Felipe Mexican Restaurant and Virlie’s Grill or playing at the Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park playground, Rock Ridge Park’s zip lines and Camp Royall for soccer practice.

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two quickly bonded over their shared immigrant background. Ascary asked her to come help, and she’s been a constant presence since, smiling and welcoming patients, and keeping the administrative side on track. Ascary launched the Vidas clinic in 2012, soon after moving to Chatham County from Greensboro. For several years, he set up temporary clinics in his hometown in Mexico, bringing in area doctors and dentists for a week or so at a time. But with Vidas, he wanted a permanent location in Chatham. “I’m always one that needs to be helping, I guess,” says Ascary. “If I’m not in some way or another giving back, I feel like I’m not doing my part.” At 17, Ascary left his hometown of Ixmiquilpan, Mexico for North Carolina, where his parents were laborers in Fuquay-Varina. His father was a landscaper while his mother worked in the drying houses of the tobacco farms. “They came for the same reason many people come from Mexico,” he says. “To start a new life.” After a season working with his mother drying tobacco leaves, he began looking for jobs where he could work on his English – washing dishes at restaurants, working at construction sites and other odd jobs. “Luckily, I pick up languages pretty fast,” he says. Ascary met his wife, Liz, a Chapel Hill native, when she was a student at UNC. The two dated as she graduated and began teaching in local schools. As his English improved, she gave him daily essays to write when she was at school. Each evening, she’d go over it. The homework paid off: when Ascary signed up for a GED course, he finished in three months. “I was always the kid repeating a grade when I was little,” says Ascary. “I repeated third grade and sixth grade. But after that I realized, ‘I’m capable of this.’” Ascary and Liz got married and took turns going to school: first Liz went to Campbell University School of Law, then Ascary to Greensboro College, where he played soccer and graduated with degrees in Spanish and sociology. But it was a trip back to Ixmiquilpan as a junior that inspired Vidas. When he first arrived, he found his old home had decayed to rubble. It initially filled him with an urge to show off, to show his former neighbors what he had become. “I stood there and I thought, ‘You know, I’m going to build the biggest house in my barrio so everybody can see I made it,’” he says. “I’m thinking that when, behind me, in the rubble, comes a kid [with] no shoes and raggedy clothes. I looked at him, and I thought of me when I was his age.” That’s what sparked the clinic. Over the next few years, Ascary organized trips back home, recruiting doctors through Vidas’ Dr. Kizer – who is Liz’s father and a longtime UNC physician – and raising money with longdistance bike rides, including one to Mexico. Each trip, his medical team would see about 250 patients and as many dental cases. They also built water systems and ramps for the disabled and donated school supplies. While Dr. Kizer and the other doctors saw patients, Ascary found his skill was breaking through social barriers. “When we talk about the building part [of the mission], it’s always talking to the men,” Ascary says. “But when I want to find out what people need, I talk to the women.” When Liz’s law firm transferred her to Raleigh in 2012, the couple had three daughters and

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a new son. They loved the small-town pace and easy friendships in Chatham County and moved into a home on several acres off Log Barn Road. While Liz commuted, Ascary threw himself into launching Vidas. “When I heard that Siler City was 51 percent Latino, I said, ‘I’m going,’” Ascary says. “The chicken plants had closed, and immigration issues kept families away from doctors. Latinos are always hesitant to come out.” A local doctor told Ascary he could set up shop in a building he owned, and Ascary began visiting Spanish communities deep in the county’s backroads, passing out flyers. Each month, word spread and the line in the waiting room grew. “The Spanish community is very tight-knit here,” he says. “They’re afraid of anything with the government, so we get most of our patients through word of mouth.” While most of the chronic ailments Vidas patients arrive with –

diabetes, heart disease, tooth decay – can be controlled with medicine and regular checkups, few get it. The day that Elba visits, Ascary is missing from the clinic, pulled away by the one passion he allows to compete with Vidas for his time: coaching soccer. But this particular Saturday marks a milestone for Vidas, the debut of dental services. After three years of collecting equipment and rebuilding the back half of the building, Vidas has an X-ray machine, three exam chairs, specialized lights and all the required plumbing and specialized tools of a dental clinic. Several UNC dental students are at the clinic, including Jonathan Solares. He remembers coming to Vidas and being inspired to pursue medicine as a Northwood High School student volunteer. “I try to reach out to the Spanish-speaking community,” he says. “They have so few options.” Back in the waiting room, a teen with long black hair soon calls Elba. She is Liliana Arias, 14, Ascary’s oldest daughter and a freshman at Northwood. She knows many of the patients, and they know her. They smile at each other and say hello in Spanish before Liliana enters her data in a computer, takes her vital signs and leads her back to a small examination room. Dr. Kizer is waiting, and Elba smiles. CM

