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765 ST. ANDREWS DRIVE Unique and one of a kind 3 BR / 2 BA home situated on the16th fairway of Pinehurst CC course #5. Great views and single-level living!
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A Country Made of Clouds Awakening the dreamer is as simple as slowing down and looking up
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It was a stunning picture of clouds passing over a clubhouse at Smith Mountain Lake, Va., taken in late August of this year. Set against a dark, rainy sky, a line of bright white clouds that resembled the curling tops of ocean waves tumbled over the horizon, a remarkable cloud formation caused by shearing winds. Macduff happens to be one of the world’s most honored landscape photographers, an artist whose work hangs in numerous museums around the world. Art critics have compared him to Ansel Adams for his soulful eye and brilliant portraits of nature, landscape and people. Years ago, we traveled the world in each other’s company, photographing and writing about people and places from Ireland to New Zealand. Along with his wife, Mary, an internationally known artist in her own right, we once spent two weeks working in Cuba while Mary lectured at an art school in Havana. His photos from our fortnight on the forbidden island 25 years ago are some of the most soulful and revealing photos you’ve ever laid eyes on. The amazing photo of clouds at Smith Mountain Lake, a rare formation technically known as a Kelvin-Helmholtz fluctus cloud, however, wasn’t a Macduff Everton jewel. It was a simple photograph taken by Amy Hunter, member 50,322 of something called the Cloud Appreciation Society. Macduff knew I would find it fascinating, which explains why his email featured the Society’s “Cloud of the Day” photograph along with a link to the organization’s website. I clicked on it and spent a dreamy hour looking at a spectacular array of photographs and paintings of clouds posted by the society’s tens of thousands of members across 100 nations around the world, people who find comfort and inspiration in looking up at clouds. I also watched a TED Talk by the society’s founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His purpose in founding the Cloud Appreciation Society was to simply remind people of the value of looking up at the Earth’s most ephemeral live artwork. “Clouds are so commonplace, so beautiful, people don’t even notice them unless they get in the way of the sun,” Pretor-Pinney told his TED audience, adding that Aristophanes, the Greek playwright, described passing clouds as “the goddesses of idle fellows” and believed they were, on the contrary, a boon to human imagination. “Most people will admit to a nostalgic fondness for clouds that
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reminds them of their youth, finding shapes in the sky when we were masters of daydreams,” he said, pointing out that the digital world we live in today conspires to make us terminally too busy to pause and look up. The point of cloud-spotting, as he calls it, is simply to slow down life’s swirling pace and observe the ever-changing beauty that is right above you, the perfect everyday meditation. “I think if you live with your head in the clouds it will help you keep your feet on the ground,” he says. The society’s manifesto is a gem. WE BELIEVE that clouds are unjustly maligned and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them. We think that they are Nature’s poetry, and the most egalitarian of her displays, since everyone can have a fantastic view of them. We pledge to fight “blue-sky thinking” wherever we find it. Life would be dull if we had to look up at cloudless monotony day after day. We seek to remind people that clouds are expressions of the atmosphere’s moods and can be read like those of a person’s countenance. We believe that clouds are for dreamers and their contemplation benefits the soul. Indeed, all who consider the shapes they see in them will save money on psychoanalysis bills. And so we say to all who’ll listen: Look up, marvel at the ephemeral beauty, and always remember to live life with your head in the clouds! In a year under assault by a killer pandemic, a world suffering from a collapsed economy and a death rate spiraling ever upward, not to mention a presidential election that will offer either a ray of hope or more hopeless chaos, looking up at clouds suddenly struck me a very sensible thing to do. I signed up right away and within days received my official Cloud Appreciation Society Certificate of Membership, newly minted member number 52,509, plus a nifty “Cloud Selector” designed to help a rookie cloud spotter identify the ephemeral art forever passing overhead. It felt like 1957 all over. That year, as a dreamy four-year-old who lived in a house directly across the street from the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi, I became obsessed with storm clouds over the ocean thanks to a man named Big Earl who ran the printing press at my father’s weekly newspaper in Gulfport. Big Earl informed me that we lived “smack dab in the middle of Hurricane Alley.” With a kind of ghoulish enthusiasm, he suggested that I keep a sharp eye on storm clouds over the Gulf because they would indicate when a major hurricane was headed our way. PineStraw
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His warning prompted me to write off for an official Hurricane Preparation Kit offered, as I recall, by the National Geographic Society, just to be ready for the big blow. Every day I watched the clouds over the Gulf. But no hurricane ever came. Plenty of bone-rattling thunderstorms did, however, which caused the Gulf to cough up spectacular sea shells for my mom and me to collect on our evening walks. We often sat at the end of the dune boardwalk watching the changing skies over the water — a gorgeous light show of pleated pinks and purples — picking out shapes that looked like faces or animals in the sky. That autumn, we moved home to Carolina. By then, I was hooked on skywatching. On my first trip to England in 1977, arriving as dawn broke over the continent, my plane dropped through a thick soup of clouds that always seem to blanket the Blessed Isles when suddenly, just below, a magical green world of hedgerows and winding lanes appeared, a storybook village with a Norman church tower and a herd of sheep on the hill. I was utterly awestruck. Those clouds were a curtain to enchantment. From that point forward, whenever work duties placed me in the sky — which was often in those days — I loved flying through and above clouds, watching moving continents of white stretching away to eternity below the wings of the airplane, a visually majestic kingdom where light and weather forever danced together. I came to think of that peaceful, otherworldly place as a “country made of clouds.” Several years ago, in fact, I even began writing a novel with that
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notion in its title, a project that recently morphed into a screenplay about a troupe of pioneering female pilots after World War II that my daughter Maggie — the real writer in the family — is working on, with a little help from her cloud-loving old man. Here’s a key scene from my unfinished novel, A Country Made of Clouds, in which the protagonist, a famous aviatrix and women’s activist named Dodo Barnes, takes her young son up for his first ride in her old barnstorming biplane for a sunset flight over the Outer Banks. He’s a wispy little kid, not unlike I was in 1957. Dodo speaks into his ear as he perches on her lap, awestruck by the beauty of the shapes in clouds he sees below them. “You know, Hawk,” says Dodo, “I find such happiness up here. It’s like a beautiful country made of clouds, a place where there are no wars, no turmoil, no sadness of any kind, only endless light and peaceful clouds you could almost walk on to forever. I sometimes think this must be what the way to heaven looks like.” Somewhere during our many journeys together, I must have told my buddy Macduff Everton about this novel, describing a scene that was inspired by my mother’s own words as we sat on the dunes long ago watching clouds over the Gulf of Mexico. Or maybe he just sensed that I would find the Cloud Appreciation Society a timely reminder of my days as a master of daydreams, the perfect antidote to a world turned upside down. Whichever it is, society member 52,509 is thrilled to look up and put his head in the clouds. PS Contact founding editor Jim Dodson at jim@thepilot.com.
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Munch Some Brunch Support the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities on Sunday, Nov. 1, by taking home some delicious eats from Thyme and Place Café, or bring a blanket and picnic on the grounds at 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Boxed brunches are $20 for Weymouth members and $30 for nonmembers. For more information call (910) 692-6262 or go to www.weymouthcenter.org.
Visit Paradox Farm in November and hang out with the goats, feed some chickens and pigs, and take a peek at the new sheep. Group tours of Paradox Farm Creamery, 449 Hickory Creek Lane, West End, will be available on Friday and Saturday from 10-11:30 a.m. Tickets for 2-10 people are $100; 11-15 are $150. For information call (910) 723-0802 or visit www.ticketmesandhills.com.
Pop Up in the Pines A community shopping fair dedicated to bringing together chic boutiques, talented artisans, food trucks and unique handmade goods springs to life on Sunday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Southern Pines Brewery, 565 Air Tool Drive, Suite E, Southern Pines. Face masks will be required.
Art on Offer The Artists League of the Sandhills will be opening its 26th annual Art Exhibit and Sale on Friday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. For information visit www.artistleague.org or call (910) 944-3979. The Arts Council of Moore County will also hold its opening reception for “Moore Artful Women” featuring the work of Beth Garrison, Paula Montgomery, Fay Terry and Mary Wright on Nov. 6 from 6-8 p.m. at the Campbell House Galleries, 482. E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Visitors will need to reserve time slots at 30-minute intervals. Masks will be required. For information go to www.mooreart.org or call (910) 692-2787.
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––––––––– as seen in ––––––––– Festival of Trees The 24th Annual Sandhills Children’s Center Festival of Trees will take place Nov. 18-22 at The Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Unlike previous years, the festival will be a ticketed event. For more information and tickets go to www.FestivalofTrees.org.
Spinning Wheel Thirty pottery shops and almost 100 ceramic artists will come together for the Celebration of Seagrove Potters Tour, the largest sales and collector event of the year. The tour begins on Friday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continues daily through Nov. 22. It starts at Luck’s Cannery, 798 N.C. 705, Seagrove. For more information go to www.discoverseagrove. com/celebration.
A Christmas Carol The Sunrise Theater will present the radio play of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on Nov. 28 and 29, times to be determined. There will be matinee and evening performances on both days. For more information visit www. sunrisetheater. com or call (910) 692-8501.
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Meet the Maker: The Saburro Shop Scroll through The Saburro Shop on Instagram and you’ll find a little bit of everything. Bethany Saburro started her business in 2016, selling mostly custom woodwork and hand painted wooden signs, but recently found her niche in the earring world. “I remember seeing a pair of earrings in a department store and thinking, ‘wait, I could make that,’” Bethany said. She started out with wooden earrings, but later began experimenting with polymer clay, which have become her best sellers. Each pair of earrings are uniquely designed by Bethany. From flowers to geometric shapes, each pair is different from the next. A longtime lover of creating, Bethany used art as an escape. The Saburro Shop started out as mostly a hobby, but without the distractions of daily routines during quarantine, she felt inspired to invest more time in The Saburro Shop. Bethany mostly sells her work through Instagram and occasionally on Etsy. You can also find it at Pine Scone Cafe in Pinehurst and Southern Pines, and My Sister’s Porch in Aberdeen. “It’s so satisfying to do something that you love and to find that other people love what you spend your time and efforts on, too,” Bethany said. Follow The Saburro Shop on Instagram to see what Bethany will come up with next. PineStraw
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Brian Sachs M.D., family physician, has opened a new primary care clinic designed to give patients what they’re missing in the healthcare system – meaningful time and personalized care from their physician. Open since March, Longleaf Medical is a small membership medical practice which offers primary disease management, preventive health consultation, telemedicine, and home visits. By blending old-fashioned bedside manners with modern medical practices, Longleaf Medical brings a new style of healthcare to the Sandhills.
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Gratitude journals are an effective tool to practice being grateful. Once we are focused on the things we appreciate by writing them down daily, we establish a much deeper experience of gratefulness, and no longer need the list. It simply becomes part of our daily routine. You begin to see more goodness and the glass will be half-full rather than half-empty. By honoring the good in our lives, we are creating a lifestyle that will enrich us each day. Going through challenging times like these puts life into perspective. Giving thanks for our blessings is important and can sometimes change outcomes to our benefit. It will certainly make the journey, and the challenges, easier to tolerate if we grasp some control over our mental outlook. When we see good all around us and within us, only more good can come to us. If like begets like, then we are drawing to us the very best in life in every respect. When we are grateful for blessings large and small we create a magnetic attraction to more divine and wonderful things: more happiness, more prosperity, good health and, most of all, love. PS Karen Frye is the owner and founder of Nature’s Own and teaches yoga at the Bikram Yoga Studio.
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November Books FICTION Here Is the Beehive, by Sarah Crossan Ana, an unhappily married lawyer, and Connor have a three-year affair. Ana is happy to leave her family for him but Connor is hesitant. Ana finds out about his death from his wife, who calls Ana, Connor’s lawyer. The cause of death is kept from the reader. In beautiful and sparing language, this book is told in five parts dealing with Ana’s grief, love and loss — all a secret, even as she secretly changes the will so that she is the executor and can keep him close a little longer. Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic, edited by Alice Quinn In this urgent outpouring of American voices, poets speak to us as they shelter in place, addressing our collective fear, grief and hope from eloquent and diverse individual perspectives. The executive director of the Poetry Society of America, Quinn was also the poetry editor at The New Yorker from 1987 to 2007 and an editor at Alfred A. Knopf for more than 10 years prior to that. The Archer, by Paulo Coelho From the bestselling author of The Alchemist comes an inspiring story about a young man seeking wisdom from an elder, and the practical lessons imparted along the way. It’s the story of Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow, and the boy who comes searching for him. The boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the tenets of a meaningful life, how one must take risks, build courage, and embrace the unexpected journey fate has to offer. NONFICTION From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin’s Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin’s Secret War on the West, by Heidi Blake The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad — while Western spies watched in horror as their governments failed to guard against the threat — is now in paperback. Unflinchingly documenting the growing web of death on British and American soil, Blake bravely exposes the Kremlin’s assassination campaign as part of Putin’s ruthless pursuit of global The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Hooked on Office Supplies — not Dunder Mifflin
By Bill Fields
I realized I might have a problem last
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year during a business trip to South Korea. My hosts were showing me around a shopping mall outside Seoul, and after seeing an array of highfashion boutiques and stores with the latest tech, I had one request: Take me to the pens and pencils.
I was on the hunt for Korean-made writing tools unavailable back home. The tour guides were helpful, my interpreter, Chris, touting a popular, inexpensive, smooth-writing ballpoint stick pen favored by many Korean students and office workers. In a few minutes, I was checking out of a variety store with a couple of packs of Monami 153s, blue ink with a 1.0 tip. The purchase wasn’t the highlight of a full week in a foreign land but, for an office-supply geek, flying home with those pens certainly was satisfying. Not that I loiter in my local Staples — weekly visits aren’t over the top, are they? — but I’ve been smitten with stationery for a long time, even before I secured my first pencil case in a loose-leaf notebook with the audible cinching of the three rings. When the Swingline “Tot,” a tiny version of a desk stapler, appeared in stores, I saved my allowance to buy one. It didn’t take long for me to pop one of the staples into the pad of my left thumb. That didn’t scare me away from office supplies. Nor did a pencil accident. I was at the time too short and not possessing enough hop to touch the top of the doorframe leading into our dining room. I was only inches away from my goal and figured, correctly as it turned out, that I could touch it while holding a pencil. But I carried it eraser-up, and the point gouged my right palm. More than a half century later, that speck of lead remains just below my middle finger. Who didn’t love the retractable, push-button splendor of a Bic Clic? The different Flair colors for drawing up football plays? The The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
bold letters that Magic Markers could make on poster projects? When my mother purchased a gross of pencils for me through her bank job and we attached a sharpener to my bedroom wall, it felt better than the Tar Heels winning a big game. As I got older and into journalism, pens and notebooks were a perk of the profession. I got $150 a week to intern one summer at the afternoon newspaper in Winston-Salem. Being able to procure supplies from an office closet — all you wanted — was a life I could get used to. My notebook tastes grew more refined. In the 1990s, fellow golf writer Michael Bamberger and I discovered we shared an affinity for a certain model of Boorum & Pease notebook with 48 sewn-in pages. They were small enough to fit in your pocket but large enough for good note-taking and cost only a dollar or so. Michael and I each hoarded a stash, but they don’t make them anymore. Even during this “Everyday Carry” era with lots of fancy notebooks on the market, I lament that cheap and functional B&P style isn’t available anymore — they’re as extinct as the many little stationery stores in New York City that used to sell them. The Japanesemade Muji brand has some good offerings, about as close as you can get to my old favorite. I’ve splurged on nice pens from time to time in recent years — mostly rollerballs and ballpoints, having figured out I am not a person for fountain pens no matter how much I admire their beauty. Whether on a legal pad or in a quality journal, putting pen to paper is its own pleasure in this digital age. Not long ago I retrieved an Aurora rollerball from my desk caddy, a pen I bought not long after I moved to New York decades ago. It’s not old enough to be “vintage” as classified by the collecting world, but using it sure takes me back. For now — this might be as fleeting as April snow — it’s my favorite. PS Southern Pines native Bill Fields, who writes about golf and other things, moved north in 1986 but hasn’t lost his accent. Bill can be reached at williamhfields@gmail.com. PineStraw
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Cooking for Julia Cheesy olives and a smoky homage to one of the greats
By Cynthia Adams
When the spunky Southern
writer Julia Reed died in September, it felt personal.
Reed was a character in her own stories, a real hoot and a holler, as my Mama Patty would have said. Her columns, design books and sassy cookbooks (one title was inspired by her mama’s spiking sangria with a kick of vodka) showed a penchant for storytelling and squint-eyed observations. Her New Orleans homes — one on First Street and a post-divorce duplex in the Garden District — were crammed with books, family heirlooms, paintings, antiquities but also found-objects like bird nests and turtle shells. She even called the new pad a “Cabinet of Curiosities,” a habit wealthy Victorians famously kept. Reed’s memoir, The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story, was considered her best work. It was a love letter to post-Katrina New Orleans. (Reed’s Newsweek piece described a sign that advised NOLA looters: “Don’t Even Try. I am Sleeping Inside with a Big Dog, an Ugly Woman, Two Shotguns and a Claw Hammer.”) Reed was classy — and wealthy — enough to upholster a pair of antique rattan chinoiserie sofas in hand-dyed silks. She bought vintage beauties from Magazine Street, where some of the South’s finest antiques wind up on offer. Her design sense was kicky and admired. She wrote One Man’s Folly about Furlow Gatewood, the gifted antiquarian who has restored several of the most beautiful homes to be found, gathering them all on his compound in Americus, Ga. Reed not only knew Gatewood but stayed in one of his gorgeous homes, each of which are stuffed full of jaw-dropping treasures. They probably ate cheese straws, Gatewood’s favorite, and drank hard li-
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quor. She no doubt brought her own deviled eggs and cheesy olives, which were touted in surprising places like The New York Times. Cheesy olives, it was said, are the first party fare to be scarfed down. The week she died of cancer at age 59, we were seeing two friends for Covid cocktails. It was time to drop my envy of Reed, her cool houses, great writing gigs and friendship with 95-year-old Gatewood, my celebrity crush. I pored over her top five recipes, which the Gray Lady republished, determining to pay homage to Reed. Even though her father was a Republican operative who worked for the Bush family, she was always diplomatic and her humor was bipartisan. Once asked about a pol’s chances during a tony Washington, D.C. book tour, sipping vodka-infused sangria from a blue highball glass, Reed quoted Louisiana’s Edwin Edwards: “The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.” The room dissolved in guffaws, because no matter where you stand on party lines, that was a bon mot. (Actually, it qualified as a sangria-infused wet quip.) But I digress. Cheesy olives sounded a lot like pigs in a blanket at first reading. Except, the dough, in addition to flour and egg, contains a block of cheddar and a hunk of butter. (And there is no pig.) This was to be the virgin run of a stand mixer, bought years ago because of the rare color, a Chinese Chippendale green. It looked good on the counter. Thus, learning why, a dough hook, which this mixer didn’t have, is a thing. Cheesy dough clumped like a primordial life form to the beaters, with gleaming chunks of butter grinning through. Wrestling the goopy dough from the beaters, I fashioned it around PineStraw
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each Spanish olive. The results resembled The Little Prince illustrations. I pried them off my fingers onto a cookie tray. The whole shebang required nearly an hour’s labor, the oven preheating most of those slow-moving minutes. The oven was hot enough to singe off my eyelashes, brows and fine facial hair. Next up: Reed’s exemplary pralines. I substituted light brown sugar in the recipe. Measuring, mixing and anticipating the first taste of those olives — I beavered on with the candy. The whining mixer was nearly up to the task of folding evaporated milk into butter, pecans and sugar. I mixed and mixed some more. In the minutes stolen for a swift bathroom break, smoke had begun to billow from the oven. As in, call the fire station billows. Turning off the oven I snapped on the oven light; the cheesy olives were pancake flat, bubbling in a screed of oil. That is, what oil wasn’t now pooled in the bottom of the oven. It was as if I had just laid eight ounces of cheddar cheese and two ounces of butter on the oven’s bottom and hit “incinerate!” The roiling smoke grew denser. I hesitated a second before opening the oven to grab the pan (rimless, another big mistake) and sprinted outside, our two dogs leaping and trying to get a good look. After much swearing and flapping of towels and deployment of a floor fan, the kitchen smoke began to clear. “I have always said that danger — or at least the possibility of it — is a crucial element of any good party,” observed Reed. I was succeeding on that score. The pralines would cook stove top, thank God. I grimly set to melting sugar and copious amounts of butter in a double boiler. Standing over it with a cooking thermometer to gauge the perfect temperature, I couldn’t help but cuss a little. (I’d heard of good cooks who deliberately falsified recipes so nobody could steal their thunder.) It was suspicious, how much fat burbled out of those disastrous olives, is all I’m saying. Then I noted: There was no mention of a double boiler. With lined pans waiting, I finally spooned up the praline goo. Being no fool, I knew better than to make candy on a rainy day; it was dry as a bone outside. But — the pralines never achieved the glistening appearance Reed described. No matter, I scraped the last, suspiciously granular bits off the side of the saucepan and tasted, burning my index finger and tongue. Yep. They were granular alright. Setting up rapidly, the pralines looked more like coconut stacks from Cracker Barrel. They did not look like pralines. Earlier, we had made boiled peanuts, more Southern fare, and in a pique, I decided to make a cold soup. The cheesy olives were misshapen lumps and the pralines were weird. But the peanuts were heavenly. I plunked them in a silver bowl and served up the whole shebang on good platters. Somewhere in the great beyond, Reed was having a belly laugh. PS Cynthia Adams is a contributing editor to PineStraw and O.Henry. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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The Madcap Cottage gents “arrive” in Wilmington, literally
By Jason Oliver Nixon
John and I moved to North
Carolina from Brooklyn, New York, six years ago and, egads!, had yet to visit the North Carolina coast. Over the years, Florida friends had invited us to their retreats in Highlands and Blowing Rock, but a trip to the shore kept getting shelved in favor of somewhere more farflung — say, Sicily.
And then . . . Hello, pandemic! Living in High Point, our Emerywood nabes escape to the Figure Eights and Bald Heads, but we are a bit less fancy and more “beachadjacent” people who like to savor the strands for a stroll rather than loll about shoreside all day. John and I enjoy a view of the water but we don’t really swim — unless it’s a pool. We love history. Sidewalks. Charming residential architecture. Cool restaurants. And a hotel with a real personality that welcomes dogs and avoids trough-style breakfast situations. John and I polled our style-setting friends, and, eureka!, Wilmington seemed to fit the checklist perfectly. Hence, we piled into the trusty Subaru with the four-pound rescue pups, and the “circus” set sail for the easy three-hour drive to down-
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town Wilmington. Home base for the long weekend: The supremely relaxed-chic ARRIVE Wilmington Hotel. “You will love it — very Palm Springs,” said an in-the-know pal. And we did. ARRIVE Wilmington, a bold charcoal-and-white brick, cobbledtogether group of buildings, is part of a mini hotel group that stretches from Phoenix to Austin, from Memphis to, yes, Palm Springs. Easy, breezy, modern and yet steeped in history: The motel-like structure is actually one part circa-1915 dye factory meets one part former nunnery. On the dye factory front, the hotel has a colorful history: The historic marker outside the hotel’s main entrance trumpets the aptly named Topsy, the circus elephant who somehow escaped from her circus in the 1920s and ran amuck at the factory. Whew, we sighed, knowing that our high-strung pups would fit right in — but what did happen to Topsy après le déluge, we wondered. Within the ARRIVE complex, 36 rooms look onto a stunning, verdant garden kitted out with Adirondack and French bistro-style chairs and gas lanterns amidst a cornhole course, fire pits and cozy tables. Enjoy nibbles such as fried beets with whipped goat cheese and ginger-marinated beef skewers whilst sipping a vodka- and Camparilaced Drunken Monk cocktail, proffered from the super-friendly team working the Gazebo Bar. Our suite — #16 — was largely proportioned with a vaguely nautical theme: beadboard paneling, leather sofa, cozy kitchenette (aka mini fridge) and spacious tiled bathroom with the sign “Head” above the door. In summary: The ARRIVE’s location at the corner of South Second Street and Dock is perfect for exploring. The staff couldn’t be more lovely and accommodating. And the rates The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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— we feel — are wonderfully affordable (rooms start at $109/night for two adults). Factoid: The hotel’s nunnery annex houses a kooky “confessional,” a performance-like living sculpture accessed via your room key card — the perfect tonic after a night of too much sinning out on the town. After settling in with the pups, John and I walked to nearby Manna for a wonderful dinner. The meal was pricey — almost $225 for two — but beautifully crafted and paired with a level of intuitive, thoughtful service that we rarely, if ever, find in the Triad. John savored his half chicken with Carolina Gold dirty rice and kale, and I lapped up the Vichyssoise with trout roe and crème fraîche, plus smoked pork loin with radicchio and peaches. Next morning, we explored downtown Wilmington and popped into a few of the charming shops lining ever-gentrifying Front Street before grabbing potent coffees at Java Dog. For lunch we walked to Indochine, a good 3-mile stroll. “You walked?’ our chic-ster friend later asked, eyes wide, grasping her Chanel pearls. But, yes, these former New Yorkers can handle our own and had a blast stopping in at the several antiques outposts and a hipster coffee shop en route on up-and-coming Castle Street. Indochine is pure bliss. Fun, funky, irreverent, no pretense, bustling, no reservations and housed within a former public library that’s ablaze with color and pattern — so very us. Plus, our 6-mile round trip adventure burned off the glorious dumpling sampler, papaya salad and crispy bird-nest noodles washed down with a cool Allagash beer. After lunching and before hiking back, we explored the numerous buildings next door to Indochine that comprise The Ivy Cottage consignment store and trundled home a Tiffany vase, blanc-de-chine Chinoiserie figures and an Italian ceramic basket filed with ornamental apples. Yes, that was us. We toured moss-dripping Airlie Gardens, strolled postcard-perfect Wrightsville Beach at sundown, sipped margaritas with friends who arrived by boat at Wrightsville’s Tower 7, and explored downtown Wilmington with the pups who love wide sidewalks and abundant The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
greenery. Oh, the amazing architecture and history in this port city! Sadly, the city’s many house museums were closed due to COVID, but they will be top of our list on our next visit. And the epicurean adventures continued at full gallop . . . Ah, Brasserie du Soleil out near Wrightsville Beach where we supped on knockout French bistro fare (think tuna tartare, steak frites and Scottish salmon with mint yogurt) as tree frogs serenaded us from the fountain on the bustling patio. We loved the cooking at True Blue Butcher and Table, but the strip-mall setting (read, primo view of a Chicken Salad Chick sign) left us aesthetically challenged. But, oh!, the terrific, buttery New York Strip with divine Béarnaise sauce and side of mac and cheese that we split with a glass of spot-on, $9 Tempranillo red. A little more ambience, s’il-vous plaît, or take advantage of the to-go option. Breakfast at the long-running, dive-ish White Front Breakfast House was a blast, and we walked and walked and then walked some more. On our final afternoon, we kicked back at the ARRIVE’s Gazebo Bar with the dogs scampering about. We sipped a cool rosé and took stock. Noted John, “I think this is the new Charleston but without the hordes. And there’s more of a range of restaurants here — I get so tired of the same Gullah fare night after night in the Holy City.” And my take? It’s still very affordable and a little rough around the edges and that’s part of the magic. Final assessment? Impressed. John and I definitely need to return — and soon — to this little weekend wonderland called Wilmington. PS The Madcap Cottage gents, John Loecke and Jason Oliver Nixon, embrace the new reality of COVID-friendly travel — heaps of road trips. ARRIVE Wilmington, arrivehotels.com PineStraw
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IN THE SPIRIT
Kettle to the Coil
By Tony Cross
Six years ago,
I was approached by a committee from our local community college asking if I would be interested in creating a cocktail for an event. Bestselling author Tom Wolfe was coming to town, and they wanted a cocktail that had orange(s) in it. Why? One of Wolfe’s more popular books, The Right Stuff, is about astronauts, so I guess the committee thought, “Tang!”
I agreed, but warned them that the orange mix astronauts used to drink (Do they still?) would probably not make the cut. I remember my thought process being a bit backward when visualizing what I wanted to do. Yes, I was incorporating oranges, but that’s not what I had my eye on. It was September, and the temperature was starting to drop, and I had been toying around with the idea of putting a cocktail on the list with a red wine syrup. I found a recipe I wanted to tinker with, and that’s what I wanted to do with the “orange drink.” So, maybe a wine syrup and oranges? No. How about infusing the wine with oranges? Possible. But no. What about an orange-infused spirit? I believe that’s how it started. I had an idea in my head of what I wanted my cocktail to
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taste like, but it rarely happens as planned. At the time I hadn’t worked with Scotch very much when it came to mixing it with other ingredients. So, where the idea for an orangey Scotch came from, well, I just don’t know. But why the hell not? I needed to get the syrup right first, and then work around that. I chose a light and fruity pinot noir for my wine. I figured that since I was going to add fall spices to it, I didn’t want anything too complex. I added quite a bit to the wine: apples, anise, cloves, on and on, and . . . wait for it, oranges! Well, the peels anyway. The syrup came out pretty yum, so now it was on to the orangeinfused Scotch. I chose The Famous Grouse, a blended whisky. It’s not over the top pricewise, and it does a decent job when blending with other ingredients in a shaken cocktail. I had never infused just oranges in a dark liquor before, and my first attempt wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. Basically, I had cut out the flesh of the oranges (avoiding pith), and let it sit in a glass jar of Scotch for five days to a week. The result was kind of cloudy and lackluster. My next go round, I decided to cut the amount of fruit in half and replace the other half with orange peels. I was pleasantly surprised after three to five days of infusing. Oh, and I cut my jar amount in half, too. I took two Mason jars and split the bottle of Scotch up with the flesh and peels. That’s what I should have called the cocktail, “Flesh and Peels.” Instead — and I was notorious for this — I named it after a song. A metal song, “From the Kettle onto the Coil.” Why? Because I was never good at naming a drink, unless it was after a lady or a song. What could go wrong? The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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The drink turned out great, and the folks that ran the event loved it. However, I don’t recall seeing Mr. Wolfe or his trademark white suit. Oh, well. Below is the recipe for the wine syrup and cocktail. Feel free to use this syrup in an old-fashioned with Scotch, bourbon or rye whisk(e)y, or however you feel inspired.
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Pinot Noir Syrup 750 milliliters pinot noir 3 cups granulated sugar 1 tablespoon whole cloves 1 tablespoon star anise pods 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg 1/2 tablespoon cardamom pods (crushed) 3 cinnamon sticks 1/2 apple (sliced) Zest of 6 oranges Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to just under a boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 20 minutes or until reduced by half.
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Kettle to the Coil 1 1/4 ounces orange-infused Scotch 1/2 ounce Drambuie 1/2 ounce pinot noir syrup 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice Add all ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake hard for 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. Express the oils of an orange peel over the cocktail and discard into glass.
Orange-infused Scotch Take two 16-ounce Mason jars and put into each of them: Flesh and peel of one medium-large orange. Half a bottle of The Famous Grouse (or other blended Scotch). Tighten jar, and let sit in a cool, dark room for 3-5 days, each day slightly agitating jars. Pour through strainer when ready, and then filter again through coffee filter. The infusion should last for a few weeks, though every bottle I made rarely survived longer than a day or two. PS Tony Cross is a bartender (well, ex-bartender) who runs cocktail catering company Reverie Cocktails in Southern Pines. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Sage Advice It’s for more than just stuffing
By Jan Leitschuh
Sage, common culinary sage, is having a
“moment” in creative cookery. Yet most of us still associate this undemanding, wooly graygreen herb with the Thanksgiving feast, as the classic, earthy seasoning for stuffing.
Or, of course, you could just use it to ward off negativity and unwelcome spirits. Long used in Native American and other cultures around the world, a smoky sage smudging is considered a space-purifying ritual. (Though white sage is most common, according to many sources, good old common sage will do the trick, too.) There are many beautiful sages in the salvia world, with over 900 species in this mint-family member. Some are grown for flowers, texture and bulk in the garden. But it’s November. In this season of harvest and feasting, common culinary sage is worth a closer look. Or is it common? Besides the classic evergreen perennial herb with the woolly, grayish leaves, you can also find other, more colorful varieties at some garden centers, such as green-gold, white-edged, curly, purple-leaved and tricolor culinary sages. All add texture and interest to the garden, with an edibility bonus. There are still more edible sages, such as pineapple sage, whose lovely golden leaves and spiky red flowers are beloved by hummingbirds, butterflies and gardeners late summer to frost. But this sage grows faster and much larger than the common sage, reaching 3-4 feet in a single season. As the name suggests, the scent and flavor are reminiscent of pineapple. Fresh leaves are edible, and can be interesting in salads, or dried for a delicious tea. Sages like our Sandhills soils, but our humidity? Less so. Air circulation will keep it happy. Sage likes a well-drained soil, preferably with a bit of compost worked in before planting. Attractive spikes of purple flowers appear in mid-summer, which attract birds, bees and butterflies. Prune plants back in the spring just as new growth resumes. Harvest leaves through the season as needed. This will keep the plant bushy. Since this resinous herb is evergreen in most zones, you can harvest sage well into late fall.
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But how do we use thee? Let us count the ways . . . First of all, there’s sage toothpaste. Truly. Google it if you don’t believe me. Apparently, studies show that sage contains over 60 useful compounds, many of which are beneficial to the mouth and gums, significantly decreasing mouth ulcers and inflammation of the gums. Sage also has potent antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and antimicrobial properties that help destroy cavity-causing bacteria and neutralize microbes that promote dental plaque. Sage also contains healing compounds that ease coughs and accelerate the healing of wounds, helping to soothe sore, swollen or bleeding gums. Who knew? A tea made from two tablespoons of dried or fresh sage is said to provide relief from teeth- and gum-related problems such as toothache and sore or swollen gums. (Brew the sage for a few minutes in boiling water, cool for 10 minutes. Swish in the mouth for 30 seconds and spit. Or, enjoy a cuppa.) A sage tea bag can also be placed on the gums to soothe the aching or inflamed area. But it is the foodie aspects we wish to look at in this season of eating. First off, meat. Sage was traditionally added to fatty meats. Sage is what makes breakfast sausage so unique in its taste. You can make your own breakfast patties and control the quality, adding a tablespoon of minced sage to a pound of ground pork sausage, also working in some red pepper flakes to taste, a teaspoon each of salt and brown sugar, half a teaspoon of black pepper, perhaps a pinch of cloves or marjoram. Grilling out? Chicken bathed in an olive oil marinade with chopped sage, lemon balm, oregano, garlic, onion and thyme can lend a flavor similar to lemon herb chicken, say fans. The leftovers can be almost better! A crusty Parmesan-sage pork chop with a dollop of homemade spicy applesauce on the side can warm up a fall supper. There are a number of such recipes on the internet. I put sage in with roasts and most of my stews and simmer-dishes, along with other garden herbs like oregano, thyme, rosemary, celery and basil. Why wait for stuffing the whole turkey? I love cooking sage with ground turkey for quiche, or you could use in shepherd’s pie. Or just go ahead and make some dressing — comfort food for a late fall evening. Foodies favor their sage leaves fried in brown butter until crispy. Garlic is a common addition. From there, they might toss the buttery mix in with ravioli, in a white wine cream sauce, with pierogi or boiled cheese tortellini. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Others use the fried leaves on top of butternut squash soup — or any soup, for that matter. Another seasonal pairing is oven-baked sweet potatoes, or better yet, baked sweet potatoes and apples. Still others enjoy the fried sage leaves with a beet and goat cheese salad with balsamic vinegar. A chicken or veal saltimbocca is common in Italian trattorias. The meat is enveloped in a tasty wrap of fresh sage leaves and thin slices of prosciutto. Again, recipes abound online. Or, to cure what ails you, nothing is better on chilly days than homemade chicken noodle/rice soup with fresh sage. Others go the sweetsavory route, infusing honey with sage and adding to teas. A sage chimichurri — a green Argentinean pesto-like sauce traditionally made with parsley — can be used as an accompaniment to spinachstuffed mushrooms, fish, meats or pork sausages. (See recipe below.) For all its culinary and medicinal properties, common sage should not be ingested in large amounts for a prolonged period of time, say, as essential oils or large quantities of tea. Sage contains small amounts of thujone, a neurotoxin also found in the notorious 19th century liqueur absinthe, thanks to the wormwood used in the recipe. Oregano also contains minute amounts of thujone. Apparently, thujone is mildly psychoactive. Van Gogh and Picasso were big fans back in the day, claiming inspiration from absinthe. Thujone is actually found in many plants used in cultural spiritual rituals to enhance intuition. (So, back to the whole smudging thing.) But the amounts ingested in seasonings, flavorings and smudgings
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are quite minute. Studies have shown three or four cups of sage tea do no harm, although if you have an existing condition that affects the kidneys or liver, or you’re taking some medications that may interact with thujone, you may wish to proceed with some caution and awareness. If you wish to deploy the culinary benefits of this simple garden herb, perhaps start with the classic dinner sauce chimichurri, adapted for sage. Smudging optional.
Sage Chimichurri 1/4 cup sage leaves and stems, minced finely 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed or minced 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon water 3 tablespoons oil Mix ingredients well and use as a marinade, or serve in a bowl as an accompaniment to spoon over pan-seared fish, sliced flank steak, stuffed mushrooms, grilled meats or pork loin. PS Jan Leitschuh is a local gardener, avid eater of fresh produce and co-founder of Sandhills Farm to Table.
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TRUE SOUTH
Fabrics of Life By Susan S. Kelly
Marking time with tulle
For a lot of people, hearing
a particular song instantly reminds them of, and transports them to, a particular time, day, or even a particular time of a particular day. I’m no different. “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” — first kiss during an eighth-grade dance; I was wearing pink fishnet stockings. “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” — a terrible mixer featuring an inflated parachute at a boys’ boarding school. “Brandy” — freshman year at UNC and the song that blared day and night from the open windows of a frat house across the Granville Towers parking lot. “Toes in the Water”— a family trip to Anguilla one Thanksgiving.
So tunes and lyrics and life’s passages are connected, sure. The same could be said for cars, probably, and slang, and food, and even plants. Remember when spider plants, with their little dangling offspring, were ubiquitous in every dentist’s office? But the same can be said for me and . . . fabrics. A mere mention of a specific fabric immediately raises a time, place or event. For example, we’ve recently finished the Transitional Dark Cotton phase of every year. This phrase was applied to the proper clothing every early fall when I was growing up, designating post-summer whites but preautumn wools. Returning to school required smocked, short-sleeved Transitional Dark Cotton dresses of Black Watch and Royal Stewart plaids. I carried this pounded-in dictate all the way to college, where I’d obediently wear Transitional Dark Cottons to football games in 90-degree heat we combatted with a lot of bourbon poured into a little Coke — the traditional Transitional Dark Drink. I no longer wear the former or drink the latter. But I still know all the words to “Brandy” (see above). Utter “raw silk,” and I flashback to the late ’60s, when my parents had parties and the de rigueur outfit for women was a floor-length “hostess skirt” made of raw silk — a slubbed, almost rough, stiff textile. You don’t see raw silk much anymore, except on my husband’s tie and cummerbund set, because, of course, it belonged to his father. In the ’60s. Oilcloth is a horrid name for a fabric; who wants a reference to grease in any name? But oilcloth was what, in Girl Scouts, we stitched together in squares and filled with batting to create “sit-upons,” a primitive cushion we toted to campouts to keep our rear ends dry on wet dirt.
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Flannel, of course, was for sleeping bag insides, and Sunday School flannel boards, where donkeys and bulrushes and halos and Jesus himself were rendered in flimsy pieces that the teacher — but never, ever, you yourself — got to arrange and make pictures with. I’m still bitter, yes. But mostly flannel summons up Lanz nightgowns, the yoked, neck-to-toe, beflowered, long-sleeved, anti-sex precursor to snug sacks. But easier to walk in. Of every fabric out there, only denim demands a bigger claim on my life span than grosgrain. I’d never encountered grosgrain until I went away to boarding school. In my tiny foothills hamlet of Rutherfordton, fake alpaca was about as far up the fabric food chain as one could aspire. But grosgrain ribbons became the first fabric I can remember truly envying someone owning. Striped grosgrain in bright yellows, blues, greens, hot pinks . . . I still go somewhat weak at the knees. I wanted that yardage for bows on ponytails at the nape of the neck, the preppy hair style of the ’70s. Eventually, I amassed a collection necessitating two coat hangers draped with the limp lengths, not counting the pile on my dresser that I’d iron weekly. And even when I chopped off my hair, there were grosgrain belts and grosgrain pocketbook covers and grosgrain pillows, ridiculous little tufted things covered in grosgrain ribbons woven like children’s potholders. Thankfully, my obsession had waned by then. Madras, another prepster memory textile, had run its course, too, and just as well. Thick, pouchy madras did no favors to guys with a bit extra junk in the trunk. And then came peau de soie season: weddings. Just as I’d never heard the term “piqué” (graduation white-dress fabric for both eighth grade and high school), peau de soie was a foreign term until you had to have peau de soie pumps that sucked up bridesmaid dress-matching dyes like a sponge. Shame those pretty words have gone by the wayside. Spandex and Lycra can’t hold a candle to the silken sibilant syllables of peau de soie. So many fabrics on the timeline. Tulle. Eyelet. Calico. Chambray. Cotton batiste. Each with its own indelible hashmark of memory. Surely I’m not alone here. Consider the number of children who can’t part with that soft, worn, torn dreg of a baby blanket. Maybe the spit smell is oddly comforting. Just like hearing “Layla” and remembering that house party on Ocean Drive, where the furniture was bolted to the floor. PS Susan S. Kelly is a blithe spirit, author of several novels, and a proud grandmother. PineStraw
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OUT OF THE BLUE
Giving Thanks From the eye of the beholder
By Deborah Salomon
November opens the Season
of Lists. Thankful lists for Thanksgiving. Santa wish lists for December. New Year’s resolutions for January. Except this Thanksgiving will look different. For starters, more than 200,000 tables will have an empty chair. Grace over the turkey may sound a somber note. And commentators’ lists will include revisions, beginning with giving thanks for survival. So far.
This has me looking around for good things, useful things, obscure things. Things that — as the trivial saying goes — we take for granted. I don’t have to look very far. I am thankful . . . . . . that all my systems — plumbing, ventilation, battery, pump — are in working order. I hear, see, sleep, think just fine. If it weren’t for arthritis and lingering orthopedic injuries I’d still be running 3 miles a day. With expiration dates fast approaching, I’m doubly grateful. . . . for hot water. Often, the best moments of my day are spent in the shower. Clean water, both hot for bathing and cold for drinking, is a huge unsung hero. . . . for the moon and morning star: I rise before dawn, a lifelong habit. Everything is dark, still. Everything except the barren moon, which reminds me that ours is the only inhabitable planet. Confirming its barrenness in 1969 should have made us eternally grateful for Earth’s habitation. But no, we keep raping and plundering, burning and trashing. Remember, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. . . . for sandwiches. Huh? There is no more convenient and delicious nourishment, whether Spam on mushy white or lobster salad on a Parisian demi-baguette. Quick and easy, too, for breakfast, lunch or supper. . . . for the internet. No explanation required. . . . for the professionals who perform scheduled maintenance: The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
an angel dentist, a hairdresser who humors me, and a doctor who smiles and chats awhile. Topping the list, my computer guy who keeps this ancient equipment (the electronic kind) chugging along. . . . for heat and AC, especially AC, a miracle. Nothing and nobody holds sway over weather. When I open my front door on a steamy July afternoon and feel that blast of cool . . . ahhhh, followed by guilt, remembering conditions in refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East. . . . for my cats: Animals have always been a part of my life even when I didn’t have any, and pined. Nine years ago I adopted two adult kitties that had been abandoned in the apartment complex where I live. They repay me with affection, diversion, amazement and a few good laughs. Their instincts trump anything innate to humans. I could go on forever. . . . for my two grandsons. The obnoxious granny is a cliché. I plead special circumstances. The boys’ father — my son — died when they were 5 and 7. Despite the emotional hardship of losing a parent, the older one announced a life plan at 9: travel the world, go to law school, make some money, start a family, go into politics. As of today he has visited 24 countries (including China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, Cuba, and others in both Central America and Eastern Europe) as an exchange student or backpacker. He graduated from law school, passed the bar first try, completed an internship, has a good job and a great girlfriend — a med student, no less. He speaks three languages fluently. He is 23. By age 4 his brother could identify every make of car by its insignia. Since then, he has loved and lived cars. Instead of college, he attended mechanics school, earned a license, got a job at a car dealership but wanted to try sales. The dealership gave him a desk and a chance. He bought a suit and some snazzy shoes and sold five cars his first month. He is 22, speaks two languages, can charm the bark off a tree, or Nanny. They are both exceptionally handsome young men. In these times when young adults face uncertainty I am thankful beyond words. On a global note, thank (insert name of preferred deity) the election is over, for reasons too numerous to mention. That’s a separate list I cannot bear to undertake. Try Santa. PS Deborah Salomon is a contributing writer for PineStraw and The Pilot. She may be reached at debsalomon@nc.rr.com.
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autumn means one of my favorite groups of birds, waterfowl, are on the way south.
As the colder months bring thousands south to spend the winter, the vast majority of ducks, geese and swans touch down along the coast. Still, inland throughout the Sandhills and Piedmont, reservoirs and farm ponds attract a great diversity of these web-footed wonders. Although nonmigratory wood ducks and mallards are common enough, smaller species can be seen, including the bufflehead. Male and female buffleheads have distinctly different plumage. Males are the showier of the two with lots of white on the head and the body and a splash on the wings. The glossy green “buffle” over the male’s cheeks and crown, though, is the bird’s really distinguishing feature. Also look for dark feathers on the back, and, in flight, a white stripe at the shoulder and a patch across the middle of the wing. Females are brown all over with just a white “ear” patch. Juveniles will sport their first set of feathers through most of the winter with young males looking very much like their mothers: having very limited white feathering. Overall, these are small, stout ducks with short, wide bills. One surprising feature of the males is their red-orange legs. You may get a glimpse of them as they come in for a landing. But come late winter, as their hormone levels change, they will be more apt to display their colorful shanks in addition to bobbing their handsome heads. Listen for their characteristic croaking calls as they swim around their mate, showing off. Unlike other species of ducks, they mate for life, only spending a little time apart in late summer when they undergo a complete molt. Bufflehead breed way up north in boreal forests — in close association with northern flickers. They are dependent on the woodpecker;
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abandoned flicker cavities are just the right size for the diminutive hen to lay her eggs. As with other cavity-nesting waterfowl, as soon as all of the eggs have hatched (and that may take all day since there can be a dozen or more), mom will exit and call the young to her on the ground. The literal “leap of faith” ensues and the fat, downy balls of feathers will, one by one, jump out of the nest hole. It is not unusual for them to bounce a time or two when they hit the leaf litter. But their insulation and soft bones protect them from the impact. The brood will be led a short distance to water where they are well equipped to spend day and night from there on out. Inland, the birds have quite a broad diet during the cooler months. They have legs placed well back on their bodies so they are at ease diving and swimming in all sorts of wet habitats. You may see bufflehead diving not only for invertebrates but small clams, snails and worms in deep water. In shallow bays and around pond edges, they search out seeds and berries. Quite unexpectedly I came to realize that buffleheads can become regular “yard birds” if you live on a body of water that they frequent. In Whispering Pines, I would throw corn to the ring-necked ducks (yet another small wintering species) that came up to our bulkhead. Not long after the first bufflehead appeared, in about 2010, they not only zeroed in on the free food but quickly drove away the ring-necked fowl. Week after week, these little ducks would arrive at dawn looking for breakfast and provide lots of entertainment, enthusiastically diving to gobble up cracked corn. By the end of February, the flock would disappear, no doubt heading north, back to their breeding grounds. So each fall I would anticipate the return of the buffleheads. I would wait and wait: until one morning in late October, following a good cold front, the first feisty group would show up once again — hungry as ever! PS Susan would love to receive your wildlife observations and/or photos at susan@ncaves.com. PineStraw
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A Special Calling Turning ducks on a dime
“In November,” the old man said, “even the rattlesnakes don’t like to bite people.”
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I’ve lived a bunch of Novembers,
and each of them, although different, has carried a smidgen of sameness that has always made that special time of year one of the best.
If you’re an outdoorsman camping, hunting, fishing or just walking through the woods, November is the time that brings the rest of autumn into sharp focus. The sky is bluer, the air more fresh and crisp. All the animals seem more alive and alert. Ducks are in the middle of their migration south; male deer are in rut with necks swollen and antlers all scrubbed free of velvet. They’re prancing around looking for does. And if there are any quail, they’re alert, on the lookout for birddogs and hunters. When I was a youngster, September meant going back to school, getting new books, and learning. It also meant the beginning of dove season, which made the month more palatable for me. Of course, I’d The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
rather have been in the woods than in a classroom. September went by in a flash and brought October, opening more hunting seasons and the first really cool weather that improved lake and river fishing. October was the month to get ready. The older I get, the more getting ready there seems to be. In the long run, the preparation is better than the event itself. Seeing as how I’m a duck hunter more than anything else, in the weeks of October I’m in a dither rounding up all my equipment: waders, decoys, waterproof hunting coats, cold weather gear like wool shirts, socks and real necessities like long underwear. Duck boats have to be checked, canoes need to be updated with fresh camouflage, and duck calls need to be tried and, if necessary, retuned. Over the years, I’ve collected a plethora of duck calls and have become somewhat proficient in using them. It really is quite an art. I can call a duck with my favorite call, but my call is nothing like that of a duck hunting guide I had the good luck to meet many years ago. His name is Bill NightSky and he’s a Chippewa Indian who lives on the reservation close to Lake St. Clair in Canada. Bill is tall, about 6 feet, slender and moves with the natural grace of an athlete. He speaks with a slight accent. I think he enjoyed listening to a Southern accent because he smiled a lot when I answered questions about what duck hunting was like in the South. When we were heading out to PineStraw
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About eight or 10 ducks circled high above us, looking as if they were going to continue on down the lake. Bill cupped his hand over his mouth and did some chuckling that sounded exactly like a hungry mallard that had just discovered the mother lode of corn. The ducks put on the air brakes, turned on a dime and headed right back to our decoys. Bill did that same remarkable calling all morning using his mouth. No manufactured call. It was amazing. As astonishing as it was to watch Bill NightSky call ducks with his mouth and hands, I still have to use a handmade wooden call. Not long ago, I had the opportunity to meet a young fellow from the Raleigh area who carves duck calls. They are more than a functional way to attract ducks. The calls he builds are works of art. For me, a duck hunter who has lived through many seasons, it’s a pleasure to meet another duck-calling enthusiast, especially one as young as Tom Padden. Tom has turned his hobby into a business. If you’re lucky enough to get on the list for one of his handmade calls, I’m sure it will be a prized addition to your collection. While we were having lunch, Tom showed me several pictures on his smart phone of duck calls he has made. Each one was remarkable. Looks are one thing, but when I asked him how they sound, he replied good naturedly, “Like a duck.” I was fortunate several years ago to meet my cousin’s husband’s brother, who is an avid duck hunter and builds his own calls. He is also South Carolina’s duck-calling champion, for what year I don’t remember. I convinced him to make me three calls. I kept one and gave the other two to good hunting buddies. They are strictly utilitarian in looks, but man, they do the job. I plan on getting young Padden to make me a call this winter and can’t wait to add it to my collection. By the way, if you’re interested, his business is Birddog Outdoor Inc. in Cary, North Carolina. Get in touch. Probably, you’ll have to be added to the list, right under my name. PS Tom Bryant, a Southern Pines resident, is a lifelong outdoorsman and PineStraw’s Sporting Life columnist. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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George H.W. Bush had a high regard for the environment and the importance of preserving wetlands. As vice president under Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, he saw how wetland protection had become a hot-button political issue. Those areas of land covered by water at least part of the time serve as homes for wildlife, buffers for floodwaters and filters for pollution.
But they can also provide obstacles to those wanting to grow crops and build highways, houses, factories and, yes, even golf courses. Bush seized on the environment as a key platform issue in his race against Michael Dukakis as the 1988 presidential campaign unfolded. He promised that his administration would set a national goal of “no net loss of wetlands.” Bush took office in January 1989, and the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers soon had new marching orders on what they would or would not approve in future industrial, residential and agricultural development. A Petri dish of that policy and a crystal clear line-inthe-sand of its effects can be found on the 36 holes of golf at Pinewild Country Club, located just 2 miles west of the village of Pinehurst. Architect Gene Hamm designed the Magnolia Course in the mid1980s, built it through 1988 and opened it a year later. There were no restrictions on which areas of the land could be filled in. At 7,446 yards, the course falls behind only Pinehurst No. 2 (7,588) and Quail Hollow (set at 7,600 yards for the 2017 PGA Championship) in the state of North Carolina in terms of length from the championship tees. The Gary Player-designed Holly Course followed nearly a decade later and opened in 1996. If Player, his lieutenants and the club’s own-
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er wanted to fill in wetlands, they would have to create them elsewhere on the property — a far too complicated and expensive proposition. Thus the Holly Course hopscotches wetlands, streams and ponds to some degree on roughly half its holes. Some hazards might not require a full carry to safety, but they’re positioned over enough of the fairway or on a line to the green to give the player considerable pause for thought. The 12th and 13th are routed around a lake and its adjunct wetland area, the former hole a par-3 with a full carry over water and the latter a par-4 turning left-to-right with a drive over the lake, and an approach into the green over a patch of wetlands. Among clubs in the Sandhills with 36 holes or more, the Magnolia and Holly present perhaps the most interesting set of contrasts. “The Magnolia is right in front of you; there are no tricks,” says Chris Little, the club’s general manager since 1998. “The length is there; it’s a difficult course. There’s more risk-reward on the Holly. There’s a lot of trouble on the Holly, but if you avoid the water, there’s more chance to make some good scores.” “The Magnolia is more meat-and-potatoes; the Holly allows a bit more creativity,” adds Gus Ulrich, the club’s director of instruction since 2008. “The Holly demands more precision, but you can make more birdies there. For the low-handicapper playing the back tees, the Magnolia’s a real challenge, among the best in town.” Add those two regulation courses to the club’s nine-hole par-3 course, a three-hole practice track and a double-sided practice range with Ulrich’s teaching compound at one end, and you’ve got one of the most well-rounded and diversified clubs in the Sandhills. No wonder through September that the club had “for sale” signs on only four of some 900 residences within its 2,100-acre footprint. Little believes that the coronavirus pandemic has helped the club’s stability beyond having lost all of its outside package business in the spring. “People are working from home now. They’re moving away from the big cities, and the retirement process is being sped up,” he says. “It’s an hour-and-a-half to the airport from here. I have talked to people who say they’ve got three years until retirement, they can work PineStraw
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from here and travel wherever they need for a couple days a month.” When its gates opened in the late 1980s, Pinewild was mostly seen as a retirement community. Now the club has an active military component and numerous families with children. “When we first joined in 1992, there was no such thing as children here — unless they were someone’s grandchildren,” says Don Power, a longtime member and resident since 2007. “Now there are five schoolbuses coming through and 150 children living here, last I heard. You see parents taking children to the practice range, to the pool, riding bikes. It gives the club a much more balanced feeling.” The latest chapter in the Pinewild evolution was added over the summer of 2020 when the club rebuilt the greens on the Holly Course, planting Diamond Zoysia on the putting surfaces. The course was closed for June and July and reopened in August. “After 25 years, it was time for new greens,” Little says. “The greens had shrunk over the years, we’d lost some pin positions, and with aerification and top-dressing they had sunk in some spots. Some of them weren’t getting good sunlight. “We’re delighted with the results.” Over the last decade, many clubs in the Mid-Atlantic “transition zone” have converted their greens from bent grass to one of the new hybrid Bermuda varieties better able to withstand the summer heat. Pinewild officials considered Bermuda but faced an added challenge of having a half-dozen greens sitting in shady areas surrounded by trees located on private property, limiting the club’s ability to thin out the tree cover. They opted for the Diamond Zoysia because it thrives in warm weather and without as much need of sunlight as other warmweather grasses. The job was handled in-house with direction from John Robertson, director of golf course maintenance, and Shawn Giordano, course superintendent. The greens were enlarged by approximately 1,700 square feet to a total of 5,500 each, on average, and the original contours re-established. Several bunkers were rebuilt to solve drainage issues. Little says the club plans a similar project on the Magnolia Course in 2021 and will likely The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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convert the greens to hybrid Bermuda. “The course plays differently now,” Little says. “We have pin positions we didn’t have since the course was constructed.” “The Diamond Zoysia is perfect for this course,” adds Robertson. “It does well in hot weather and in the shade. It’s used a lot in South Carolina, where you have all the oaks and Spanish moss, and you can’t take the trees down.” Early returns on the zoysia greens are that they’re healthier than the previous strain of bent but not as firm as Bermuda. “The zoysia takes the energy out of the ball,” Little says. “It hits the green and absorbs the shock, then rolls just a little. It’s not like bent that hits and spins 30 feet back. It’s very dense grass.” “There are a lot of forced carries on the Holly, and the greens accept shots better instead of them hitting and flying past, over the green,” adds Robertson. Power and his wife, Joan, are natives of the Chicago area but lived their adult lives in Orange County, California. They were introduced to the Sandhills through a friend who worked for DuPont and attended regular client outings at Pinehurst. They bought a lot in Pinewild in 1992 and moved permanently in 2007. Over the years as he’s moved up a set of tees and Power says he’s come to appreciate the appeal of the Holly Course more and more. “Initially, I was not in love with the Holly,” he says. “The Magnolia is long and difficult. It’s been a U.S. Open qualifying course, so it has to be tough. Over the years, I’ve become more a fan of the Holly. It’s much more playable as you get a little older. “I love what they’ve done with the Holly. The greens are spectacular. The zoysia has held up beautifully. We are very blessed and pleased. There are few divots and the ball holds. The greens are not extra soft, not extra firm, and they putt very true.” And during this political season, it’s interesting to muse about how a presidential directive affected the playability of a golf course in Pinehurst. PS Lee Pace has been writing about golf in the Sandhills since the late 1980s—the very time that Pinewild Country Club was founded. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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Exulansis The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. – The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows To my Northern friends: I regret I can no longer speak with authority about winter. I’ve forgotten the feeling of ears ringing with the silence of fresh snowfall, air so cold it stabs the lungs. Gone are those Norse names, the rough wool, heavy boots, bodies bent against wind so fierce there must be a name for it in Lakota. I can’t recall how despair closes in, a cloud blanket for days, dense, ominous. Remind me how, in a whiteout, a person can get lost between car and house. Tell me about children in mufflers waiting for the school bus in handmade huts, the shush of skis down slushy streets. Didn’t we find Easter eggs nested on the icy crust? I do remember that just when you vow to never shovel another drive, the bright flags of daffodils flare.
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Thanksgiving on the Edge When a can of cranberry sauce just won’t do
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arah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor and the poet who made the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb famous, also led the charge to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, earning her the nickname the “Mother of Thanksgiving.” She wrote about a Thanksgiving feast in her 1827 novel Northwood, and, after that, it was all-turkeyall-the-time for Hale. She even published editorials, recipes and poems dedicated to the holiday hopeful. Her appeal didn’t get picked up until Lincoln proclaimed “a day of Thanksgiving and Praise” in 1863, but, ever since (or just about), it’s been stuffing, turkey, pie, repeat. Except for this year. It’s not that we don’t love the traditional lineup — we do — but you already know what that spread looks like. So instead we asked some of our most creative local chefs to whip up a sixcourse visual feast that will make you wish they were your relatives. It’s not your grandmother’s Thanksgiving, that much we know for certain. (L-R): Chef Mark Elliott, Chef Teresa Santiago, Chef Orlando Jinzo, Chef Warren Lewis
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First Course: Butternut Squash Potato Leek Soup Chef Peter Hamm I Chapman’s Food & Spirits First up, Chef Peter Hamm of Chapman’s Food & Spirits magicupped soup for that friend who can never decide between sweet and savory. He combines butternut squash and the classic potato-andleek duo in a pureed soup that’s topped with a dollop of Chantilly cream and garnished with crispy fried leeks, the sophisticated cousin of onion straws. They give you architectural height that you never knew you wanted in a soup, but now you do. And while it looks too pretty to eat, you’d regret not draining the bowl. 78
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Second Course: Beef Wellington Tartare Chef Orlando Jinzo The Leadmine Whiskey Bar and Kitchen “I usually try to think of something that’s a classic that everyone can relate to and slightly tweak it,” says Chef Orlando Jinzo of The Leadmine Whiskey Bar and Kitchen. And this time, Jinzo deconstructs Beef Wellington and reimagines it as a tartare through a Southeast Asian lens. The result is an off-the-wall appetizer starring Wagyu beef, black garlic pâté and pickled mushroom duxelles. It’s served with a swipe of, and I quote, “verrrrry spicy mustard” and puff pastry crisps for dipping. Jinzo recommends pairing his course with Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky — or, as he prefers to call it, breakfast whiskey.
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Ripe Mozzarella Chef Mark Elliott I Elliott’s on Linden Chef Mark Elliott of Elliott’s on Linden has been reworking the classic tomato-andmozzarella caprese for years. He’s done mushrooms and cheese in the past, but, for this visual feast, he pays homage to the fall with squash. “It’s roasted butternut squash with burrata, which is basically ripe mozzarella,” says Elliott, “and it’s got coriander olive oil over it, balsamic with an accent of rosemary in that and microgreens on top.” Plump tangerine slices complete the dish — Elliott says he loves the little citrus fruit during the holidays, and, thanks to him, so do we. 80
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Whole-Roasted Lobster and Butternut Squash Barley Risotto Chef Warren Lewis I Chef Warren’s Chef Warren Lewis of his eponymous restaurant redubs turkey day lobster day. He whole-roasts the crustacean and serves it up with a side of butternut squash barley risotto. “It’s a traditional and nontraditional Thanksgiving,” Lewis says. “They probably didn’t have turkey on the first Thanksgiving.” At least, the bird wasn’t the centerpiece of the 1621 feast. We know that the Wampanoag Indians brought venison, and the Pilgrims prepared fowl, but not necessarily turkey. Culinary historians actually believe that seafood made up a lot of the meal; they were in New England. In other words, lobster was just as likely to be eaten on the first Thanksgiving as turkey — so Lewis pays lobster its belated due. He pairs it with a can’t miss bottle of 13 Celsius, a New Zealand sauvignon blanc.
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Fifth Course: Cheese Board Angela Sanchez I Southern Whey Angela Sanchez of Southern Whey overhauled the traditional cheese board. “I wanted to do something kind of outlandish,” she says, “that was the most decadent things that you could have that you wouldn’t necessarily think about having on Thanksgiving.” Sanchez features two cheeses: Délice de Bourgogne, a triple-cream Brie, and Rogue River Blue Oregon, a blue cheese that ages in grape leaves doused in pear spirits that was recently named best cheese in the world. She pairs the Brie with Caviar Star Hackleback Sturgeon from North Carolina and the blue with Woodford Reserve bourbon-soaked cherries. To top it off, she recommends a trio of wines that you wouldn’t crack open on your average Thursday: a 2009 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Cuvée Laurence, a 2010 Château de Beaucastel Hommage Jacques Perrin Châteauneuf-du-Pape or 2011 Warre’s Vintage Port — that’s a mouthful.
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Roasted Sweet Potato Mousse Pastry Chefs Teresa Santiago, Jonathan Rankin and Andrew Huggins The Bakehouse Sweet potato pie and Thanksgiving are made for each other, but Pastry Chef Teresa Santiago of The Bakehouse and her teammates Jonathan Rankin and Andrew Huggins dreamt up a drool-worthy update. “We took sweet potatoes, roasted them in the oven and then pureed and sweetened them,” Santiago explains. “Then, it’s layered with a rum-whipped cream and candied pecans and walnuts; it’s essentially a parfait.” The result is a dessert that’s not too sweet but just sweet enough . . . to hit the sweet spot. Jenna Biter is a fashion designer, entrepreneur and military wife in the Sandhills. She can be reached at jenna.biter@gmail.com.
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Our Lady of Victory School in 1948
City on a Hill The legacy of Jimtown
By Bill Fields • Photographs provided by the Moore County Historical Association
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early a century ago, a man wrote a letter to the editor of The Moore County News. He was proud of his community, proud of his home, plain proud. The newspaper had included in the previous week’s edition a positive story about “Jimtown,” the African American neighborhood on the sunset side of the tracks in Southern Pines.
“Of course Jimtown is a very peculiar name, and West Southern Pines sounds much better, but Jimtown is alright. We are delighted over your discussion of Jimtown and what we are doing here. We are building our homes and repairing the old ones. … I am building me a home here in Jimtown. When you pass through here look for my beautiful home on Connecticut Avenue, a space of 150x161 feet, overlooking Knollwood. “It has always been said that a city sitting upon a hill cannot be
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hidden. So there is too much going on here in Jimtown to be hidden. Of course Jimtown is not a city but you bet your life it sits upon a hill. Jimtown is making wonderful progress this year. We can’t keep up with you white people with money, but our outlook is fine. We know that we can’t go over the top, but we are going to the top.” A Jimtown Citizen STEPHEN J. SANDERS When Sanders wrote those words of pride and hope, it had been only 23 years since the Wilmington coup of 1898 just 135 miles to the east, a violent overthrow of a legitimately elected government, massacre of African Americans and the destruction of their community. The Ku Klux Klan was poised for a resurgence. Racial segregation in the Jim Crow South was decades from its reckoning. “That event (Wilmington 1898) ripples out for a long time,” says The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
West Southern Pines School Dr. Katherine Charron, associate professor of history at North Carolina State University. “In terms of the terror, in how Black people had to readjust to disenfranchisement. The Black community probably turns more inward because of disenfranchisement and violence. It is doing institution building and self-governance.” For African Americans in Southern Pines, community control took a formal turn in 1923 when Jimtown was incorporated as West Southern Pines, a rare development in the South at that time. The town remained a separate entity until 1931, when it was annexed by Southern Pines. Before, during and after its eight-year period as a separate town in segregated times, West Southern Pines was a community populated with citizens who shared Stephen Sanders’ pride despite the injustice and hardship they faced. “All of our needs were met and most of our wants,” says Dorothy Brower, a 1969 graduate of West Southern Pines High School, the last class prior to the opening of integrated and consolidated Pinecrest High School that fall. “We grew up with the self-confidence that we can do, that we will do. Our parents never told us we were not as good as white folks. And we had the support of everybody in the community, everybody in the schools. We didn’t have to look The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
outside our homes and communities for our heroes.” Brower’s father, Hosea, was one such role model. He contracted polio as a baby, which paralyzed his left leg and forced him to use crutches the rest of his life. But he didn’t let his disability govern his ambition. As a young man, he wrote President Franklin Roosevelt a letter asking for assistance in vocational training. Brower went to North Carolina A&T, became a social worker at Morrison Training School, a reformatory for young Black males in Hoffman. In addition to his position at the training school, he prepared taxes and coached baseball. “If you told him he couldn’t do something,” says his daughter, “he surely would. He excelled.” Brower became an educator after graduating from North Carolina Central, working at Durham Tech until she retired and moved back to West Southern Pines in 2010. Teaching was a popular career for African Americans in Southern Pines, in no small part because of how much education was stressed at home and in the West Southern Pines schools. Many teachers had advanced degrees and inspired their students to achieve. “You have to acknowledge the daily humiliation of Jim Crow, the indignity of it, but at the same time, the response to it is dignified,” Charron says. “Upon the end of slavery and in Reconstruction, the PineStraw
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Amos Broadway funeral at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church first thing Black people understand is that if they want to be landowners — whatever they want to do in freedom — it demands an education. Everything they aspire to is tied to education. It’s crucial to their goals and surviving.” The daughter of a merchant, Cynthia McDonald graduated from West Southern Pines High School in 1956. “We had exceptionally good educators,” says McDonald, a retired English professor at Sandhills Community College. “I had one lady, Terry Watkins, who taught French, history, civics and Spanish, and made time to take us on a bus to see plays. I wanted to be like her. I didn’t have time to think about what I was missing. Some books we probably didn’t have like the kids on the East side, but we were blessed with exceptional, dedicated teachers.” Educators had the support of parents backing them up on the importance of academics. Charles Waddell, a multi-sport star athlete who graduated from Pinecrest in 1971 before going to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — where he is the last person to earn varsity letters in three sports — succeeded in the classroom as well. “I always had the threat from my mom (Emma) if I brought home a ‘B,’ I was off the team,” Waddell says. “That’s what kept me straight.” While he was achieving excellence in sports and in his studies, Waddell, like generations of African Americans in Southern Pines who came before him, saw people running businesses that served the community. One of his uncles, Joe, operated a barbershop in West Southern Pines, having learned to cut hair as a child. “In a lot of ways, West Southern Pines was self-sufficient in those days,” Waddell says. “There were two or three barbershops, a dry cleaner, stores where you could get produce and meats. There
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were brickmasons and plumbers, carpenters and mechanics. West Southern Pines was kind of a hub for Black people living in surrounding areas — Raeford, Montgomery County, Vass. We kind of felt a little special in West Southern Pines.” In earlier times for Blacks who weren’t business owners or tradesmen, work often was physically demanding in grape vineyards or peach orchards. For those who caddied at Pinehurst Country Club, such as another of Charles Waddell’s uncles, Press, the work meant a 12-mile round trip on foot. He got 50 cents for 18 holes in the 1930s before a caddie strike resulted in a pay bump to a dollar. Caddieing at Mid Pines and Pine Needles resulted in a shorter commute. Other people worked as hotel janitors, stable hands, or as maids and cooks for white families on the East side. Compared to the back-breaking toil in the cotton or tobacco fields that many Blacks left to relocate in the resort town — sometimes returning to farm work when Northerners went up the seaboard for the summer — domestic employment had an upside. Most workers walked to their jobs. Before Pennsylvania Avenue was completed, there was a path through wooded terrain the locals called “Moccasin Slide.” “You can’t confuse the work people do with who they are in the Black community,” says Charron. “That is a separate identity. Your work is not who you are.”
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where in the South, North Carolina was no haven for moderation. In the early 1960s, more KKK members lived in North Carolina than any other state. For residents of West Southern Pines, daily life brought daily reminders of discrimination. “In terms of really bad incidents or situations, no, but it was obvious,” says Waddell, 67, who played professional football prior to a career in business and sports administration. “You knew you weren’t able to do certain things. We had to sit upstairs at the movie theater. Even when we went to the hospital we had to go in the back entrance and sit in a different waiting room, a space that was probably 10-feet by 10-feet. Little things like that just made you feel that you didn’t have everything.” McDonald recalls how women’s clothing stores in Southern Pines would sell clothing and hats to African Americans but wouldn’t allow them to try on the garments. Around 1960, Mitch Capel, then a young child, was in a dress shop on Broad Street with his mother, Jean. Mitch’s father, Felton Capel, was active in town affairs and, with progressive white citizens, pivotal in integrating public accommodations in Southern Pines. “I don’t know if it was because my mother was very fair-skinned or because of my father, but she was allowed to try on a dress,” Capel recalls. “An African American friend of my mother’s came in the shop and wanted to try on clothing and wasn’t allowed. That was the first time I saw my mother get upset. It was a long time ago, but I’ve never forgotten that day.” McDonald says of outings to the Sunrise Theater, where Blacks had to enter through a separate door and climb narrow, steep stairs PineStraw
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worlds of Southern Pines. His mother and father worked for the wealthy Boyd family — his dad was in charge of horses and dogs; his mom was a maid and cook — and resided on the Weymouth estate. Born on that property in 1941, Carpenter lived there until he was 9 years old, when his family moved to a house on Pennsylvania Avenue. Several years later, when the U.S. Highway 1 bypass was being constructed through neighborhoods in Pinedene and West Southern Pines, homes were lost to eminent domain. A handful of houses belonging to Black families near the Carpenter residence was torn down. “Ours was the only one moved,” says Carpenter, who retired after a long Navy career. “My dad was a home builder in addition to working for the Boyds. They wanted to tear down our house and give him money. He knew it was worth more and protested. Mrs. Boyd got involved, and the state decided they would move it on a truck to New Hampshire Avenue. It’s still there.” Carpenter followed his father and his uncle, Jesse, into construction, and as a teenager in the late 1950s started building another structure next to his parents’ relocated home. “The old West Southern Pines jailhouse was behind a lady’s home,” Carpenter says. “I asked her if I could tear down the old jail if I could have the bricks. She told me I could. I used those bricks to build that house on New Hampshire. When I got out of the Navy and built my house in Highland Trails in 1983, I used some of those bricks in the foyer and around the fireplace. Some of the other bricks are around a dogwood in my yard.”
Joe Waddell to get to their balcony seats, that “we had a ball upstairs.” Escaping to a movie didn’t erase other slights and insults. “Somebody would call you nigger,” says McDonald, who graduated magna cum laude from N.C. Central in 1960. “Once when we were 9 or 10 years old, a group of us put on our Sunday clothes and decided we’d integrate one of the drugstores. We were tired of going to movies and not being able to get a soda afterward. I can remember the look of confusion on one of the clerks. She told us we could go to the back and she’d get us a Coke. We refused to do that. They wouldn’t serve us up front. But we didn’t let things like that make us bitter. Our teachers motivated us to be the best we can. Most of us did. And quite a few in my class of 23 attended college and finished.” Growing up, Cicero Carpenter straddled the white and Black
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Those bricks are a link to West Southern Pines’ early days. Crime played a role in it becoming an incorporated town and in the annexation by Southern Pines eight years later. Jimtown — believed to have been named for one of two African American merchants, James Henderson or Jim Bethea — was neglected by area law enforcement, allowing crime to fester. Sisters Wilman and Bessie Hasty, whose father, James, became West Southern Pines’ second mayor, in 1927, and whose grandfather helped James Patrick survey Southern Pines when he founded it during the 1880s, described the atmosphere in oral history interviews conducted by the Town of Southern Pines in 1982. “This was no-man’s-land,” Wilma told interviewer Nancy Mason.
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key reason for the annexation: Headlines of crime were potentially bad for the bottom line of white-owned businesses and resorts. Instead of being bordered on three sides by Southern Pines, it was now formally part of the larger town, which still drew tourists and seasonal residents during the Great Depression. “There were a lot of people still coming in,” Willa Mae Harrington said in the oral history project. “There were still plenty of jobs we could do. Sometimes there would be ads in the paper, ‘I want a chauffeur, a cook and a maid.’ A whole family could go to the Felton Capel being sworn in to the Southern Pines Town Council, 1959 same place and work. That’s how most of the people over here got their houses. By working as caddies, maids, cooks, housekeepers and saving their money. “The people did as they pleased.” You could always get a day's work. If you got with a good family you Bessie recalled, “We couldn’t get a policeman over here. We did all could save while you worked for them.” our chores before it got dark because we didn’t dare go out after dark.” Nightclubs and bootleggers brought in outsiders. “We had a lot Small Steps Forward of gamblers and different people come through,” George Ross, who Three months after West Southern Pines was annexed, The Pilot moved to West Southern Pines in 1926, told Mason. “After sunreported on the paving of streets, and plans for a water main and fire down, you stayed home.” hydrants for “the thickly settled” part of the Black community. There were assaults and stabbings in the wee hours. Joe Waddell Those infrastructure improvements were small steps forward for recalled decades later, “I heard some Yankee say that we had the most Southern Pines’ African American residents living their lives in a beautiful part of Southern Pines.” Yet one area of the Black commustill-segregated era. It would be three decades after Southern Pines nity came to be called “Blood Field” because of a number of stabannexed West Southern Pines until the town added a Black officer bings. There were murders, including the killings of a well-known to the police force of the larger municipality, before the bowling alley West Southern Pines eatery/juke joint owner, Amos Broadway, and and golf courses welcomed African Americans and they didn’t have a Black police officer, John Allen. White authorities contended that to sit in the Sunrise Theater balcony, before Black women could try Black fugitives sought — and found — sanctuary in the community. on a dress in a downtown shop. Into the 1950s, when the Capel famOne published report from the 1920s, though, details how African ily moved to West Southern Pines, the area’s infrastructure had not American residents conducted a house-by-house search in an attempt kept pace with other parts of town. to find an outlaw. Despite the unequal treatment, African Americans persevered. On March 3, 1931, the charter for West Southern Pines was Oliver Hines’ great-uncle, J. Pleasant Hines, was the mayor of West revoked by the North Carolina state legislature. The news traveled to Southern Pines from 1923-27. Oliver, 68, is a community activist New York City, where The Dunbar News, a Black newspaper, lamentwho, like fellow native and longtime Black residents, regrets the loss ed the development. of businesses on the west side that has gone hand-in-hand with a “So this town of, for, and by the Negroes is no more,” the periodidecrease in the tight-knit spirit he knew growing up. “I wrote down cal editorialized. “Will the actions of the legislature of North Carolina 39 places that used to be here in West Southern Pines and all of them prove an encouragement to its Negro citizenry? Does it stand to the were Black-owned,” Hines says. “Now, there is only a handful. We credit of the state? This is not Jim Town’s tragedy alone.” were thriving at one point.” In a subsequent edition, The Dunbar News published the opinThose who remember more vibrant times are eager for a revitalion of a “leading white citizen of Southern Pines” whose name the ization in West Southern Pines — projects that could celebrate its publication didn’t disclose. According to this man, the process of history while offering an economic boost. The Southern Pines Land revoking the charter hadn’t been furtive and had been necessary and Housing Trust is seeking to acquire the former Southern Pines because of a high crime rate that he attributed mostly to “a large, Primary School (where West Southern Pines High School previously floating population of Negroes from all over the South. They are existed) and turn it into a cultural and economic hub. to a considerable extent an undesirable and, in some cases, a dan“The creation of this campus will be a state and national model of gerous element, and it is no small wonder that the Negro adminhow community, government, education and business can work to istration has not been able to handle them . . . It was felt, perhaps enhance the lives of citizens and stimulate the economy,” Brower says. with some exaggeration, that West Southern Pines was a potential West Southern Pines still sits on a hill, still working to catch a menace to the health and general decency of the general commufavorable wind. PS nity.” In his rebuttal, he didn’t mention what had to have been a The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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By Sunday afternoon, a frantic Leoma called the Moore County Sheriff’s Office and reported her husband missing. The department promptly posted an all points bulletin urging area law enforcement personnel to be on the lookout for Carraway, his Chevy coupe, and the two drifters. Like most August days in the Sandhills, temperatures on Sunday, Aug. 8, flared into the 90s. Swan Pond, a local swimming hole that exists to this day, is located approximately a quarter-mile north of Midland Road, and a mile west of downtown Southern Pines. A handful of boys seeking relief from the sweltering heat in its cool water noticed a Chevy coupe parked on the pond’s north shore, far from any road or driveway. At first, the swimmers paid no attention to it, but when the car still had not moved in succeeding days, one of the lads mentioned it to his father, who notified law enforcement. Sheriff’s deputy Charles Dunlap made his way to the abandoned vehicle during the late afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 10. His search of the auto found Carraway’s personal papers scattered on the car’s floor. Other evidence suggested something more sinister had taken place. There was a bullet hole in the left side window, another in the car’s hood, and a spent .22 caliber bullet rested on the frame of the motor. The whereabouts of Carraway and his two passengers remained unknown. Dunlap asked Aberdeen mechanic Jim Riley to tow Carraway’s auto from the pond to his garage’s storage lot. On the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 11, Riley carefully maneuvered his tow truck through the dense pines to the abandoned Chevy. When he noticed the car’s right front tire and rim were missing, he went looking for them. He found the tire just off the edge of Midland Road. Venturing deeper into the woods, he saw the rim. Near the rim he saw Juney Carraway’s badly decomposed body with a 5-inch bone-handled knife and a sandbag alongside the dead man. County coroner Carl Fry hurried to the scene. After examining the body, he concluded that Carraway had been beaten about his head and body, dragged through the woods and knifed through the heart. Fry found no evidence that gunplay had played a role in the attack. The coroner estimated the murder had occurred on Aug. 6, the day Carraway departed his Connecticut Camp for the final time. Tire marks on Midland Road indicated that Carraway had been driving west toward Pinehurst when he lost control of the car. It veered over the median across the eastbound portion of Midland, careening through shrubbery on the double road’s south side. Still in motion, the Chevy swerved back across the median and the westbound roadway before sideswiping a tree, dislodging the tire from the rim. One of Carraway’s passengers, it was suspected, had struck him over the head with the sand bag, causing the car to swerve wildly. When the car stopped, it appeared as though the dazed Carraway managed to open the driver-side door and tumble out in an effort to ward off, or flee from, his attackers. Whether they struck him again or not, Carraway must have lost consciousness because the two assailants were able to drag him away from the road into the woods, where he was stabbed to death. The killers managed to move the Chevy through the trees to the edge of Swan Pond. Then they disappeared. Given a five-day head start, Moore County Sheriff C.J. McDonald knew it would be no easy task to track the killers. The 45-year-old McDonald was a seasoned lawman. A former state highway superviThe Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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the suspect’s brother-in-law in Albany, New York, matched the description of the darker, fast-talking suspect, it momentarily appeared that the case might be wrapped up. That possibility disappeared when the men provided ironclad alibis. Both had been in Albany on Aug. 6. By the end of August, the investigation had stalled. McDonald sat for an interview with a reporter from The Pilot on Sept. 1 and was unable to offer much comforting information. He acknowledged that Boston’s police department, contacted thanks to Hensley’s information, had yet to report anything useful. Several other leads had proved to be dead ends. One was a rumor that a woman staying at Connecticut Camp had befriended the suspects. In fact, she’d never laid eyes on them. Another resulted in the arrest of an Italian man in Durham who, after questioning, was quickly released. A promising lead involving two Norfolk, Virginia, suspects also fizzled. Despite McDonald’s distribution of 500 wanted posters to police departments across the eastern United States, the identity and whereabouts of the suspects remained unknown. In search of a new angle, the sheriff brainstormed with his deputies. They had all assumed the suspects entered the Sandhills on the day they arrived at Connecticut Camp. What if the men had been locked-up in the county jail, an ever-present occupational hazard for train-hopping hoboes? McDonald summoned the jailer to his office. He remembered two New York City guys, friends with one another, matching the suspects’ descriptions. Convicted of hoboing, James DeGruiccio, age 25, and Albert Whitworth, age 22, had served 60day sentences in the Moore County jail prior to being released from custody on July 4th, a month prior to the Carraway murder. If the men had indeed killed Carraway, it seemed logical to McDonald they would hightail it back to their hometown. On Sept. 17, he journeyed to New York City to confer with officers in the NYPD’s homicide unit. In the meeting, the police captain in charge agreed to assign undercover plainclothesmen to find DeGruiccio and Whitworth. After returning to Carthage on Sept. 19, the sheriff complimented the NYPD. “They have a real police force,” he effused, “and if the men can be found I think they will find them.” Reflecting McDonald’s optimism, the Sept. 24 edition of The Pilot carried the headline “Sheriff Confident of Arrests in Murder Case.” McDonald’s faith in New York City’s finest proved justified. DeGruiccio and Whitworth were identified and arrested. The Oct. 1 edition of The Pilot hailed the news: “Hats off to police authorities of Moore County and New York City in the apprehension of the probable murderers of J.E. Carraway.” There was one last formality to address before the sheriff could declare the case solved: a positive identification by Joe Hensley that the men in custody were the same men he had transported to Raleigh. Hensley agreed to go to New York with deputies Lambert and Grimm to make the identification. A lineup including the two suspects was arranged. Hensley did, indeed, pick DeGruiccio and Whitworth out of the grouping, but then the cabdriver added: “They look enough like the men I carried to be their twin brothers, but I’m positive they are not the same men.” When the two suspects later furnished evidence confirming their presence in New York on Aug. 6, they were released. Another dead end. The news from New York was a bitter pill for McDonald. Remembering that the lanky blond suspect had mentioned
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“Reading” in the course of the cab ride to Raleigh, McDonald suggested that Lambert and Grimm stop in Reading, Pennsylvania, on their way home. Perhaps that city’s police department could provide a lead. The detour proved just as fruitless, and the deputies returned to Carthage disappointed and empty-handed. The sheriff was back to square one. McDonald determined there was one more ground ball to run out before suspending his investigation. He wanted to conduct a final, exhaustive inspection of Connecticut Camp, even though two months had passed since the murder, and a search of the premises seemed an exercise in futility. The deputies reexamined every inch, focusing at last on a massive trash heap located behind the camp’s cabins. After hours rummaging through the foul refuse, one of the officers came across a small scrap of paper bearing a smudged and barely legible name and address that read: Bill Sommers 249 Forest St. Reading, Mass. It wasn’t Pennsylvania at all, but Massachusetts, and Reading happened to be a suburb of Boston — the city where the lanky blond told Hensley he once lived. Deputy Grimm was dispatched to Reading, Massachusetts, where he found and interviewed Bill Sommers, who operated a motorcycle store there. Sommers recalled that two men matching the descriptions of the killers had visited his shop and discussed acquiring motorcycles for a trip south, but had left the store without making a purchase. Grimm passed the new information on to Reading’s police department. An officer there thought the tall blond who had visited Sommer’s shop might be 19-year-old Robert Svendsen, who he believed resided in the neighboring town of Somerville with his mother, Lily Svendsen. The Reading police visited Lily, who said her son had recently moved to Hamilton, Ontario, where his father lived. With Svendsen in Canada, Grimm confronted matters involving international law and extradition. It would require complicated paperwork to arrest Svendsen for a crime committed in the United States and, afraid the young man might flee, Grimm convinced Hamilton police to arrest him for vagrancy and hold him on that charge until the deputy was able to obtain authority for an arrest for the U.S. murder. During the second week of January 1938, Grimm left Boston, crossed the border into Canada, and headed for Hamilton to interrogate Svendsen. The young man admitted involvement in the crime, and seemed relieved to do so, but maintained it was his confederate, “Griffith,” a Canadian of French and Native American descent (not Italian), who had smashed Carraway over the head and knifed him. Svendsen said he had been totally stunned by the unexpected violence. He claimed to have had no inkling that Griffith intended to either hurt or rob Carraway. The killing made no sense to him, especially, he said, since Carraway had been doing the two a favor by giving them a lift to Pinehurst. Svendsen confessed he helped cover up the crime by dragging Carraway into the woods, but only did so because Griffith pointed his pistol at him. Svendsen did not turn down the $75 Griffith gave him, a small portion of the loot removed from Carraway’s billfold. Svendsen said he and Griffith separated after the cab ride to Raleigh and, with his share of the money, bought new clothes, shoes The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
and a motorcycle, then headed north. In Baltimore, the gangling youth collided with a streetcar and sustained a knee injury that laid him up in the hospital for several weeks. Following his recovery, he continued on to Somerville to visit his mother before heading for Canada, where he had been scheduled to start a new job in Hamilton on, as it turned out, the day after his arrest. The young man also provided details regarding his association with Griffith. They had known each other for only a week before journeying together to Springfield, Massachusetts, where they spent a night at the house of Griffith’s family. Afterward, the two made their way south by various means: in an old jalopy (which they sold in Baltimore), riding a train and hitchhiking. Svendsen waived extradition and Grimm transported him to Carthage to await trial. When Springfield police were unable to locate Griffith’s family residence — let alone Griffith himself — Svendsen was asked whether he would be able to find the house where they’d spent the night. He thought he could. In fact, he was eager to assist the police, since Griffith had brought him nothing but trouble. With Svendsen in tow, Grimm and Dunlap made yet another trip to New England. It took an entire day of meandering through the streets of Springfield, but Svendsen finally pointed out the house. Griffith’s family no longer resided there, however, having moved to Canada. In checking with neighbors, the officers discovered that the family’s name wasn’t, in fact, Griffith at all — it was Caron. The neighbors were familiar with Svendsen’s swarthy accomplice. His real name was Jean Baptiste Caron, an erstwhile circus roustabout and tailor. Svendsen was flabbergasted that Caron had used an alias but there was a plausible reason for the deception — Jean Baptiste Caron had a lengthy criminal record. Now that the police knew Caron’s actual identity, he became easier to track. Soon, an array of Canadian law enforcement entities, including the Northwest Mounted Police, were nipping at his heels. Caron presumably sensed law enforcement was catching up to him because he hopped a freight train in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and rode it 750 miles before getting off in Waterloo, Quebec. Word of Caron’s crime traveled faster than the train did, however, and provincial police were waiting to apprehend him. After receiving a telegram from Montreal advising of Caron’s capture, McDonald and Grimm made ready for a trip to Canada to escort the prisoner, who had waived extradition, back to Moore County. They reached Montreal on Saturday, Feb. 26, and returned with a handcuffed Caron to Carthage, a little more than six months after Carraway’s murder. Charged with first-degree murder, there was a distinct possibility Caron could receive the death penalty. His involvement in the brutal crime could not be seriously disputed, and his cohort had identified him as the actual killer. Caron could try avoiding the gas chamber by pointing the finger at Svendsen, but sweet-talking a jury into believing that the 19-year-old had masterminded the plot would have been a tall order for Clarence Darrow, let alone the local lawyer defending The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
Caron. Besides, Svendsen simply did not look the part. The Moore County News described the gangly youth as having “anything but a killer’s face.” Nonetheless, Caron accused Svendsen of having done the knifing that finished Carraway. But other statements he offered tended to tighten the noose around his own neck. By claiming that Svendsen was in on the plan to kill Carraway, Caron essentially acknowledged his own conspiratorial role. He said that the younger man had prepared the sandbag for the attack, but then admitted being the one who struck Carraway with it. During the period leading up to the trial, it became obvious that Caron had little confidence he could avoid a death sentence. The Pilot reported he was busy negotiating the sale of his body for medical research. The trial began the last week of May. Caron did not take the stand, but Svendsen did. While the jury members acknowledged that the defendants had committed a dastardly homicide, they were unable to agree on the specific charges upon which to convict them. Accordingly, the judge declared a mistrial. The breakdown of the jury’s split votes indicated that Caron had narrowly escaped a first-degree murder conviction that would have exposed him to the death penalty. Several jurors viewed Svendsen’s role more leniently. Two had been willing to let him off with a charge of manslaughter. The defendants were tried again in August. This time Judge E.C. Bivens empanelled a special “blue ribbon” jury to hear the case. The presentation of evidence mirrored the first trial and on Aug. 18 the jurors returned a verdict of second-degree murder for both men. Surely, Caron breathed a sigh of relief; Svendsen not so much. Judge Bivens issued the maximum sentence available to both men: 30 years imprisonment at hard labor. Sheriff McDonald and his deputies received high praise for their perseverance and ingenuity in bringing Carraway’s killers to justice. Without benefit of closed-circuit cameras, social media tipoffs, DNA or 21st century forensics, they had painstakingly solved an intractable murder case. The investigation had weathered a multitude of disheartening false leads before the long-shot trash bin search produced a paper scrap that cracked the case. Daring Detective magazine carried a feature story detailing it all in its February 1939 issue. Charlie McDonald’s illustrious career as Moore County sheriff would continue for another 20 years. Deputy Lambert served under the sheriff for that entire tenure. Herman Grimm did not stay long, moving on to a position with the state ABC. Ironically, Grimm would later run for sheriff against his old boss. Like all Charlie’s challengers for the office, Herman lost. When McDonald finally removed his shield in 1958, his 30-year tenure matched the longest of any sheriff in North Carolina’s history. Two months after retiring, he died. Juney E. Carraway’s body lies in Northam Cemetery, a pastoral graveyard on the outer reaches of Richmond County, his good deed on a hot August day tragically punished. PS Pinehurst resident Bill Case is PineStraw’s history man. He can be reached at Bill.Case@thompsonhine.com. PineStraw
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Obviously, an artist lives here. A fearless décor maven. However, the yard was what sold Kim. She and Todd raised three athletic children in the stately manse built during the mid1920s Southern Pines building boom, occupied in the 1950s by Rev. Maynard Mangum from First Baptist Church across the street. In fact, when the Stouts purchased the house in 1988, urban renewal was still a concept, relegating L-L-L to the ’burbs, not historic district cottages uphill from Broad Street.
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Never mind what Kim describes as “ . . . total chaos most people would run from.” Not to worry. They participated in the initial renovation, with experience gained from working on a 1940s home. “We had also lived in a brand new house that was just . . . a house,” Kim says. She set about filling their acquisition with a hodgepodge of furnishings and a third child.
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graceful door and window moldings, a detail (along with textured plaster walls) that adds what real estate professionals call “character.” All the doors and windows are original, Kim notes, also the beveled glass panes in the front door. Besides that tomato red buffet, the small dining room has a round table with a built-in lazy Susan, like Chinese restaurants of yesteryear, where dishes are placed in the center and families help themselves. “Lots of stories (happened) around this table,” Kim says wistfully. Even the tiny foyer coat closet yields a tale. Inside the door, height markers for Lindsey, Matthew and Sean survive in faint pencil. Todd’s input: “I’ve done one thing.” He holds up a framed matchbook (found on eBay) from Watson’s Resort in Idaho, an outdoorsmen’s paradise, where he spent happy times. Except for the art — some paintings by Kim herself, others by daughter Lindsey — the living room, especially lamps and plushy upholstered pieces, could be lifted from a ’50s stage set, including the side table made from a cross-cut tree trunk mounted on wrought iron spindles. Here and elsewhere, Kim’s preference for green fading into turquoise originates with a grandmother, nicknamed Granny Green, for her all-green house. Upstairs, the children’s bedrooms, hung with sports memorabilia and comic strip art, have been left mostly intact. A baseball bat and an aerial view of the neighborhood painted by a 10-year-old are mounted in the boys’ room, which survived many brotherly rumbles, Kim recalls. After the proliferation of colorful stuff, the Stouts’ new master suite is a turnaround. Square paned windows, left bare, are set ceiling height over the king-sized bed. The deep turquoise floor appears cottage-y, as do a wicker armchair and ottoman, while three bureaus and a long slatted bench illustrate the post-war Scandinavianmodern genre. “This was our first grown-up furniture,” Kim says. Other bedroom décor is spare, calm. Ever-practical, she installed a second washer and dryer off the master bathroom. Unlike similar homes of the period, this one has a full basement, dubbed the swamp. Murky and damp no The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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more, the Stouts’ renovation included shoring up underpinnings, creating a workout room, main laundry room, storage space and the most adorable bathroom with step-down vanity cabinet painted the same tomato red as the dining room buffet. “I am not a spec home/cookie cutter person. We didn’t want anything formal because we had kids and dogs.” Which explains why Kim’s crewel and splashy-patterned area rugs “are almost disposable.” When the sun shines on South Ashe Street, the painted brick of this residential jewel appears pearly white. On a cloudy day, however, a bluish-green tint emerges. Weatherproof art decorates the small sitting patio; an ancient Hotel Hampshire sign hangs over the morning porch. The grassy backyard, rimmed with shrubs and flowers, fenced for Toby the dog, echoes shouts of boys shooting hoops. Beadboard ceilings and original floors uncoated with layers of lacquer add dimension. Throughout, the old shadows the new like a friendly, welcoming ghost. “We’ve gone through some growing pains with this house,” Kim admits. Or, as longtime friend Cassie Willis concludes, “This house has a heartbeat.” PS
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The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night, Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation, The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listening close, Find its purpose and place up there toward the wintry sky. — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
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It’s turnip season, and if that doesn’t thrill you from tongue to root, consider the words of Pliny the Elder, who maintained that the turnip “should be spoken of immediately after corn, or the bean, at all events; for next to these two productions, there is no plant that is of more extensive use.” In Roman times, the globular roots were hurled at unpopular public figures much in the way disappointed groundlings chucked rotting fruit at Shakespeare’s duds. There are more practical uses, of course. During World War I, bread and potato shortages gave birth to the “Turnip Winter” of 1916–1917. German civilians subsisted on them. And in World War II, when biscuits and mutton were scarce, guess what? The turnip was there, best in savory Lord Woolton pie, named for the Minister of Food who popularized the dish in 1940. Turnips are low in carbs and packed with nutrients. Roast them in butter. Mash them with sage. Pan-fry their greens with sweet onions and garlic, balancing the bitter with brown sugar, salt and apple cider vinegar. In 2018, Tasmanian farmer Roger Bignell accidentally grew a world record-breaking turnip that weighed a whopping 18.36 kilograms (that’s over 40 pounds). Imagine unearthing that sucker, a root the size of a border collie! Not so easy to hurl. If Charles Dickens used the word “turnip” in a novel, he was likely referring to a country bumpkin. But it’s a gift to be simple, and when life gives you turnips, you might just get creative with them.
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The full Beaver Moon rises on Monday, November 30. It’s time now. The beaver retreats to its lodge, the squirrel to its drey. The bumblebee burrows underground, alone, dreaming of honey and clover. The creatures lead the way, but we, too, turn inward. Warm wishes and good health to you and yours this holiday season. May your hearts and cupboards be full. PS
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Although conscientious effort is made to provide accurate and up-to-date information, all events are subject to change and errors can occur! Please call to verify times, costs, status and location before planning or attending an event. JOY OF ART STUDIO. Joy of Art Studio is offering after school Create with Joy, homeschool art, history, and fashion illustration, Saturday Paint with Joy, Anime and techniques, Abstract Art and Surface Design for Women, and private lessons. You can also book small art groups and birthday parties. Classes are held at Joy of Art Studio, 139 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Suite B, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 528-7283 or www.joyof-art.com or www.facebook.com/ Joyscreativespace/. GIVEN BOOK SHOP. The Given Book Shop is open to the public on a limited basis. Those who wish to enter must wear a face mask, have their temperature taken and abide by rules of social distancing. For those not wishing to enter the bookshop, a “to-go” request form can be found at www.giventufts.org/ book-request-form/. Please check www.giventufts.org for up-to-date information on the status of open days, hours of operation and book donations. The Given Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 585-4820. GIVEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY. Given Memorial Library is open on a limited basis. Those who wish to enter must wear a face mask, have their temperature taken and abide by rules of social distancing. Please
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check www.giventufts.org for up-to-date information on the status of open days and hours of operation. For those not wishing to enter the library, “to-go” orders can be placed by phone or email. Go to the online catalog. Check for availability then call (910) 295-6022 or email info@giventufts.com. Staff will fill requests and contact with instructions on pickup. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. LIBRARY READING PACKETS. Given Memorial Library has reading packets available which include craft supplies and activity sheets. Please check www. giventufts.org for library hours for pickup. Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-6022 or info@giventufts.com. LITTLE READERS. Little Clips for Little Readers features fun rhymes, songs and literacy tips for children aged birth to 5 and their parents and caregivers. Look for these videos posted weekly on SPPL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. MOORE ART SHARE. The Arts Council of Moore County and Given Memorial Library invite citizens of all ages to share their art with the community by submitting it to an online publication. Submissions can include visual arts, music, theater, short stories, videos, photography, recipes and more. Info: (910) 692-2787 or www.mooreart.org.
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WEYMOUTH CENTER. The Weymouth Center has tentative events dependent upon the directives of the governor’s office. Visit www.weymouthcenter.org for upcoming event information. TAKE AND MAKE BAG. Kids in grades K-5 are invited to pick up a Take-and-Make Bag featuring projects, experiments and crafts. These bags will feature all the materials and instructions for activities based on science, technology, engineering, art and math. Bags are available on Wednesdays on a first come, first served basis. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 6928235 or www.sppl.net. ACTIVITY BAGS. Toddler and preschool-aged children can pick up an activity bag every week. New bags featuring early literacy games and crafts will be featured every Monday during November. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net. DIAL A STORY. The Southern Pines Public Library has revamped this classic service by offering a variety of stories, ranging from children’s books to poetry, and more. Easy to use from any phone, just call 910-9009099. Choose a line, sit back, and enjoy listening to a story read by the SPPL librarians. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-8235 or www.sppl.net.
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Sunday, November 1 BRUNCH ON THE GROUNDS. Pick up brunch from Thyme & Place Café at Weymouth to take home or bring a blanket and beverage for a picnic on the grounds. Boxed brunches are $20 for Weymouth members and $30 for non-members. Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-6261 or www.weymouthcenter.org. PUB CRAWL. 12 p.m. Scare up a good time at the Boo & Brew Ghost Tour. It is a self-guided audio tour and haunted pub crawl. There will be five tour locations with commemorative cups available. Downtown Sanford, 139 Chatham St., Sanford. Info: (919) 718-4659 or www.visitsanfordnc.com. WRITING GROUP. 3 p.m. Interested in creating fiction, nonfiction, poetry or comics? Connect with other writers and artists, chat about your craft and get feedback on your work. All levels are welcome. The session will meet via Zoom. Southern Pines Public Library, 170 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. To join email: lholden@sppl.net.
Friday, November 6 GROUP FARM TOURS. 10 - 11:30 a.m. Spend time on Paradox Farm hanging out with goats, feeding chickens and pigs, and check out the new sheep. Finish your visit with a personal cheese tasting. Tickets for 2 - 10 people are $100 and 11 - 15 people are $150. Tours are available each Friday and Saturday of the month. Paradox Farm Creamery, 449 Hickory Creek Lane, West End. Info: (910) 723-0802 or ticketmesandhills.com. OPENING RECEPTION. 5 - 7 p.m. Join the Artists League of the Sandhills for the opening reception for the 26th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale. The opening weekend continues on November 7 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Artists League of the Sandhills, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 944-3979 or www.artisleague.org. OPENING RECEPTION. 6 - 8 p.m. The Arts Council of Moore County presents “Moore Artful Women.” Artists Beth Garrison, Paula Montgomery, Fay Terry and Mary Wright present their works. Visitors must reserve a 30-minute time slot to attend the opening. Walk-ins are not allowed. Masks required. The exhibit continues through Dec. 19. