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24 Here Comes the Sun Strata Solar’s new projects near Pittsboro can power 2,000 homes 34 Discovering Downtown Siler City Chatham’s largest town offers historical charm and a new energy 42 Fit Crew Four athletes share how they stay active 56 Child’s Play Our list of not-to-be-missed activities that the whole family can enjoy 64 Summer Camp Guide There’s a camp in our area for almost every child’s interest, from sports and science to arts and engineering 74 Neighborhood – What We Love About Living in Chapel Ridge The kid-friendly amenities and winding hills have this athletic family feeling right at home

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21 Five Events Not to Miss 26 Noted 54 Wellness Stop the Bleed classes educate the public on how to stop severe bleeding 89 On the Table Bestfood Cafeteria & Hayley Bales Steakhouse 90 Dining Guide 94 Engagement Blankenship & Scott 95 Weddings Bazzarre & Holliday Clark & Raisner

42 PEOPLE & PLACES 8 Pickin’: A Music Celebration

16 Giving Night in downtown Pittsboro

10 2018 Chatham Artists Guild Studio Tour

18 14th annual Reindeer Run 5K

14 Pittsboro Youth Theater performance of ‘Annie Jr.’

20 35th annual Parade of Homes’ kickoff at The Pines at Westfall

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Or is the “bored” person actually you? If so, take a look at our visit to downtown Siler City (page 34). Once the center of Chatham’s thriving textile and agricultural industries, Siler City is finding its feet again. Downtown boasts restaurants with an “eat local” ethic and galleries featuring artists from around Chatham and even farther. Within one block on Chatham Avenue, you can find surreal, larger-than-life industrial sculptures in Roger Person’s Wingnut Artists Gallery and Studio, electric guitars that are handmade by Terry McInturff and played by rock ’n’ roll legends, and killer sweet potato waffles at Artisan Hub. Siler City’s most distinctive public artworks are the nearly dozen larger-thanlife, hand-painted murals across town. They include historical cityscapes, twostory bouquets of fanciful flowers and colorful Chatham rabbits. Tell the kids to find them all.

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In December, more than 40 Chatham artists opened their workspaces to the public for the 2018 Chatham Artists Guild Studio Tour. The tour offered a behind-the-scenes look at pottery and painting studios, quilting and jewelry workshops, blacksmith and clothing shops, and sculpture gardens. The event stretched over two weekends, though a snowstorm cut short the final Sunday. CM 1 Artist Al McCanless, Billy Cummings, Gretchen Hobbs, and artists Louise Hobbs and Colleen Black Semelka.

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With classic songs like “Maybe,” “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” and “Tomorrow,” the Pittsboro Youth Theater’s winter season concluded with a run of performances of “Annie Jr.” The youth adaptation of the original musical tells the story of a girl who escapes an orphanage and the mean Miss Hannigan to find a home. The show was performed at the Sweet Bee Theater in Pittsboro in midDecember with a cast of kids between the ages of 10 and 15. Weather cancellations during the initial weekend led to a busy three-day, six-show run on the second weekend.

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The Siler City Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting drew hundreds to downtown. The large crowd cheered as a string of floats, pickup trucks, big rigs and Santa’s sleigh made their way down Chatham Avenue. The parade ended with the lighting of the town’s holiday tree next to Oasis Open Air Market. CM

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Pittsboro’s downtown merchants launched Giving Night in

early December, donating 10% of their sales to local service organizations. The merchants and corresponding charities are as follows: Chatham Business Services and the Autism Society of North Carolina’s Camp Royall; Circle City Books & Music and Chatham Literacy; Deep River Mercantile and CORA Food Pantry; The Joyful Jewel and Chatham Arts Council; Liquidambar Gallery and Gifts and Carolina Tiger Rescue; M2 Graphics and Jamie’s Vision; New Horizons Downtown and the Chatham County Historical Association; Pittsboro Roadhouse and the Northwood High School music department; Pittsboro Toys and Chatham Partnership for Children; Reclamation and Haw River Assembly; and Screaming for Vintage and Chatham Habitat for Humanity. CM 1 The Stevens family: Geoff, Suzanne, Charlie, 9, and Ashleigh, 6.

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3 Denise Rossi and Samantha Birchard, owner of Pittsboro Toys.

4 Jan Nichols and Kitty Mecham, owner of Liquidambar Gallery and Gifts.

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Close to 450 runners bundled up for the 14th annual Reindeer Run 5K, which benefits the Chatham County Partnership for Children. The race started at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, wound through nearby neighborhoods to downtown’s Hillsboro Street and returned to campus for the finish line. Pittsboro’s Dylan Mathews finished first with a time of 18:08, and Northwood High School freshman Caroline Murrell, 20:20, won the overall female award. CM 18

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Folk Art February FEB. 2 – MARCH 14

The NC Arts Incubator in Siler City welcomes 30 artists from several mediums for a month of events and exhibits. One of the events will include the grand opening of NC Artshop, a new retail shop. ncartsincubator.com

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Womanless Beauty Pageant FEB. 9, 6 P.M.

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Ninth Annual Chatham Empty Bowls FEB. 24, 5:30 P.M.

Support CORA Food Pantry’s largest annual fundraising event with appetizers, soups and fresh bread from local restaurants at Galloway Ridge at Fearrington.

Artists of all ages and skill levels donate handmade bowls – which are available for purchase – “as a reminder that someone’s bowl is always empty.” corafoodpantry.org

Tobacco Road Marathon MARCH 17, 7 A.M.

Whether you’re a first-time distance dabbler or long-distance vet, you’ll love this fast, flat and fun course that follows the Chatham portion of the American Tobacco Trail. Proceeds benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Red Cross, Hope For The Warriors and the Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy. tobaccoroadmarathon.com

Artists donate hundreds of handmade bowls to the Chatham Empty Bowls fundraiser benefiting CORA Food Pantry.

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It’s the work of Strata Solar, currently headquartered in Governors Village (it’s moving to Durham this spring). The company has spent three years building the 5-megawatt solar farm just west of Pittsboro. In February, the company will flip the switch to activate the project, which Strata calls Arborgate. The project is Strata’s fifth solar facility in Chatham, and its second in Pittsboro within the

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last year, according to Jackson Naftel, the company’s director of development.

“The Pittsboro planning department is very organized and has been clear with its guidelines on the permitting process,” Jackson says. “They hold developers to a high standard, but a fair standard.”

The power Arborgate will produce, Jackson says, can meet the needs of about 1,000 average-sized homes. Strata’s other Pittsboro project is a similar-sized array inside the boundaries of Chatham Park, dubbed the Tinker project, which began operating in 2018. The company also owns two other 5-megawatt projects outside Siler City and a smaller solar facility on Farrington Point Road, just south of Governors Village.

When the sun is at its brightest, each panel on the new projects can create as much as 350 watts of power – an improvement over the panels installed just two years ago in Siler City, which produce less than 300 watts each.

“It shows you how fast technology is improving in this industry,” Jackson says.

North Carolina has the second-largest installed solar base in the U.S., behind California. Most of that power is generated in the eastern portions of the state, where sunshine and flat land is most plentiful. But areas around Pittsboro make sense for Strata thanks to a combination of available land and a well-developed electric infrastructure that can connect to the large solar facilities.

The electricity generated by Strata’s Chatham projects will indirectly power Pittsboro and surrounding areas. The energy Strata’s projects create is sent straight into the local electric grid, which is owned and operated by Duke Energy.

Jackson Naftel and Sam Judd of Strata Solar at the new Arborgate solar project off Hanks Chapel Road in Pittsboro.

The project will generate enough power for 1,000 homes.

When the solar farms are adding electricity to the grid, less is needed from other non-renewable sources.

Jackson says Strata owns about 140 solar projects in North Carolina similar to Arborgate. Elsewhere, the company builds larger projects – some over 100 megawatts – as regulations differ state to state. CM February/March 2019

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what we’ve heard around Chatham New Developments CORA Food Pantry, Chatham’s largest food bank, broke ground in late November on a 2,800-square-footbuilding that is adjacent to its current site near Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro. The new facility will include a warehouse to help meet growing demand, while the existing building will be converted into a reception, administrative and community space. CORA provided 500,000 meals in 2018, double the number from a decade earlier. Pictured below is CORA Board President Linda Todd, Board Member Jim Farrington, Chatham County Commissioner Diana Hales and volunteer Hilary Murray.

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Long Live Chatham No one lives forever, but you’ll come closest in Chatham.

According to a recent analysis of national health data, residents of Fearrington Village and neighborhoods near Jordan Lake, like The Preserve and Legacy at Jordan Lake, enjoy the longest life expectancy* in the country. Numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics indicate that a child born to a family in those areas of Chatham from 2010 to 2015 can expect a lifespan of 97.5 years. Pittsboro came in at 78.5 years, Siler City at 79.7 and most of North Chatham at 82.5. *your results may vary.

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Doing Good In December, students from Chatham Central High School’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program traveled to Jacksonville to deliver supplies to AVID students at Jacksonville High School in Onslow County, pictured right. AVID is a college-prep course that includes a community service component.

While Hurricane Florence caused children in Chatham to miss four days of school last fall, schools in the eastern North Carolina county missed almost 40 days. “We’re back to school,” Onslow official Brent Anderson said in a press release. But, “I don’t know if everything is back to normal yet,” he added.

Home to Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune, Onslow schools serve nearly three times as many students as Chatham.

“I just feel like if we were in their position, we would be wanting them to do the same thing for us,” Chatham Central student Mia Phillips said in the release. “They must have lost so

many things that it’s just crazy to think about all the things that we have that we take advantage of.”

The help, Brent says, “means a lot to our kids.”

“We had close to 1,000 students across the district who were displaced because of the storm,” he says. “So the assistance that we’ve received from other school districts across the nation has been amazing.”

Chatham Central teacher Karen Heilman organized the trip with Laurie Paige, the AVID program coordinator.

A Graduation Gift Graduates of Chatham high schools will soon be able to attend Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) tuition-free.

In December, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners

Nik Walker, who plays Aaron Burr, posted pictures of some of the rescue’s big cats with one word: “Floored.” The rescue holds its annual fundraising dinner, the

approved just over $1 million in funds to create the Chatham Promise program, which will provide two years of full tuition for new graduates. CCCC and other community colleges have seen increased enrollment in recent years as the costs of four-year colleges continue to rise.

Black Tie & Tails Ball, on February 23.

‘Hamilton,’ Upstaged The national touring cast of “Hamilton” visited Pittsboro’s Carolina Tiger Rescue in November during the show’s run at the Durham Performing Arts Center.

The cast took pictures and learned about the federally licensed animal preserve’s conservation efforts.

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“Your home should reflect you and your personality.”

‘Little Library’ In Memoriam Local nonprofits and businesses teamed up to install a children’s “Little Library” at Nature Trail Mobile Home Community, dedicating the free reading resource to Governors Club resident Carol Tomason, who died unexpectedly last October in Washington D.C. In 2010, Carol founded The Learning Trail in a spare office in the

Nature Trail community to serve lowincome families in the neighborhood.

The nonprofit teaches reading and English skills. Chatham Reads, which maintains a string of little libraries across Chatham, donated the lending box and will keep it stocked with books. Pictured here is Brayden Greenwood of Bold Construction, which installed the box, Meghan Friday of The Learning Trail and Chatham Reads’ Mandy White.

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Chicken Festival Is Back After a hiatus of several years, the Spring Chicken Festival, celebrating one of Siler City’s key industries, returns in early May. The street festival will feature food trucks, vendors, a classic car show, a ferris wheel, live music and other attractions.

Mountaire Farms, a chicken processor that began building a major facility in Siler City last year, will sponsor the event.

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iler City is seeing a bit of a renaissance these days, especially within its downtown, which has a strong history as an artistic hub. A recent wave of entrepreneurs are opening restaurants and shops amid the longstanding studio spaces and a growing Latino influence in the economy. Even with the growth, Siler City retains its small-town character.

There is no shortage of street fairs and events downtown. On May 4, we’ll see the return of the Spring Chicken Festival, hosted by Siler City Parks and Recreation Department. Past festivals celebrated the town’s once-thriving poultry industry, and its revival is being underwritten

by Mountaire Farms, which will open a major processing center later this year. Over the summer is the Koo Day Tah Street Festival, put on by Terry McInturff, who has built custom electric guitars in his workshop for nearly two decades. In the fall, don’t miss the Hispanic Liaison’s Fiesta de la Herencia Hispana (Hispanic Heritage Festival),

LEFT After lunch at Oasis Open Air Market, pick up organic, locally sourced produce, dairy and meat. RIGHT Dustin Poe, co-owner of Artisan Hub, a downtown diner with an “eat local” ethic.

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which features food trucks, live music, a parade and a review of traditional outfits, including quinceanera dresses. When the holidays come around, the Christmas parade is always a big attraction, too.

It all takes place along Chatham Avenue, which has seen several new businesses open in the last year. One is Oasis Open Air Market, which Jackie Adams opened in 2018, offering organic and locally sourced groceries and daily specials in the market’s

kitchen. Oasis’ patio space and adjacent minipark includes a beer garden and serves as the hub for many downtown events.

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or more local eats, check out Artisan Hub on West Raleigh Street, where Dustin and Alaina Poe list the local farms that supply their ingredients on a chalkboard just inside the door. Most of the producers are within or just outside Siler City, like Celebrity Dairy, Dinner Bell Farm, East Branch Ginger, Lindley Mills and Homeland Creamery, among others. Dustin and Alaina opened Artisan Hub a little more than a year ago after Dustin left Chapel Hill’s Il Palio.

At Artisan Hub, Dustin offers traditional family and diner food with a local, polished bent. Artisan Hub’s beef is sourced from his parents nearby farm, and for his chickenand-sweet potato spice waffles, he breads the chicken twice with spices, utilizing flour from Henderson, North Carolina.

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nd there are more changes in store for Chatham Avenue. At one end is the Farmers Alliance Store building, a general store owned by shareholders for more than a century. When it closed last year, it was Chatham’s oldest continually operated business.

But Lisa Fedele, an incubator board member and senior manager at Cisco who works out of her Siler City home, recently purchased the building. She plans to reopen the location as a modern shared-space work-and-art hub called the Alliance, a nod to the building’s long history.

Lisa, a sculpture artist who works in what she terms “assemblages,” moved to Siler City from New Orleans, where an historic downtown thrives around a healthy art scene. She sees

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the future of downtown Siler City in the same way as nearby Saxapahaw, once a neglected mill town reborn as a destination for events and the arts.

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here’s [about] six core people in Saxapahaw who decided to take

that town and change the world,” says Lisa, who wants to do the same in Siler City. “Technology is in our favor, too, because you can have very high earners who also have a creative side and want to have a place for that. You can’t touch [the rents for] studio space in Durham for what you can get here.”

A quick stroll in any direction downtown highlights Siler City’s connection to the arts: Nearly a dozen large murals cover the walls of downtown buildings, from landscapes that depict the town 100 years ago to two-story-tall bursts of floral displays on the rear of the NC Arts Incubator building by local artist JR Butler. Several others depict fanciful rabbits, once a major commodity for Siler City during its rail hub days, when the town shipped tens of thousands of rabbits to restaurants across the nation. Several of the rabbit murals are the work of Roger Person, one of Siler City’s longest-tenured artists.

His Chatham Avenue gallery, Wingnut Artists Gallery and Studio, was once a RIGHT April Weaver, director of the NC Arts Incubator, muralist JR Butler, guitar craftsman Terry McInturff and Incubator board member and local entreprenuer Lisa Fedele.

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Terry McInturff has designed guitars in his Siler City workshop for almost two decades.

He’s built guitars for Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford.

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department store. When he renovated the ceiling, he found original, ornate tiles hiding above. His gallery is home to huge canvas works, surreal sculptures and even some stained glass from early in his career. His work “Higher Education” – a chaotic stack of wooden school desk chairs that reaches nearly to the top of the room – were all originally made nearby at Boling Chair Company, a former Siler City furniture factory.

Next door to Roger’s gallery is Twin Birch & Teasel, where Sue Szary weaves fabric creations on looms in her studio.

Many of her creations utilize wool from her own sheep or from other local farms, including from alpacas at nearby Black Tulip Farms.

A colorful take on a Chatham rabbit (above) adorns Roger Person’s Wingnut Artists Gallery (below). Roger, who opened his first Siler City gallery in 2003, designed the rabbit mural, and JR Butler brought it to life. Several rabbit murals are sprinkled around downtown.

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t the hub of the downtown arts district, spanning half a block, is the NC Arts Incubator, which rents studio and gallery space to artists from around the county and beyond, from potters to painters to sculptors. Its longestrunning tenant is Terry’s guitar workshop, where he’s made guitars used by generations of international rock stars. (He offers regular tours.) April Weaver, the incubator’s director, has reworked the space in the last year, opening The Chatham Rabbit coffee shop and bringing in artists from other artist

Sue Szary and her granddaughter, Eleanor Rose Cooper, 7, in the yarn room at her fabric studio and gallery, Twin Birch & Teasel.

hubs like Pittsboro, Carrboro and even Raleigh.

“It’s been a small-town place,” April says. “Whoever walked through the door could have a show. But now I’m recruiting artists from around Chatham and outside [of it]. I want to have a strong reputation as a regional showcase.”

A trip downtown wouldn’t be complete without a stop at Peppercorn for coffee or Loma Bonita, a Mexican grocery famed for its butcher shop and authentic cuisine.

Outside of downtown, Siler City’s longest-standing eateries are all found closer to Highway 64. They’ve been serving famous burgers at Johnson’s Drive-In since 1946. It stays packed with locals until it closes at 2 p.m., so get there early.

Just down the road is Bestfood Cafeteria, with home-cooked favorites in the main dining hall, including its fried chicken (see pg. 89 for more), in addition to Hayley-Bale Steak House and a gift shop full of authentic local gifts and fun souvenirs.

Don’t pass up Chris’ Drive In, a favorite of Jordan-Matthews High School students and local families, off Highway 64 on 2nd Avenue.

And a quick, interesting bit of history for you: One of Siler City’s enduring claims to fame is its cameo on “The Andy Griffith Show,” where it was said to be a place to go fishing without a license. But the town has an even stronger tie to North Carolina’s most enduring TV franchise: Frances Bavier, better known as Aunt Bee on the show, lived the latter part of her life in town and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. When she passed away, she left a $100,000 trust fund to the town’s police department.

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fitcrew four athletes share how they use sport to stay active

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little more than a year ago, Michelle Danielle Jordan, seeking a new fitness routine, opened Google and typed in “sports with weights.”

She discovered powerlifting. After a few articles and videos, she couldn’t wait to try the deadlift, squat and bench press exercises.

“I’ve always liked to work out, but I like to move heavy things,” she says.

“If someone says to use the 15-pound barbells, I want to use the 40s.”

Michelle, who lives in Siler City, began working out at Zone Fitness and Tan, imitating the exercises she’d seen

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online. As she improved, she began to think about not only getting stronger, but also competing, encouraged by members of a women’s powerlifting group on Facebook. Members of the group post inspiration and advice, and share videos of their lifts, seeking pointers. Michelle says group members even spotted a hitch in her squatting technique.

“At a competition, one of the judges told me the same thing, so I was getting it from both sides.”

Armed with that insight, Michelle worked on greater flexibility in her hips and hamstrings.

She entered two powerlifting competitions in 2018, taking third in her weight class at a regional meet in Charlotte, and first in a meet in Denver, North Carolina (near Lake Norman).

Working out in December, she hit 410 pounds on a max deadlift, her best ever, and has almost broken 400 in squat, at 395. She wants to hit 450 and 415, respectively, this year.

Michelle Danielle Jordan started powerlifting competitively last year.

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Zone Fitness and Tan, Michelle says, has been crucial to her development because its owners, Christina Fisher and Jackie Adams, treat it as a community.

“I checked out other gyms, but I didn’t feel as welcome,” Michelle says.

“I’ve gone from fast food two or three times a day to meal prep on Sundays for the whole week,” she says. She drinks a gallon of water a day and, at various stages of her training cycle, might eat up to 300 grams of protein (most adults need about 50 grams). Her son, Julian, 7, has joined in, too, helping prepare a full week’s worth of healthy meals on Sunday nights. When Michelle drinks a protein shake, he does as well.

Well, sort of.

“It’s a Nesquik,” she says. “He thinks it’s a protein drink, so I just let him drink it.”

As a Realtor, Michelle relies on her personality to connect with clients, and she says powerlifting has made a huge difference.

“It’s a whole attitude change,” she says.

“I’m much more confident now. I feel like I exude it. At the gym, I’m talking to anybody and everybody, and I try to make a lot of eye contact. I tell people, ‘Come work out with me, even if it’s just 30 minutes.’ I’ll be dancing between sets and everybody will think One of Zone Fitness and Tan’s owners, Christina Fisher, says the gym it’s hilarious.” is where “you’ll see all of Siler City in one place.”

At 5 feet, 8 inches and 207 pounds, she says she now regularly hears from women online “Christina had this personality that made who are inspired by her success. it more of a family.”

“I love that women are saying it’s OK to have muscles,” Siler City, Christina says, “has gone she says. “If you lift 400 pounds, you will not look like a through a lot of demographic changes.” guy on steroids. You will look like a strong woman.”

The city is now about half Latino, with a wide range of demographic groups, which Christina says Zone Fitness a mighty oar embraces. Gym goers are likely to hear ranchera or Latin pop played alongside hip-hop and rock on the gym’s sound system. At her gym, Christina says, orest Pearson, 16, stays focused on making clean, “You’ll see all of Siler City in one place.” rhythmic rowing strokes as he skims across the waters Beyond the growing number of weights of Jordan Lake. on her bar, powerlifting has changed It’s a three-part exercise: First, the catch, where a rower’s Michelle’s life in many small ways, too. oar hits the water; then the drive, when the rower extends

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Even though that keen focus is necessary, the Jordan Lake Rowing Club,

Forest Pearson, a junior at Woods Charter School, has been rowing three years.

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which Forest is a part of, is never short of unique sights as they explore the backwaters and hidden coves of the huge reservoir.

“We see a lot of eagles,” says Forest, a junior at Woods Charter School. “There’s even a guy in a paraglider.”

The paraglider, Forest says, is typically out across the water from Crosswinds Boating Center, where the club begins and ends every training day. Forest rows for the club’s high school-age varsity team. The club fields teams from middle school-age to adults and is open to rowers of all skill levels, with clinics and camps for novices. They row all over Jordan Lake for practice, anywhere from 10 kilometers to occasionally twice that distance, sometimes as far as the mouth of the Haw River, where it enters the lake.

And they row in all kinds of weather.

“I’ve rowed in snow, in sleet, everything,” says Forest, who sets the tempo for his boat, a position called the stroke.

The club was launched in 2015 by Jim and Heidi Walker. Jim rowed for Great Britain in two Olympics. After moving to Wake County, he and Heidi wanted to find a way for their daughter to enjoy the sport. When they discovered that

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Jordan Lake – with wide and calm waterways, perfect for crew practice – did not have a team, they started one with donated boats. Forest discovered the club in its second year from a Facebook ad.

The team rows throughout most of the year, with competitive seasons in the spring and fall. The team sent two boats to last year’s regional competition, one of which advanced to the national championship regatta. “We’re only a 3-year-old club, taking on 10- or 20-year-old clubs that have so many kids,� Forest says. “Even our worst boats are toward the middle of the pack.�

Though Crosswinds is in Chatham, Forest says he is the only rower on the high school team from the area, with the rest of the roster coming from Wake County and Chapel Hill. (There are, Jim says, a few Chatham rowers in the club’s adult program.) “I’m trying to get the word out,� Forest says.

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Last July, Emery played catcher as one of the youngest players on the 19U West Chatham Debs

softball team. Most team members had already graduated, but Emery had been playing with many of them for years.

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“It was very hot,” says Todd Brown, a longtime coach in Chatham who led the Debs and has known Emery since grade-school rec sports. “She probably got tired of me telling her to drink water. I told her that more often than I talked about softball.”

Emery was behind the plate for every game as the Debs made their way to the finals. The winner-take-all game went back and forth, and then into extra innings. Emery came to bat in the 10th inning and, on the second pitch, took a big swing. She wasn’t sure if it was going to be a home run because, well, she doesn’t have much experience hitting them. 

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“I just hit my first home run in [the previous] high school season,” she says. “It felt good off the bat, but I didn’t know.”

The ball landed over the fence, and the Debs were national champions.

“I put my arms in the air and didn’t put them down until I got around [the bases],” Emery says. A teammate was streaming the game on Facebook Live to more than a hundred viewers back in Chatham, including Emery’s grandmother, Joyce Gunter, who virtually never misses her games at home.

Emery credits her older sister, Hayley, for instilling her love of sports early on. Along with softball, Hayley played tennis at Chatham Central High School, which inspired Emery to take up the sport as a freshman. She credits Jordan-Matthews Coach Lisa Morse, who trained her through her junior year, with helping her overcome her late start in the sport.

“She basically took somebody who didn’t know anything about tennis and made me a pretty decent player,” Emery says. Caroline Hudson took over as head coach this year with Dean Mathias, a former Wake Forest University player,

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as assistant. Those two, Emery says, had her playing better than she ever had for the district championship tournament. Though she was the Jets’ No. 3 player during the regular season, Emery cruised to the singles championship of the tournament. As she knocked off opponents in October, she could feel the experience of the summer paying off.

“I don’t think anything will be as nervewracking as Louisiana,” Emery says. “You never had a time to be stress-free, and I think dealing with that helped me.”

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He was already out of shape and had terrible eating habits, he says, and he realized he was in danger of spending these early hours snacking.

Like with many people, his weight had gone up and down throughout his life.

“I was a lifetime ‘yo-yo’ person,” he says. “And two years ago I was pretty much at the wrong end of that spectrum.”

He found his way to F3, a men’s fitness group that meets for pre-dawn workouts, but was still rising long before those sessions began. And as his fitness improved, he began to wake up to a medical reality he’d been ignoring. Two years earlier, David was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease, a reality he’d done little to face.

“At the time I was like, ‘Whatever, let’s just keep living,’” he says. “But the best medicine, arguably better than anything out there, is exercise.

And I thought it was time to get back on that horse.”

In summer 2017, a small group within F3 began meeting extra early – sometimes as early as 4 a.m. – to “ruck march,” a term derived from military lingo describing long hikes with a large, heavy backpack called a “rucksack” or “ruck.”

“They were like, ‘Come out and ruck with weights on and a backpack,’” David says. “My first thought was, ‘That sounds

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In a year and a half since starting the early morning hikes, David has entered several organized rucking events lasting between 12 and 48 hours, with courses that might be 20 miles or more. He and a group of devoted ruckers from Chapel Hill and Durham went to New York City last fall for a two-day event through Manhattan.

“Irrespective of how long I’ve been doing it, the first 30 to 45 minutes feels like nothing, and then after about 45 minutes, you start to feel like, ‘Holy cow, this is a wholebody workout.’”

It is a routine he sticks to, though Parkinson’s is never far from his mind.

“If my meds aren’t on point, my right arm does not swing autonomously,” David says. “And if your arms aren’t swinging,” he added, “then you’re compensating, and I always have to be cognizant of that.”

David, who dropped 50 pounds by mid-2018, says the rucking group helped him stave off more serious symptoms, all while connecting him with like-minded friends who challenge one another.

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Stop the Bleed classes educate the public on how to stop severe bleeding

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ary Stuart Alfano thought she’d just grab a bite to eat when she went to the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club in Virginia on a Tuesday in 2014. Instead, she was trapped inside when a country club employee came to the club with a gun, firing several shots both inside and out.

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about their safety and the safety of others.

“I’m constantly looking,” Mary Stuart says. “‘Where are the exits? Where are rooms that lock? How can they be locked?’ Things I don’t think everyday people who haven’t been in those situations are thinking.

“You think, ‘Oh, it’s not going to happen to me.’ But the reality is there’s a pretty darn good chance these days that something like that could happen to you.” She believes that the more you can do to prepare yourself, so that you can help yourself or help others, can make the difference between life and death.

So, Mary Stuart signed up for a Stop the Bleed course, a national program that started after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. The program was initiated by the National Security Council Staff and the American College of Surgeons to teach classes on how to identify serious bleeding and stop it until professional medical help arrives. The course can also be utilized by police officers, EMTs and firefighters.

On an afternoon in November, Mary Stuart sits among 10 other students, mostly volunteers or medical professionals.

Instructors Gigi Dubé-Clark and Tracey Farmer warn of the disturbing images about to be displayed on the screens at the front of the conference room at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus. But it’s important to see, the two registered nurses say.

“When we started this course ... it was Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Columbine,” Gigi says. “Well, since then, I’ve had to say movie theater, yoga studio, mall, concerts. It’s really kind of sad.

Gigi Dubé-Clark and Tracey Farmer have been teaching Stop the Bleed classes for a year.

Every time I come in to teach this class, I’m adding somebody to the list. In the next 30 days, there might be someone else to add.”

Gigi places five 1-liter water bottles on the table at the front of the room. They represent the amount of blood in the body, and if someone is bleeding, “What am I supposed to do?” Gigi asks in mock panicked voice as she knocks down one bottle every few seconds. “Is that a lot of bleeding? I think that’s a lot of blood, but I don’t know.”

The bottles show how quickly blood loss can occur, how a life can be lost within minutes if someone doesn’t act quickly.

And it’s not limited to mass shootings.

“I think about workout facilities, I think about kitchens, I think about all these places where people might not think they’re going to get hurt, but the reality is, you could,” Mary Stuart says. “One of those exercise machines, one of those big weights could crash on someone’s arm and slice it open. Most of those instructors are trained in CPR, but do they know how to stop the bleed?”

Shootings might have been what prompted people like Mary Stuart to take a course on how to use a tourniquet, pack a wound or apply pressure to uncontrolled bleeding, but it’s not the sole reason to do it.

“When you’re faced with these physical choices, it’s stressful,” Gigi says to the class. “When someone’s bleeding a lot – it’s messy, it’s scary, and people are freaking out. You may be tending to somebody who you may feel like you’re not doing a lot for, [but] you have the ability to save their life.” CM February/March 2019

Chatham Hospital started participating in the Stop the Bleed campaign along with other members of the Mid Carolina Regional Advisory Council (MCRAC) toward the end of 2018.

Chatham Hospital has five certified trainers.

Their training has been focused on groups/ businesses that work in “at-risk” areas for injuries resulting in blood loss. If a business or organization is interested in the training, Chatham Hospital can come to your site and provide it.

For more information, contact Warren Stinson, emergency director at Chatham Hospital, at 919-799-4552.

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child’s Our list of not-to-be-missed kids activities that the whole family can enjoy

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A great benefit of living in Chatham is the variety of youth sports available for any ability level. Beginners are welcome on all Chatham County Parks & Recreation teams, including softball, T-ball, track and field, volleyball and wrestling (more advanced grapplers can join the Chatham Wrestling Alliance). For some sports, towns like Siler City, Goldston and Bennett run their own local leagues, so check nearby. Chatham Soccer League runs popular recreation leagues and several levels of travel teams for more competitive players, from preschool to high school ages.

The Chatham YMCA also offers soccer and basketball. Baseball players can join East Chatham Baseball, while football players can play for Siler City’s Park & Recreation teams or the East Chatham Chargers (both have cheerleading programs, too). The Chatham Cardinals offer lacrosse for boys and girls.

One of Chatham’s most popular kids sports is the lively recreation basketball league – we are neighbors to the Tobacco Road rivalry, after all – and games bring out folks from towns all over to support these kids (see our story on Bennett’s girls team on page 60). 

The girls on Bennett’s 11- to 13-year-old team – Kynzie Jordan, Chloe Scott, Karaleigh Dodson, Gabby Phillips, Mattie Underwood, Landry Allen, Calissa Clendenin and Rayna Lee (not pictured: Ashlynn Humphrey) – always give it their best shot.

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When it snows, there’s no better place to sled than the Highway 64 interchange east of Pittsboro (the hill is adjacent to the on-ramp, safely separated from highway traffic). Wide enough for dozens of sledders, the slope is fast and long, with amazing views over all of Chatham!

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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center offers a free summer science camp in Chatham, GSK Science in the Summer, at Central Carolina Community College. Campers learn

age-appropriate science lessons with hands-on experiments and cool projects. Registration opens March 4.

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Spark your kiddos’ imaginations and pick up something fun at Pittsboro Toys. On the Pittsboro circle, everything Samantha Birchard sells in her toy store is selected to teach good lessons to young minds. And say hi to Thistle, the store’s cute pup.

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Chatham County Public Libraries host activities for kids

almost every day of the week. The three branches – Chatham Community in Pittsboro, Wren Memorial in Siler City and the Goldston Library – offer story times, family movie nights and weekly Lego clubs. Lego clubs offer sets for all ages, from large, advanced creations to Duplo blocks for the youngest builders.

You can also pick up reading lists from any librarian with preselected titles that will capture young imaginations.  List continues on page 62 58

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N TOP The Bennett girls run practice drills.

ABOVE Gabby Phillips is one of five Bennett players who’ve been teammates since the second grade.

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o major highways run through Bennett, but the road to the top of Chatham’s youth recreational basketball league usually does.

The Chatham Parks & Recreation league is one of the county’s most popular youth activities, particularly for girls. Teams from Chatham’s smallest towns, like Bennett, Silk Hope or Moncure, square off against squads from communities that might be five or even 10 times as large, like Pittsboro, Siler City and new neighborhoods like Briar Chapel. Despite being the smallest town to field teams in the league, Bennett’s success has long exceeded its population.

Aedrin Albright played in Bennett in the ‘80s, starting in fifth grade. A star in five sports at Chatham Central High School, she was named North Carolina’s athlete of the year and played basketball and softball at Meredith College. She now teaches social studies at Chatham Central. She remembers that playing youth sports in Bennett meant being a part of something bigger. “It is a tradition there,” Aedrin says. “It was instilled in me when I was young.

“It’s one of those things for Bennett girls to go and be tough and want to win. A lot of kids’ parents [in other places] don’t bring them to practice faithfully. In Bennett, if practice is at 6, you’re there at 6, not 6:05.”

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Wynne Scott is the coach of Bennett’s 11- to 13-year-old girls team this year. Of the nine girls on the team, five, including Wynne’s daughter, Chloe, are sixth graders at Bennett School and have played together since the second grade. Two others who live nearby in Moore County joined a year later. The team won the 9- to 10-year-old league last year and was second in 2017. Many of their older brothers and sisters played for Bennett, and often their parents did, too. One dad is the former coach at Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City.

“It’s the same girls most of the time,” Wynne says. “A few of the girls’ dads were coaches as well, so a lot of it is done at home, and that helps me out during practice time.”

Wynne’s squad splits practice time in Bennett’s gym with a younger boys team, each on one end of the court. Coaches’ voices overlap and errant balls dribble

what to expect when they make the drive there: fast-moving teams with discipline and teamwork.

Little has changed from when Aedrin played.

“You show up on time, and you definitely listen to your coach, not your parents, during practice,” Aedrin says. “You’re not bouncing the ball when the coach is talking. And you go full blast on the court, or you don’t play in the games.” 

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from one team’s side to the other. But, a crowded gym is nothing new in Bennett.

It was that way when Wynne played on the same court as a kid. His father, Marlyn, coached youth teams in the gym, won a girls’ state title for Chatham Central and now is in the stands for all of Chloe’s games.

“We bring a pretty big crowd,” Wynne says. “Grandparents, cousins, they all come and support the kids. It takes a lot of stress off me because I’m not waiting around five minutes before the game [asking], ‘Do I have nine players yet?’ I know they’re coming as a family. It’s one of the advantages of a rural area.”

Amy Underwood, who played for Bennett in middle school, is usually at practice to watch her daughter Mattie.

“They work so hard,” Amy says.

“They’re all good friends and love playing for each other.”

The Bennett School gym sits just off the town’s main drag, its ceilings lined by dark wooden beams. The court shines with a golden sheen polished by generations of sticky shoes running the same drills. Middle school teams’ county championship banners hang in a corner.

“We stress a team game, learning how to use your teammates,” Wynne says. “It’s tough to do it by yourself.

I tell them all the time, ‘When you pass, it gets you open.’”

Bennett is out there. Most of Chatham shares the 919 area code, but phone lines in Bennett use 336, which covers Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Teams from the rest of Chatham, however, know

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There are folk stories and picture books for young readers, and lists for older readers that can point them to AfricanAmerican fiction, Latino authors, female protagonists, fantasy, mysteries and even verse novels. And for those who can’t put down a book, ask a librarian for a Battle of the Books list to see if they’re up to the challenge.

The Siler City Bookmobile also visits

There are so many critters to go see in Chatham. If you haven’t had a tour of the Carolina Tiger Rescue, make plans to visit the big cats with your kiddos. M&M Alpaca Farm is another must-see. If you’re lucky, they’ll have babies in the barn, and the retail store carries hats and sweaters made from alpaca fiber as well as alpaca dolls. The Belted Galloway cows at Fearrington are nearly always out and about – bring the kids to say hi! Tours are available at the Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, where kids can interact with rescued chickens, turkeys, ducks, sheep and goats.

neighborhoods for students at Siler City Elementary and Virginia Cross Elementary during the summer months. There are plans to add a second bookmobile, and kids win prizes for each book they finish.

Chatham has several unique parks. At Rock Ridge Park, south of Pittsboro, you’ll find a treehouse-style fort, modern play equipment, a disc golf course and a zipline. Siler City’s Boling Lane Park is near downtown and has a full set of new play equipment. And Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park near Northwood High School features a range of “natural” play structures.

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Hit the beach! Jordan Lake offers several beautiful, wide beaches and dedicated swimming areas at Parkers Creek Campground, White Oak Recreation Area and Seaforth Recreation Area among others. All have picnic facilities nearby.

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If you have access to a canoe or a kayak, hit the Haw River for a fun paddle. Nearly the whole length of the river is usually fine for little ones, though check in with the experts at The Haw River Canoe & Kayak Co. in Saxapahaw for river advice and equipment. The area before the Haw River Bridge is a favorite and is usually calm (with river-only access to a hidden rope swing), but if you put in your boat on the north side of Highway 15-501, the dam is a real hazard for kids new to paddling.

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summer camp guide There’s a camp in our area for almost every kid’s interest, from sports and science to arts and engineering 1870 FARM 1224 Old Lystra Rd., Chapel Hill 919-590-4120; 1870farm.com Award-winning program set on 17 acres that incorporates animal care, outdoor games and play, fishing, crafts and farm entrepreneurship in addition to chicken races, gem mining, gardening, hayrides, cooking, fort making, outdoor survival and more.

Ages Half-day: 3.5–5; Full-day: 5–13; CIT Program: 14–15 Dates Weekly, June 17–Aug. 23 Price Call or visit website.

AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL 721 Broad St., Durham 919-684-6402; americandancefestival.org Ten weeklong camp options include Pilobolus camp, summer dance intensives and a preprofessional dance intensive.

Ages 6–17 Dates Weekly, June 10–July 26 Price Varies by camp. Visit website.

ARTSCAMP AT THE ARTSCENTER 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro 919-929-2787; artscenterlive.org Small classes taught by professional artists with a focus on skill-building and creative expression are the hallmarks of these camps.

They offer both visual and performing arts camps every week of summer vacation, including hip-hop dance, painting techniques, cartooning & comics, ceramics, improv acting and more.

Ages Rising grades K–12 Dates June 17–Aug. 23, 9 a.m.–noon, 1–4 p.m. or 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; extended care 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Price $165/week half-day camps, $330/week full-day camps. Member discounts available.

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BALLET SCHOOL OF CHAPEL HILL 1603 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill 919-942-1339; balletschoolofchapelhill.com Offers a variety of classes, dance camps and workshops in creative arts, ballet, contemporary jazz, rhythm tap, hip-hop, musical theater and fencing.

Ages 3–17 Dates June 10–Aug. 17; frequency & times vary Price Varies. Call or visit website.

BARRISKILL DANCE THEATRE SCHOOL 3642 Shannon Rd., Durham 919-489-5100; barriskilldance.com Classes and dance camps/intensives in creative movement, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, conditioning, musical theater and more.

Ages 3–18 Dates June 10–Aug. 16; half-day, ¾-day and full-day camps available Price Call or visit website.

BOUNCING BULLDOGS JUMP ROPE CAMP 101 S. White Oak Dr., Chapel Hill 919-493-7992; bouncingbulldogs.org Jump rope basics and skills, designed for beginners to advanced participants, with the seven-time National Champions and 11-time World Champions.

Ages 5–17 Dates Visit website; 8 a.m.–noon Price $45/day; $225/week CAMELOT ACADEMY EDU-VENTURES 809 Proctor St., Durham 919-688-3040; camelotacademy.org Adventure-themed weeks (e.g. robotics, homesteading, aviation and more!) with field trips, projects and daily classroom literature, writing and math connections. “Learning lifted off the page!”

Ages 6–12 Dates June 10–Aug. 2, full or half days Price Call or visit website.

CAMELOT ACADEMY SUMMER EXPLORATIONS 809 Proctor St., Durham 919-688-3040; camelotacademy.org Hands-on experiential learning activities like “Design & Build,” agriscience, outdoor cooking & camping, filmmaking, arts & nature and more! Opportunity to earn high school credit.

Ages 5–18 Dates Weekly, June 10–Aug. 2, full or half days Price Call or visit website.

CAMELOT ACADEMY SUMMER SCHOOL 809 Proctor St., Durham 919-688-3040; camelotacademy.org Two-week sessions offering remediation or enrichment in math and/or language arts.

Ages Grades 4–12 Dates Two-week sessions, June 10–Aug. 2, full or half days Price Call or visit website.

CAMP MARBLES 201 E. Hargett St., downtown Raleigh 919-857-1040; marbleskidsmuseum.org/summer-camp Themes for camps vary week to week and among different age groups, but some topics include art, cooking, world travel, space, under the sea, science and engineering.

Mid-summer celebrations are held the week of July 1-5 with water, sand, sun and fun. (No camp is held July 4.)

Ages 3-12 Dates June 10–Aug. 30 (specific dates and activities vary by age group); Morning camp: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.; Afternoon camp: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

(Before care, 8 – 9 a.m., and after care, 5 – 6 p.m., available) Price Half-day: $150 – member; $160 – nonmember; full-day: $300 – member; $320 – non-member; extended care: $30 per type; $30/session materials fee for cook camps

CAMP SENECA 2089 Lamont Norwood Rd., Pittsboro 919-918-1080; oldschoolatfancygap.com Old-fashioned camp fun with archery, pottery, crafts and active play on a 12-acre campus.

Ages 3 – 5 for preschooler camp and 5 – 10 for school-age children.

Dates June 10-14 and June 17-21.

(Two sessions.)

Price $300. Spaces limited – registration deadline is March 1.

CAMP RIVERLEA 8302 S. Lowell Rd., Bahama 770-633-7698 (winter); 919-477-8739 (summer); campriverlea.com Provides high-quality outdoors and arts programs that emphasize personal growth, learning new skills, positive interpersonal relationships and appreciation for the natural world.

Ages 5–12 Dates Session 1: June 17–July 5, Session 2: July 8–19, Session 3: July 22–Aug. 9.

Open house June 15, 1-4:30 p.m.

Price Sessions 1 and 3: $1,085, Session 2: $725 CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL 4809 Friends School Rd., Durham 919-383-6602 ext. 263; cfsnc.org/summer Weekly courses in subject areas such as leadership, stop-motion animation, theater, outdoor adventures, cooking, forensic science, sports, LEGO, comic design, Minecraft, fashion design, Harry Potter, Star Wars and more.

Ages 4–18 Dates June 17–Aug. 16; 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; extended care available from 8 a.m.–5:45 p.m.

Price $275–$295/week CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE 1940 Hanks Chapel Rd., Pittsboro 919-542-4684 ext. 3006; carolinatigerrescue.org/learn/camps Campers will experience the incredible world of the sanctuary. They will visit the animals daily, learn about the essential role carnivores play in their natural habitats, find out what it takes to be a wildcat veterinarian, practice wildlife biology skills and help some of the tigers express their creativity through painting.

Each week of camp is limited to 12 campers.

Ages Rising 3rd-5th grade; rising 6th-8th grade; high school Dates Rising 3rd-5th grade, June 17-21 and June 24-28; rising 6th-8th grade, July 8-12; high school, July 22-26 Price $300, elementary, middle school & 5-day high school camps; $150, 3-day high school camp; additional fees for before & after care CARRBORO RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT 100 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro 919-918-7364; carrbororec.org Individual sports, arts, outdoor adventure and theme camps such as water fun, science, fishing camps, mountain biking, LEGO

engineering and much more.

Ages 3–6, depending on the camp Dates June 10–Aug. 23. Length/frequency varies Price Varies for each camp.

CHAPEL HILL GYMNASTICS 7405 Rex Rd., Ste. 207, Chapel Hill 919-942-3655; chapelhillgymnastics.com Quality instruction and lots of fun in an energetic learning environment.

Ages 3–14 Dates June 10–Aug. 23. Full-day camp, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; half-day camp, 9 a.m.–noon or 1 p.m.–4 p.m.; extended care available Price $180/half-day/week; $240/full-day/week CHAPEL HILL PARKS AND RECREATION 200 Plant Rd., Chapel Hill 919-968-2784; chapelhillparks.org Diverse recreational experiences for all-day and partial-day camps: adventure camps, Youth Tech 3D and Video Gaming Design, ceramic arts, sports-themed camps such as ultimate frisbee, volleyball, lacrosse, tennis, cheerleading, Olympics and much more. Spring break camps.

Specialized camps for youth and adults with special needs, Social Café, Summer Drama and Push Play Sing. Inclusion support is available for campers with disabilities.

Ages 5–16 Dates June 17–Aug. 17 Price Varies for each camp.

CHAPEL HILL TENNIS CLUB 403 Westbrook Dr., Carrboro 919-929-5248; chapelhilltennisclub.com Tennis instruction ranging from beginners to advanced along with swimming and other sports in a fun and positive environment; advanced tennis camp available for tournament players.

Ages 5–15 Dates Call or visit website.

Price Call or visit website.

CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO YMCA (980 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill), YMCA AT MEADOWMONT (301 Old Barn Ln., Chapel Hill) & CAMP CLEARWATER (1720 Clearwater Lake Rd., Chapel Hill) 919-442-9622; ymcatriangle.org Activities including swimming, cooking, science, sports, outdoor and teen leadership.

Ages 3–17 Dates June 10–Aug. 23, except July 4 Prices Call or visit website.

CHATHAM YMCA 287 East St., Ste. 412, Pittsboro 919-545-9622; ymcatriangle.org Community-based camps at school sites (North Chatham Elementary, Perry Harrison Elementary & Pittsboro Elementary) and Camp Royall with activities including swimming, sports, outdoor, teen leadership, arts and crafts.

Ages Rising grades K–8 Dates June 10–Aug. 23, except July 4 Prices Call or visit website.

CLUB CAMPS AT GOVERNORS CLUB 11000 Governors Dr., Chapel Hill 919-932-8542; governorsclubnc.com Arts and crafts, tennis and golf lessons, team building, group games and more! Club membership required.

Ages 4–12 Dates June 17–21, June 24–28, July 22–26, July 29–Aug. 2; 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

Price Varies. Call or visit website.

CONSTRUCTION SUMMER CAMP Durham Tech Woodshop, Building 4 on Main Campus, 1637 E. Lawson St., Durham 919-536-7222, ext. 4008; smithovermanm@durhamtech.edu Consists of guest speakers; demonstrations in welding, machining, electrical and more; field trip to new build site; tour of Durham Tech labs; learning how to safely use tools and build your own project.

Ages Rising 9th-, 10th-, and 11th-graders Dates June Prices Free CRESSET CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 3707 Garrett Rd., Durham 919-354-8000; cressetchristian.org A high-energy, fun, engaging elementary and middle school all-day camp. Our theme is “The Case for Fun,” centered on mysteries of the world. Activities include indoor/outdoor games, crafts, creative thinking exercises and academic enrichment. Weekly field trips, swimming, lunch and daily snack included.

Ages Rising grades 1–5 for elementary program; rising grades 6–9 for middle school leadership program Dates June 3–June 28; July 8–Aug. 2 (eightweek session); 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (7:30 a.m. start and 5:30 p.m. end time are available) Price Call for pricing.

DUKE SCHOOL 3716 Erwin Rd., Durham 919-493-2642; dukeschool.org More than 50 camps, including technology, coding, outdoor adventures, creative writing, art, music, sports, crafts, community service, day camps for preschool and more.

Ages 4–15 Dates June 17–Aug. 2, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.; Aftercare available until 6 p.m.

Price $250–$410/week DUKE YOUTH PROGRAMS Campus Box 90700, Bishop’s House, Durham 919-684-6259; learnmore.duke.edu/youth Program options include STEM, writing, leadership and test prep.

Ages Grades 6–11 Dates June 16–28, June 30–July 12, July 14–26; 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

Price $1,800/day campers; $3,300–$3,700/ residential campers; $2,200/extendedday campers (Duke Young Writers participants only) 

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DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL 120 Morris St., Durham 919-560-2726; durhamarts.org Themes vary. One- and two-week cultural camp themes include Swinging Swaziland and Captivating Cabaret. Flexible mini-camp with the theme Durham, Past, Present and Future also available. Campers have the opportunity to participate in clay, drawing/painting, mixed media, dance, theater and chorus classes.

Aftercare includes guest artists and field trips.

Also offers teen intensives for ages 13–17.

Ages Rising K–age 13 Dates June 10–Aug. 23; day camp Price Call for inquiry. Scholarships available.

DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION 400 Cleveland St., Durham 919-560-4355; dprplaymore.org; dprcareprograms.org DPR offers a safe and inclusive environment where all children and teens are encouraged to participate. DPR is committed to the development of life skills, through exposure to diverse activities and recreational experiences. DPR offers a variety of traditional, specialty and teen camps.

Ages 5–12, Youth Camps (Child must have completed kindergarten); 13–17, Teen Camps; 13–21, Camp Explore (Teens with special needs) Dates June 17–Aug. 16, 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.

Price Call or visit website. Registration starts March 18.

DURHAM BULLS BASEBALL CAMPS 409 Blackwell St., Durham 919-687-6500; durhambulls.com Durham Bulls baseball camps provide children the opportunity to interact and learn from Bulls managers, coaches and players in a relaxed environment over a three-day camp on the field at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Ages 7–14 Dates June 12–14, July 24–26, August 7–9; 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Price: $150

EMERSON WALDORF SCHOOL 6211 New Jericho Rd., Chapel Hill 919-967-1858, ext. 143; emersonwaldorf.org Activities include fort making, art, music, drama, outdoor explorations, woodworking, fiber arts, skateboarding and more. CIT program also available.

Ages 4–18 Dates June 17–July 26; 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.; extended care available Price $170–$225/week

GIGI’S PLAYHOUSE 2887 Jones Franklin Rd., Raleigh 919-307-3952; gigisplayhouse.org/raleigh GiGi’s Summer Adventures are weeklong summer programs for teens and adults with Down Syndrome. Participants explore their independence while experiencing exciting activities across the Triangle. Traveling with one-to-one volunteers, the program builds lifelong friendships, lasting memories and essential skills for independence.

Ages 13+, including adults Dates Visit website.

Price No cost to families.

GOVERNORS CLUB GOLF AND TENNIS CAMP 11000 Governors Dr., Chapel Hill 919-932-8542; governorsclubnc.com Golf and tennis lessons from some of the best instructors in Chapel Hill! Club membership required.

Ages 6–16 Dates July 9–12; July 16–19 and Aug. 6–9; Times may vary.

Price Varies. Call or visit website.

HILL LEARNING CENTER LOWER SCHOOL PROGRAM 3200 Pickett Rd., Durham or Ravenscroft School, 7409 Falls of Neuse Rd., Raleigh 919-489-7464; hillcenter.org

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Join us as we “Picture Success” for all Chatham County Students Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:00-8:00pm Chatham Co. Agriculture & Conference Center | 1192 Hwy 64 Business, Pittsboro

For over 30 years, Communities In Schools Chatham County has transformed the lives of students by connecting area businesses and volunteers to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

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Offers individualized instruction with a 4:1 student/teacher ratio in reading, writing and math for children with learning differences.

Ages K–Rising 6th grades Dates June 24–July 26 (five-week session); 8:30–11:30 a.m. daily, except July 4, 5 Price $2,850 HILL LEARNING CENTER MIDDLE/ UPPER SCHOOL PROGRAM 3200 Pickett Rd., Durham 919-489-7464; hillcenter.org Immerses students in a thematic study based on a literary genre using reading and writing strategies to improve comprehension, analysis and composition skills. Students engage in individual instruction of math concepts.

Embedded in all classes, students learn executive function study skills strategies.

Ages Rising 7th–10th grades Dates June 24–July 26 (five-week session), 1–4 p.m. daily, except July 4, 5 Price $2,400 IMMACULATA CATHOLIC SCHOOL 721 Burch Ave., Durham 919-682-5847; immaculataschool.org/camps Offering a variety of camps in academics, arts & crafts, language & culture, music, religion, sports, STEM and more. Visit website for details.

Ages PreK–8th grade Dates Weekly, June–August Price Varies by camp.

INTERNATIONAL MONTESSORI SCHOOL 3001 Academy Rd., Bldg. 300, Durham 919-401-4343; imsnc.org Summer camps for young children in a safe, nurturing environment, tucked away in Durham amongst the trees. Enthusiastic summer camp counselors delight in engaging your young child’s creativity and imagination through music, movement, stories and exciting, hands-on activities with others in a multi-age setting.

Ages 3–5 Dates June 17–Aug. 2 with partial- and fullday options Price Half-day camps (8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.), $225/week; full-day camps (8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.), $295/week; early drop-off and late pick-up available for an additional fee.

KIDZU CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 201 S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill 919-933-1455; kidzuchildrensmuseum.org Camp favorites include weekly themes of Kids in the Kitchen, Lights! Camera!

Action!, Tiny Tinkerers and more!

See website for weekly themes and descriptions. Enrollment available Feb. 1.

Early registration available for members and past participants. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis and we close registration at 15 campers per week.

Ages 3–5; expansion for ages 6–9 to be announced Dates Weekly camps, June 3–Aug. 30; 9 a.m.–noon, optional aftercare until 1 p.m.

Price See website for details.

LAKEWOOD YMCA (2119 Chapel Hill Rd., Durham) & HOPE VALLEY FARMS YMCA (4818 S. Roxboro St., Durham) Lakewood: 919-401-9622; HVF: 919-401-9621; ymcatriangle.org Camps with activities including swimming, sports (basketball/soccer/tennis), outdoor, teen leadership and arts & crafts.

Ages 3–17 Dates June 10–Aug. 23, except July 4 Prices Call or visit website.

MID-SOUTH FENCERS’ CLUB 125 N. Gregson St., Durham 919-286-3100; midsouthfencersclub.org Full-day, beginners welcome! Olympic fencing, longsword and/or chess.

Ages 8–17 Dates Five-day camps, June 24–Aug. 16 Price $280–$335 

YMCA CAMP CHEERIO Residential camping for boys and girls rising 2nd to 10th grade Sessions from June 10th to August 17th Located on 135 acres in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Stone Mountain State Park Campers can enjoy over 35 activities including Archery, Canoeing, Climbing, Horseback Riding, Guitar, and more!

Call (336)869-0195 or visit campcheerio.org for more information!

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MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL 4512 Pope Rd., Durham 919-493-8541; mcsdurham.org Exciting summer camp programs conveniently located on our campus in Durham.

Ages Grades K–8 Dates Call or visit website.

Price Call or visit website.

Jump rope classes & camps for all ages

MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF DURHAM 2800 Pickett Rd., Durham 919-489-9045; msdurham.org Weekly themed camps include athletics, music, visual & performing arts, cooking, nature exploration, gardening and science.

Ages 3–14 Dates June 10–Aug. 16 (closed week of July 4); half- and full-day camps Price Visit website. Registration begins Feb. 1.

MOREHEAD PLANETARIUM SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS 250 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill 919-962-1236; moreheadplanetarium.org/camp Children naturally love to explore our world, and Summer Science Camps are the perfect way to encourage your child’s curiosity and intellectual growth in a fun, nurturing environment.

Ages Grades K–8 Dates Check website.

Price Check website. Registration begins Jan. 22.

NATURE ADVENTURES CAMP AT SARAH P. DUKE GARDENS 420 Anderson St., Durham 919-668-1707; gardens.duke.edu/learn/camp Ages Rising grades K–8 Dates Spring break camp for grades K–5: March 25–29, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Summer camp for 4th–8th grade: June 10-14, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

Weekly summer camps for rising K–5th grade: June 17–Aug. 9, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. (extended day 1–4 p.m.). Camp for rising 6th–8th grades, July 29–Aug. 2, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Price $200 weekly; extended day: $100/ week. 5% sibling or multi-week discount; 15% member discount. Discounts do not apply to extended day fee. Limited scholarships available.

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OLD MILL FARM 8794 NC Hwy. 751, Durham 919-241-3340; oldmillfarmdurham.com Award-winning program from the same team at 1870 Farm in Chapel Hill. The program is set on 20 acres with a private cottage for the 3- to 5-year-old half-day campers. Fun includes animal care, outdoor games and play, fishing, crafts and farm entrepreneurship in addition to chicken races, gem mining, gardening, hayrides, cooking, fort making, outdoor survival and ice cream making in our ice cream parlor.

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OUR PLAYHOUSE 2400 University Dr., Durham 919-967-2700; ourplayhousepreschool.com Hands-on learning with the support of skilled teachers who use a Reggio-inspired philosophy. Indoor and outdoor classrooms foster children’s growth across social, emotional, academic and cognitive domains.

Projects include sensory, art, building and movement activities along with plenty of outdoor play.

Ages 2–6 Dates June 17–Aug. 9; three- and five-day schedules available; 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. with extended day available Price Call for inquiry.

PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY THEATRE INTENSIVE Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art – UNC, 120 Country Club Rd., Chapel Hill 919-962-7935; playmakersrep.org High school actors rehearse and train alongside professional theater artists and perform on PlayMakers’ main stage.

Ages Rising 9th-graders through recent high school graduates Dates June 17–July 28 Price $1,500; scholarships available.

PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY THEATRE QUEST Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art – UNC, 120 Country Club Rd., Chapel Hill 919-962-7935; playmakersrep.org Middle school theater camps in acting, musical theater, improv and more.

Ages Rising grades 6–9 Dates Weekly, June 10–July 26 Price $325/week; scholarships available.

PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY THEATRE TECH Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art – UNC, 120 Country Club Rd., Chapel Hill 919-962-7935; playmakersrep.org High school theater tech students work alongside professional theater artists and apprentice behind the scenes in stage management, costumes, scenic, props, lighting and sound.

Ages Rising 10th–12th grades and recent high school graduates Dates June 17–July 31 Price $750; scholarships available.

PRIMROSE SCHOOL OF CHAPEL HILL AT BRIAR CHAPEL 81 Falling Springs Dr., Chapel Hill 919-441-0441; primrosechapelhill.com This summer, imaginations take flight through different weekly themes that engage school-

aged children in creative and critical thinking while doing fun, STEAM-based projects and field trip experiential learning.

Ages Grades K–5 Dates Weekly, June 10–Aug. 16, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Price Call for inquiry.

SCHOOLHOUSE OF WONDER SCHOOL Locations in Durham, Wake and Orange Counties; 919-477-2116; schoolhouseofwonder.org Whether they participate in a single Discovery Day or several weeks of award-winning camps at Schoolhouse of Wonder, your child is guaranteed to come home dirty, tired and happy or you’ll get your money back. They will be engaged in a variety of outdoor activities — games, fort building, nature art, whittling, discovering plants and animals in the forest and creeks, storytelling and more. Leadership development and training available for 13- to 17-year-olds through counselor-in-training opportunities and paid junior counselor positions.

Ages 5–7; 8–12; 13–17 Dates Year-round Price $74–$319; multi-camp & sibling discounts, limited financial assistance available.

SOUTHERN SEASON: KIDS IN THE KITCHEN CAMPS 201 S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill 919-929-7133; southernseason.com Each day and week will have unique themes.

Ages 8–12 Dates Check website.

Price Check website. Registration begins early March.

SOUTHERN SEASON: TEEN BOOT CAMP 201 S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill 919-929-7133; southernseason.com Two-day sessions that include Cooking 101 and Basic Knife Skills that give teens a base of culinary knowledge.

Ages 13–17 Dates Check website.

Price Check website. Registration begins early March.

YMCA SUMMER DAY CAMP Campers enjoy lots of fresh air, active fun and new friends.

Choose from full-day, half-day, sports, specialty and traditional day camps for all ages throughout the Triangle. Weekly themes add variety to activities.

Register before April 1 and get 2018 prices!

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STROUDS CREEK FARM 1600 Friendship Ln., Hillsborough 919-406-4552; stroudscreekfarm.com Summer camp programs designed to offer a unique summer experience for your child.

The program is a down-to-earth opportunity for a nature-based experience. The time spent at Strouds Creek Farm is child-centered and focuses on a routine of activities, but is not an inflexible, super-scheduled day.

We calmly approach the day and allow for flexibility and following the child’s interest.

Ages 4–12 Dates Weekly, June 7–Aug. 19, full day 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and half day 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; extended day and early drop off available.

Price Call or visit our website. $300 full day; $175 half day.

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ST. THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC SCHOOL 920 Carmichael St., Chapel Hill 919-929-1546; stmcsnc.org Various themes including cooking, art, music and rhythmic gymnastics.

Ages Grades K–8 Dates June and July Price Varies based on camp. Details released online in March.

Ages 3–18 Dates Musical Theatre Conservatory: June 10–23 and July 29–Aug. 11; Junior Musical Theatre Conservatory: June 24–29; Teen Musical Theatre Conservatory: July 1–14; Shakespeare Intensive: July 15–Aug. 3; Rising Stars: June 10–14, June 17–21, July 8–12, July 22–26, July 29–Aug. 2, Aug. 5–9 Prices $100-500

SUMMER @ SAINT MARY’S 900 Hillsborough St., Raleigh 919-424-4028; sms.edu Participants have the opportunity to explore new interests, build fundamental skills, pursue artistic dreams and expand academic horizons.

Ages Rising grades K–12 Dates June 17–July 27, one-week sessions.

Early morning drop-off and after-camp care.

Full- and half-day, all-girl and co-ed offerings.

Price $165–$325 per session, $1,195 for residential Innovators Hub program.

TRIANGLE DAY SCHOOL 4911 Neal Rd., Durham 919-383-8800; triangledayschool.org Students will have the opportunity to learn a new craft or hobby, enhance and develop existing skills, travel to local places and make new friends. Our staff consists of experts, artists and educators from TDS and other local schools and programs focusing on art, STEAM, nature, adventure, early childhood and more. CIT program for 13-15 year olds.

Ages 4–15 Dates June 17–Aug. 9, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; extended care available Price Before Feb. 15, $270/session; after Feb. 15, $285/session

TEMPLE THEATRE SUMMER THEATRE CONSERVATORIES 120 Carthage St., Sanford 919-774-4155; templeshows.com Each summer, the Temple Theatre offers an array of educational opportunities designed to promote creativity, discipline, selfconfidence and teamwork.

TRINITY SCHOOL OF DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL 4011 Pickett Rd., Durham 919-402-8262; trinityschoolnc.org Camp topics include math, Latin, SAT prep,

robotics, scripting, basketball, soccer, volleyball, dance, pottery, LEGO robotics, art, sewing, cooking and much more.

Grades K-12, ages 5–18 Dates Weekly, June 4–Aug. 16; morning and afternoon sessions available; schedule available online in January.

Price $190–$250/week USA NINJA CHALLENGE 1810 Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy., Suite A, Durham; 984-219-2559; usaninjachallenge.com/durham-nc Turning kids into ninjas one obstacle at a time.

Ages 6–15 Dates Call or check website.

Price Call or check website.

YMCA CAMP CHEERIO 1430 Camp Cheerio Rd., Glade Valley 336–869-0195 (fall, winter, spring); 336-363-2604; campcheerio.org YMCA residential camp in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Activities offered include aquatics, sports, field games, creative arts and nature study.

Ages 7–15 Dates June 9–Aug. 16 Price $1,110–$2,320 

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more Chatham County camps CHATHAM COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION Northwest District Park, 2413 Woody Store Rd., Siler City 919-545-8553; chathamnc.org A traditional-style day camp that includes activities like swimming, fishing, archery, hiking and more. Registration begins March 1 at 10 a.m.

Ages 5-14 Dates July 8 – Aug. 16, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.

Price $55/week CLAPPING HANDS FARM 3348 Alston Chapel Rd., Pittsboro 919-542-5599; clappinghandsfarm.com Camps focused on the arts (visual art, music, theater, dance) and nature. Each week has a different theme.

Ages 2-18 Dates See website for dates for specific camps.

Price $250-$300. Financial assistance available.

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HAW RIVER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 2428 Silk Hope Gum Spring Rd., Pittsboro 919-533-4139; hawriverchristian.org Morning and afternoon camps available ranging in themes from basketball to the arts.

Ages Varies by camp.

Dates July 8-12, July 15-19, July 22-26 Price $100. Some camps have additional fees.

JORDAN LAKE BOATING CAMP 2092 Marthas Chapel Rd., Apex 919-585-1488; jordanlakeboatingcamp.com Motorboating, kayaking, fishing and sailing at Jordan Lake.

Ages 5-14 See website for specific dates and prices.

SUN STAR FARM CAMP 2092 Marthas Chapel Rd., Apex 919-699-4429; sunstarfarm.com Farm animal care, pony weeks, crafts, gardening, creek stomping and more!

Ages 3-10 See website for specific dates and prices.

THEATER CAMPS BY PITTSBORO YOUTH THEATER Sweet Bee Theater, 18A E. Salisbury St., Pittsboro 919-533-6997; pittsboroyouththeater.com All-day, Monday-Friday theater camps, each ending with a play performed on stage.

Ages 10-18 Dates For ages 7-12: “Beauty and the Beast,” June 10-14; “Aladdin,” June 17-21; “Cinderella,” June 24-28; “Robin Hood,” July 22-26; Ages 10-18: “Little Mermaid” musical 3-week intensive, July 1-21 Price $265 (voice lessons additional for some shows) TINKERING SCHOOL NC 2092 Marthas Chapel Rd., Apex 919-585-1488; nctinkeringschool.com Learn to use real tools to build large-scale, open-ended and collaborative projects.

Ages 8-and-a-half –12 Dates June 10-Aug. 16 Price See website. CM

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“We ride around Jordan Lake,” Melanie says. “Or we ride out to Silk Hope or to Siler City. Chatham has enough paved back roads that connect across the county. We have friends from Apex and Holly Springs who will ride out to here because of the roads.”

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Melanie and Mikkel Thompson train for triathlons on the quiet roads around Chapel Ridge. The couple competes in at least one long-distance race every year.

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The Thompsons at home (clockwise from top left): Keni, 11, Collin, 14, Gianna, 8, Mikkel, Melanie, Carter, 16, and Emme, 8. The family moved to Chapel Ridge when Carter was 5.

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However far they go, they always come home to Chapel Ridge, where they’ve lived since 2007. The neighborhood’s entrance is well off any highways about 10 minutes outside Pittsboro, and its streets snake through a series of hills and the 18 holes of The Golf Club at Chapel Ridge, a course designed by Fred Couples.

“It has a neighborhood feel that is open to everyone,” Melanie says.

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ABOVE LEFT Chapel Ridge offers the privacy of country living with the amenities of a modern neighborhood.

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All five Thompson kids stay as active as their parents.

The Thompsons moved to Raleigh after Mikkel left the Army in 2003 – he flew Black Hawk helicopters – and they were one of Chapel Ridge’s first landowners, buying a lot in 2004 and building their home in 2007. When the couple first discovered Chatham, she says, “We just loved it out here.”

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With five children – Carter, 16, Collin, 14, Keni, 11, and twins Gianna and Emme, 8 – the Thompsons take advantage of all of Chapel Ridge’s amenities. The neighborhood has two tennis courts and a basketball court. There are also facilities for volleyball and soccer. Mikkel and Melanie use the community’s large pool for their triathlon training, and the water slide is great for kids. Carter plays golf and exercises in the community health center with Mikkel. And the teenagers and parents

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Chapel Ridge where?

Chapel Ridge is on the east side of Highway 87, about seven miles from downtown Pittsboro and 15 from Chapel Hill. The neighborhood is a mix of custom and new construction homes. Amenities are maintained by a homeowners association with annual dues of $875. Membership in The Golf Club at Chapel Ridge is separate.

style of houses

Generally traditional single family with attached garages. The Estates section features larger homes, while the Vistas section features move-in-ready, patiostyle homes with first-floor masters.

schools

Pittsboro Elementary School, Horton Middle School and Northwood High School.

property tax rate

In 2019, the property tax rate for homes in Chapel Ridge is $0.75 per $100 of assessed value. Of that total, $0.63 goes to Chatham County, $0.12 to the Circle City Fire District.

lot size

Lot sizes in the community range from just under a quarter-acre to more than an acre.

price

Home prices range from the mid$400,000s to near $700,000. Among houses recently listed: a 3,400-squarefoot, four-bedroom home on Birdie Court for $495,000; a 3,430-squarefoot, four-bedroom home on Colonial Trail for $666,195; and a 3,657-squarefoot, five-bedroom home on Berry Patch Lane for $619,900.

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Chapel Ridge is home to large families like the Thompsons as well as retired couples, like Robert and Peggy Sperduto, who live a few houses away. “I joke that they are adopted grandparents,” Melanie says.

Though it was one of the first large subdivisions to break ground in Chatham’s building boom of the early 2000s, Chapel Ridge still has room to grow. There are some 320 homes on its 848 lots – many of the empty lots have been claimed by buyers planning to build later.

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passed away in 2018, but both families have ensured that nothing has changed. “I’d call it country homestyle,” says Tyler White, Art’s son and a manager at the restaurant on Highway 64. “[It’s] the kind of food your grandmother used

weeks, Bestfood fries between 300 and 400 pieces of chicken for local events, including church events, family reunions and funerals. “We have our older customers, but we also have families with young kids,” says Chris Terry, Mike’s son and also a manager. “I think it appeals to all ages.” CM February/March 2019

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restaurants, delis and bistros (advertisers boxed in green)

North Chatham 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 Breakaway Cafe A casual “cyclinginspired” 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 & Trattoria Traditional Italian cuisine including homemade fresh pastas, salads, sandwiches and a trattoria menu. 79 Falling Springs Dr., Ste. 140; 919-240-4104; cappspizzeria.com Town Hall Burger and Beer Gourmet burgers plus shared plates, tacos, wings and salads. 58 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 140; 984-234-3504; townhallburgerandbeer.com Governors Village Al’s Pub Shack Classic gourmet burger and fries joint, featuring an expanded menu with sandwiches, seafood, soups and salads along with a full bar. 50050 Governors Dr.; 919-904-7659

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Flair Restaurant & Wine Bar High-quality French-influenced American food, coffee, wine, beer and Sunday brunch. 50100 Governors Dr.; 919-967-9990; flairforfoodrestaurant.com Sadie’s Southern Southern comfort food. 72 Chapelton Ct.; 984-234-3017; sadiessouthern.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 Marco’s Pizza Traditional Italian dishes and pizzas. 141 Chatham Downs Dr., Ste. 201; 919-391-4090; marcos.com Moon Asian Bistro Asian fusion restaurant offering sushi, Chinese dishes like sweetand-sour chicken, Thai curry dishes, rice and noodles. 111 Knox Way, Ste. 100; 919-869-7894; moonasianbistroch.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 Papa John’s Pizza Pizza crafted with quality. 50010 Governors Dr.; 919-968-7272; papajohns.com Guanajuato Mexican Restaurant Mexican dishes with vegetarian options; 11552 U.S. 15-501 N., Ste. 205; 919-9298012; guanajuatomexicanrestaurant.net Village Pizza and Pasta A neighborhood pizza place serving up subs, calzones, pastas and salads. 11312 U.S. Hwy. 15-501 S., Ste. 300; 919-960-3232; villagepizzapasta. com

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The Fearrington House Restaurant Fine-dining French cuisine offering a chef’s tasting menu.

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House of Hops Relaxed bar and bottle shop with a large craft beer selection on tap.

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West Street The Belted Goat Casual dining for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Coffee & wine shop.

Fearrington Village; 919-545-5717; fearrington.com/ belted-goat New Japan Hibachi-style Japanese cooking, dine in or carry out. 90 Lowes Dr.; 919-542-4380

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The Phoenix Bakery Small-batch, seasonal baked goods like apple pie doughnuts, caramel-pecan rolls, scones, cookies and specialty cakes. 664 West St.; 919-542-4452; thephoenixbakerync.com

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

The Root Cellar Sandwiches, prepared salads, desserts and more.

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Circle City Grill Featuring hamburgers, barbecue and tacos. 517 West St.; 919-704-8798; circlecitygrill.com

Papa John’s Pizza Pizza crafted with quality. 120 Lowes Dr.; 919-545-7272; papajohns.com

The Pickle Jar Cafe & Catering Fresh American classics with a twist; 480 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-8878; picklejarcafe.com

S&T’s Soda Shoppe Soda fountain, American fare. 85 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0007; sandtsodashoppe.com

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

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

Virlie’s Grill Breakfast, lunch and supper options like biscuits, salads, subs and barbecue. 58 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-0376; virliesgrill.com

Willy’s Cinnamon Rolls, Etc. Bakery selling cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins, cookies and bread with ’40s and ’50s flair.

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Chatham Marketplace Buzz Cafe sandwiches, daily changing hot bar, sushi, salads and baked goods. Chatham Mills; 919-542-2643; chathammarketplace.coop

East Street 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

Starrlight Mead Tastings of honey wines and honey.

Chatham Mills; 919-533-6314; starrlightmead.com

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.

439 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-4239; davenports-cafediem.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; elizabethspizza pittsboro.com

The Mod Wood-fired pizza, salads, small plates and a full bar. 46 Sanford Rd.; 919-533-6883; themodernlifedeli.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 Compadres Mexican Restaurant A variety of classic dishes. 115 Siler Crossing; 919-663-5600; compadresnc.com

Courtyard Coffee and Soda Cafe Coffee, Italian sodas, smoothies and bakery items.

223 N. Chatham Ave.; 919-663-2152 Dry Dock Seafood A variety of seafood dishes and daily specials.

408 N. Second Ave.; 919-742-2177; drydockseafood.com

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Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta. 119 Siler Crossing; 919-663-5555; elizabethspizza silercity.com

news bites Max Kast, former wine director of the Fearrington House, passed a notoriously difficult three-part exam in December to earn the title of Master Sommelier. Max becomes the only person in North Carolina to hold the title, which is considered the highest rank in the wine and service industry.

The final portion of the exam is a blind taste test.

Given six glasses of wine – three red, three white – Max had to identify the make and vintage of each. There are fewer than 200 Master Sommeliers in the country, most in major cities.

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Al’s Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries made with local ingredients.

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ENGA GEMENT

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Three days before Christmas, Garrett Scott’s mom, Lynn, took Garrett’s girlfriend, Kayli Blankenship, for a manicure. The same day,

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as students at Northwood High School. Garrett will graduate from Appalachian State University in May, Kayli from Guilford College next year. The couple owns a puppy, Sadie, a rescue dog they take hiking around Boone.

At the Angus Barn, Lynn suggested that the couple take a stroll to the restaurant’s gazebo, lit up for Christmas. By then, Kayli says, Garrett was acting a bit nervous.

“I didn’t have a clue until we walked into the gazebo,” she says. “Then everything started to make sense.”

The nails, the dress, the walk to the gazebo. And, at just the right moment, the proposal. “Obviously I said yes,” Kayli says.

At that moment, both sets of parents “came out from behind the trees,” and the families celebrated together. The couple is planning a 2020 wedding in Charleston, South Carolina, coordinated by Happily Ever After wedding planning, which Lynn runs with Garrett’s sister, Jessica King. CM

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Bazzarre & Holliday B Y M ATT WHITE PHO TO GRA PHY BY HE BA S ALAMA, H EBA SALAMA P HO TO G R AP HY , H EBASALAMA.CO M

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ae Bazzarre and Rob Holliday were delivered by

the same doctor in Durham, two years apart.

Both were baptized in town at University United Methodist Church and, as kids, were headed toward the same schools until Rob’s family moved to Raleigh.

But more than 30 years later, they met at UNC, where they both were employed.

Rob works in video production, and Rae left the university in June 2016 to start her own consulting practice, Open Door Strategies. In March 2018, after a dinner at Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery, they took a brief walk near Chapel Hill’s most famous intersection,

Rob dropped to a knee and popped the question.

Though Rae and Rob grew up as Chapel Hill kids and their engagement had a downtown flavor, their life as a couple is very Chatham. Rae has lived in Briar Chapel since 2015 and they were married in Fearrington Gardens last June, with a reception at the Fearrington Barn. Gilda McDaniel served as wedding planner and Chatham music legend Tommy Edwards played acoustic guitar during the ceremony and cocktail hour. Rae’s parents, Terry and Christine of Efland, and Rob’s father, Bob, of Raleigh attended.

Their wedding flowers were blue hydrangeas and purple irises, favorites of Rob’s mother, Mary Leaver-Holliday, who passed away in 2013.

Friends and family came from as far away as Texas, Alabama and New York, and the day, Rae says, was “euphoric.” CM

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love of music brought David Clark and Megan Raisner together in 2013, when Megan became a section leader for the Ebenezer Lutheran Church choir in Greensboro. David was already involved in the choir, and for a year, they knew each other only through Wednesday night practices. Eventually they discovered that they had both studied voice at UNC-Greensboro, enjoyed the same kinds of music and were both music teachers – Megan is the choral director at Chatham Central High School, and David teaches music, band and chorus to kindergarteners through eighth-graders at Bonlee School. Many of his students have gone on to perform in one of Megan’s groups.

“Sharing students is really a special part of working together,” Megan says. “Having David at the middle school allows the students to know who I am before they come to Chatham Central and gets them excited about taking chorus.”

The day Megan was offered the job at Chatham Central, David told his friends at Bonlee that he knew they would eventually be married. A graduate of Jordan-Matthews High School, David grew up in Silk Hope. He proposed in 2017 in a farmhouse built by his grandfather, which they’ve since 96

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renovated into their own home. At school, their students quickly gave them their own celebrity-esque nickname: “Craisner,” a mix of Clark and Raisner.

The two were married in late 2017, in Greensboro. Ebenezer’s choir director served as organist, and two friends played piano and sang a solo – “being friends with musicians sure has its perks when it comes to weddings,” Megan says. CM

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