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Six styles to steal from a few Chatham Parade of Homes* winners

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*Parade of Homes 2017 was put on by the Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties in October.

Builders have been embracing the diversity of one of the hardest working materials that is also the most versatile: tile. “The master bath showcases tile flooring in a chevron pattern that evokes a richness with the design and oversized pieces,” says Monique Bolling, Senior Design Consultant at David Weekley Homes. Elsewhere in their Lucille model in Briar Chapel, Monique utilized the design element with varying purposes and results. “The hexagonal beveled backsplash in the kitchen [above] creates visual appeal and texture but remains neutral due to the understated color,” she says. “In the second full bathroom, the flooring is composed of octagon and dot tile, a timeless classic that is easy to maintain and will complement any design changes within the room.” Parade of Homes Bronze winner, $359,000-$375,000

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Home Spa Rather than scheduling a spa day, homeowners now are looking to create relaxing, luxurious experiences in their own homes. The Sonoma B at the Piazza at Stonewater in Cary by CalAtlantic Homes features a serene, spa-like bath, with double vanities, a large tiled walk-in shower and a drop-in soaking tub. “This bath features the popular painted gray cabinets and a soothing gray color palette,” says Ryne Page, the design center manager for CalAtlantic. “The solid surface countertops have the rectangle sinks that are so stylish, while also providing a larger basin.” Parade of Homes Bronze winner, $720,000-$750,000

Built-Ins, Built-Ins, Built-Ins Just about every home in our selection of winners is big on, you guessed it, built-ins. Terramor Homes’ Brady home plan in Briar Chapel “was thoughtfully designed with functionality and family in mind,” says Marketing Assistant Caroline Jordan. From built-in desks and craft areas to a specialized recycling center with four compartments for plastic, metal, paper and glass, the folks at Terramor envisioned these built-ins to keep bustling family life – full of homework and groceries – organized and under control. One of Caroline’s favorite built-in features for this home, however, lies upstairs in the kids’ loft/ treehouse. “This loft is the perfect hideaway for playtime, while still being inclusive with the family, who could very well be watching TV or lounging on the couch in the same open room,” she says. Parade of Homes Bronze winner, $550,000-$583,000 December/January 2018

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Outdoor Living Extend your living space outdoors as Absolute Construction and Development has done with their two winning Chatham homes, The Barn Owl Roost and The Hamilton in Pittsboro’s Chapel Ridge neighborhood. “We are seeing more owners incorporating maintenance-free decking in their homes including composite decks and IPE decking,” says Absolute’s Lisa Skumpija. “IPE decking is a wonderful choice offering a warm and exotic look with superior resistance to decay and easy upkeep.” Another trend for the outdoors is wraparound porches. The Barn Owl Roost: Parade of Homes Bronze winner, $440-000-$461,000

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The Hamilton: Parade of Homes Gold winner, $550,000-$583,000

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Brick is Back For a little bit of character and a more rustic feel, builders are moving back to brick. “Exposed brick walls have been a trend for a while now; it harkens back to the days when pioneering designers would take over abandoned warehouse spaces and make them beautiful, modern urban lofts,” says Garman Homes’ Allison King. Their take on this trend in the Accent home in Briar Chapel is painted white, for “a much softer interpretation that adds enough texture to the wall to make it interesting but doesn’t overpower the room.” Parade of Homes Silver winner, $475,000-$500,000

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Evoking a log-cabin-like feel, Stanton Homes’ Glenview model in the Horizon neighborhood of Pittsboro will have you sitting cozy with its use of barn doors and ceiling beams. “The Glenview was designed with a hybrid of old and new styles,” says Custom Home Consultant Lara Boyers. “Barn doors are a great space-saving idea in high traffic areas and add a touch of character to the kitchen. Aside from being visually appealing, the pantry barn door opens up the opportunity for extra storage not possible with a swinging door,” Lara says. Similarly, the stained cedar ceiling beams in the office space [below] add warmth to the home. CM Parade of Homes Silver winner, $550,000-$583,000

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Restaurants, delis and bistros in Chatham County advertisers highlighted in boxes

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Al’s Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries made with local ingredients. 708 Market St.; 919-914-6694; alsburgershack.com

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La Vita Dolce Café Pastries, sorbet, gelato. 610 Market St., Ste. 101-C; 919-9681635; lavitadolcecafe.com Pazzo! Italian cuisine, takeout pizza. 700 Market St.; 919-929-9984; pazzo-restaurant.com Rasa Malaysia Authentic Malaysian dishes. 410 Market St.; 984-234-0256; rasamalaysiach.com The Town Hall Grill Sandwiches, steak, seafood. 410 Market St.; 919-960-8696; thetownhallgrill.com Weaver Street Market Hot bar and salad bar for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 716 Market St.; 919-929-2009; weaverstreetmarket.coop Briar Chapel 501 Pharmacy Scoops of Maple View Farm ice cream, plus malts and shakes. 98 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 300; 984-999-0501; 501rx.com Alberello Café & Market / Oakleaf Through Jan. 27, Alberello’s Florentine sandwiches, pastas, from scratch desserts and more are available for lunch while sister eatery Oakleaf’s farm-to-table menu specializing in French and Italian cuisine will be served at dinner. 72 Chapelton Ct.; 984234-3017; alberellonc.com; oakleafnc.com

Dig In “We do a roasted whole fish every night,” says Postal Fish Company co-owner James Clark. The restaurant he conceptualized with co-owner Bill Hartley and opened in October is dedicated to bringing the best of the Carolina coast together with local ingredients from the Piedmont region to create a comfortable and delicious culinary experience. “This is a very casual fish house. The decor and ambiance is a little more sophisticated, yet it is still a eat-with-your-hands establishment,” says Bill. Take the vermilion snapper plate, for example. They’ve roasted an underutilized fish from North Carolina and paired it with a mustard green pesto sourced from Chatham County and veggies from Graham and Cedar Grove. On another Postal Fish Company night, it may be black bass with a garlic chili sauce 919-704-8612 or striped mullet with a sweet potato barbecue 75 W. Salisbury St., Pittsboro sauce. “[Regardless,] we’re trying to keep everything as tied to the community as possible,” says Bill. And better yet, they are driven by passion. “There’s some serenity about being able to go to the dock and seeing the fish come off the boat and into your cooler,” Bill says. “There’s a different level of freshness of quality that you get from that.” Moving into winter, look forward to oyster season. And join James and Bill for brunch on Sundays, too, with a rotating menu that could include anything from a smoked trout omelet to French toast bread pudding. Whole roasted fish plate, $21-$24. – Laura Zolman Kirk CM

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Breakaway Cafe A casual “cycling-inspired” cafe serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and small plates, along with Counter Culture coffee, beer, wine and Maple View ice cream. 58 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 100; 984-234-3010; breakawaync.co Capp’s Pizzeria Artisan pizzas that are hand-crafted and wood-fired utilizing local ingredients. 79 Falling Springs Dr., Ste. 140; 919-240-4104; cappspizzeria.com

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Town Hall Burger and Beer Gourmet burgers plus shared plates, tacos, wings and salads. 58 Chapelton Ct.; Ste. 140; 984-2343504; townhallburgerandbeer.com Governors Village China Chef Chinese food to eat in or take out. 50120 Governors Dr.; 919-967-5553 Flair Restaurant & Wine Bar Highquality French-influenced American food, coffee, wine, beer and Sunday brunch. 50100 Governors Dr.; 919-967-9990; flairforfoodrestaurant.com Tarantini Italian cuisine. 50160 Governors Dr.; 919-942-4240; tarantinirestaurant.com North Chatham Village/Cole Park Plaza Captain John’s Dockside Fish & Crab House American seafood dishes. 11550 U.S. 15-501 N.; 919-968-7955; captainjohnsdockside.com

Panda Garden Chinese dishes like chow mein and egg foo young, dine in or take out; 11312 U.S. Highway 15-501 S., Ste. 303; 919-960-8000; chapelhillpandagarden.com Guanajuato Mexican Restaurant Mexican dishes with vegetarian options; 11552 U.S. 15-501 N, Ste. 205; 919-929-8012; guanajuatomexicanrestaurant.net Village Pizza and Pasta A neighborhood pizza place serving up subs, calzones, pastas and salads, too. 11312 U.S. Hwy. 15-501, Ste. 300; 919-960-3232; villagepizzapasta.com

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U.S. 15-501/Fearrington Village Allen & Son Barbecue N.C. barbecue. 5650 U.S. 15-501; 919-542-2294; stubbsandsonbbq.com Carolina Brewery & Grill Pub-style fare made with local ingredients from places like Boxcarr Handmade Cheese and Lilly Den Farms. 120 Lowes Dr., Ste. 100; 919-545-2330; carolinabrewery.com/pittsboro Compadres Tequila Lounge Mexican restaurant with a variety of classic dishes. 193 Lowes Dr., Ste. 107; 919-704-8374

Marco’s Pizza Traditional Italian dishes and pizzas. 141 Chatham Downs, Ste. 201; 919-391-4090; marcos.com The Fearrington Granary Small plates, burgers and grill options. Fearrington Village Center; 919-542-5505; fearrington.com/granary

Moon Asian Bistro Asian fusion restaurant offering sushi, Chinese dishes like sweet-and-sour chicken, Thai curry dishes, rice and noodles. 111 Knox Way., Ste. 100; 919-869-7894; moonasianbistroch.com

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The Fearrington House Restaurant Fine-dining French cuisine offering a chef’s tasting menu. Fearrington Village Center; 919-542-2121; fearrington.com/house

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The Goat Paninis, cheeses and pastries. Fearrington Village Center; 919-545-5717; fearrington.com/ the-goat

New Japan Hibachi-style Japanese cooking, dine-in or carry-out. 90 Lowes Dr.; 919-542-4380 Postal Fish Company Fresh seafood from North Carolina’s coast prepared thoughtfully by chefs James Clark and Bill Hartley. 75 W. Salisbury St.; 919-704-8612.

Roost Beer Garden at Fearrington Village Wood-fired pizza, local brews and live music; 2000 Fearrington Village Center; 919-545-5717; fearrington.com/roost Willy’s Cinnamon Rolls, Etc. Bakery selling cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins, cookies and bread with ’40s and ’50s flair. 35 W. Chatham St.; 252-305-9227. East Street Bella Donna Classic Italian dishes like bruschetta, lasagna and spaghetti carbonara. 440 East St.; 919-545-0900; belladonnaitalianrestaurant.com China Inn Chinese dishes, dine-in or carry-out. 630 East St.; 919-545-0259 Greek Kouzina Made from scratch hummus, gyros, kebabs and more. 964 East St.; 919-542-9950; greekkouzina.com Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries Burgers, cheesesteaks and frozen custard. 987 East St.; 919-542-1312; hwy55.com/ locations/pittsboro

John’s Italian Pizza Restaurant Pizzas, pastas, wraps, calzones and strombolis; 122 Sanford Rd.; 919-542-5027; johnspizzarestaurant.com San Felipe Mexican dishes including fajitas, burritos and combo plates. 630 East St.; 919-542-1008; sanfelipenc.com Small B&B Cafe Farm-to-table breakfast and lunch; 219 East St.; 919-537-1909; smallbandbcafe.com West Street Al’s Diner Traditional American classics for breakfast, lunch and supper; 535 West St.; 919-542-5800; alsdiner.net Angelina’s Kitchen Seasonal dishes of the Greek and southwestern variety including gyros, rice bowls and family dinners for pick up. 23 Rectory St.; 919-545-5505; angelinaskitchenonline.com

ASIAN BISTRO

Asian Fusion Restaurant Specializing in Chinese, Thai and Japanese, including Hibachi, Teriyaki and Sushi

111 Knox Way | Chapel Hill Polk’s Village behind UNC Pediatrics

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Pittsboro Roadhouse Hearty American fare like smoke gouda mac n’ cheese, plus burgers and salads. 39 West St.; 919-542-2432; pittsbororoadhouse.com

Hillsboro Street/Downtown Blue Dot Coffee Joe Van Gogh coffee, lattes, smoothies and pastries. 53 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-8064 Café Diem Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee and espresso offerings, plus tea and alternative milk/sugar-free options. 18B E. Salisbury St.; 919-704-4239; davenportscafediem.com The City Tap Hoagie and grilled sandwiches, plus classic bar snacks. 89 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0562; thecitytap.com Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta. 160 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-9292; elizabethspizzapittsboro.com

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The Mod Wood-fired pizza, salads, small plates and a full bar. 46 Sanford Rd.; 919-533-6883; themodernlifedeli.com

The Phoenix Bakery Small-batch, seasonal baked goods like apple pie doughnuts, caramel-pecan rolls, scones, cookies and specialty cakes. 84 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-4452; thephoenixbakerync.com S&T’s Soda Shoppe Soda fountain, American fare. 85 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0007; sandtsodashoppe.com Virlie’s Grill Breakfast, lunch and supper options like biscuits, salads, subs and barbecue. 58 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-0376; virliesgrill.com Chatham Marketplace Buzz Cafe sandwiches, daily changing hot bar, sushi, salads and baked goods. Chatham Mills; 919-542-2643; chathammarketplace.coop Starrlight Mead Tastings of honey wines and honey. Chatham Mills; 919-533-6314; starrlightmead.com

Siler City Bestfood Steakhouse and Cafeteria Southern comfort food; 220 E. 11th St.; 919-742-2475 (cafeteria), 919-742-6033 (steakhouse); bestfoodsilercity.com Brownie Lu’s Restaurant Southern comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner; 919 N. Second Ave.; 919-663-3913 Chris’ Drive-in Burgers, hot dogs and fries. 1329 N. Second Ave.; 919-663-2333 Courtyard Coffee and Soda Cafe Coffee, Italian sodas, smoothies and bakery items. 223 N. Chatham Ave.; 919-663-2152

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Dry Dock Seafood A variety of seafood dishes and daily specials. 408 N. Second Ave.; 919-742-2177; drydockseafood.com Hayley Bales Steakhouse Americanstyle salads, steaks, chicken and seafood. 220 E. 11th St.; 919-742-6033; hayleybalessteakhouse.letseat.at Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta. 119 Siler Crossing; 919-663-5555; elizabethspizzaofsilercity.com Johnson’s Drive In Burgers, hot dogs and fries on Highway 64 since 1946; 1520 E. 11th St. New China Inn Chinese dishes. Dinein or carry-out. 203 Chatham Sq.; 919-663-0889 San Felipe Mexican dishes including fajitas, burritos and combo plates. 102 Walmart Shopping Ctr.; 919-663-7333; sanfelipenc.com The Pickle Jar Cafe & Catering Fresh American classics with a twist; 3621 Silk Hope Rd.; 919-663-2757

news bites

Restaurant Shuffle Oakleaf is operating in the same space as sister restaurant Alberello in Briar Chapel while its new space is under construction. The farm-to-table restaurant is moving from Pittsboro’s Chatham Mills to Main Street in Carrboro. Through Jan. 27, the Alberello’s menu will be served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Oakleaf’s will be served from 5:30 p.m.-close. Sweet News Willy’s Cinnamon Rolls, Etc. is open at 35 W. Chatham St. In addition to its signature item, the bakery sells scones, muffins, cookies and bread. Repurposed furniture and equipment and a background of oldies music give it an old-school vibe. Team Player In November, Pittsboro Roadhouse’s Greg Lewis was tapped as a chef for the Ladies’ Professional Golf Association’s CME Group Tour Championship in Florida, where he led a team of chefs from around the world.

#winning Chef Colin Bedford of The Fearrington House Restaurant was a semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation Awards in the category Best Chef: Southeast. And the restaurant’s Beverage and Service Director Paula de Pano is one of five grand prize winners for The Court of Master Sommeliers Ruinart Challenge, which challenged her to complete a 40-minute blind tasting of four wines and answer questions about their country, vintage, variety, serving temperature and ageability.

Also Check Out These Area Restaurants

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Glasshalfull Mediterranean-inspired food and wine; outdoor dining; all ABC permits. 106 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro; 919-9679784; glasshalfull.net

Fair Game Beverage Co.’s Flying Pepper Vodka was named a finalist in the Spirits category for The Good Food Awards, a national competition celebrating tasty, authentic and responsibly produced food.

Elements Cuisine combining classical and modern Asian and European cooking techniques; check out the wine bar with full menu next door. 2110 Environ Way, East 54 in Chapel Hill; 919-537-8780; elementsofchapelhill.com

The Root Cellar Sandwiches, prepared salads, desserts and more. Beer and wine only; outdoor dining. 750 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919967-3663; rootcellarchapelhill.com

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ulie Esther Cate Kelly and Mark Andrew Stump

first met in high school through concert choir and musical theatre. Senior year, Julie and Mark were cast as the leading roles in “Guys and Dolls.” As their characters fell in love on stage, they fell in love in real life. Shortly after, the pair dated until going off to college – Julie to Wheaton College and Mark to Emory University – where the distance led them to ultimately drift apart freshman year, although they remained in touch via letters. After college, Julie found solace as a minister and Mark served in the U.S. Army in Baghdad before moving to Savannah, Georgia where he was stationed. After life kicked in, Julie and Mark found love elsewhere and married their spouses… before tragically losing them both to cancer several years ago; Julie’s husband lost his fight to brain cancer in 2012 and Mark’s wife lost her battle to breast cancer in 2016. The pair reconnected when Julie reached out to Mark as an old friend, and sometime later they became a couple again. After officially dating, the pair knew they’d tie the knot someday. Upon one of Mark’s visits to the area, they went out to dinner with friends in Chapel Hill. Before heading home, Mark invited Julie to a courtyard near UNC’s campus where he read several heart-felt letters to Julie that he had written (but not sent) after they reconnected. He then proposed. As of press time, the two had just said, “I do” at The Parlour at Manns Chapel, with Cheryl-Anne Kast of Kast Events & Co. helping to pull together the big day. Mark and Julie live in Briar Chapel with daughter Cecilia Kelly, 8, and son Zachary Kelly, 22 months. CM

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n Kristen Much’s first day of work at Chapel Hill contract research organization Rho in January 2013, she had no idea her new coworker Travis Mason would one day be her husband. Kristen and Travis, a Chatham native, had their first date at Mateo Bar de Tapas in Durham in December 2014 and returned to the restaurant in April 2016 after Travis proposed on the American Tobacco Trail bridge – a place the two shared many runs and talks. Travis is a Northwood High School graduate and the son of Pittsboro residents Gary and Laura Mason. Kristen is the daughter of John and Karen Much of Perkasie, PA. They tied the knot April 29, 2017 in an intimate ceremony at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill surrounded by close

family. Afterward, they exchanged personally written vows in front of a larger group of family and friends in the Bryan Courtyard at The Carolina Inn. Both UNC alums, the couple took photos at the Old Well before celebrating their marriage at a reception in the inn’s Old Well Wing. The bridal party included Kristen’s sisters Kelly Kocher and Jodelle Much as matrons of honor and bridesmaids Laura Slingsby and Heather Winn. The best men were Travis’ father Gary and his brother, Forrest Mason. Groomsmen included Kristen’s brother Bob Much and Travis’ friends Gavin Routt and Christopher Westbrook. Kristen, a statistician, and Travis, a data manager, plan to put down roots in Chapel Hill. CM December/January 2018

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friday night lights Pittsboro-based photographer Mike Izquierdo captured the energy and excitement of high school football during Northwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last home game of the season against Durhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hillside High in October. Mike, whose son-in-law, Cameron Vernon, is the assistant athletics director at Northwood, has been a photography enthusiast for 20 years and also shoots architecture, still life and landscapes in addition to sports. You can see more of his work at michaelizquierdophotography.com and follow him on Instagram at @bobbyizq. CM

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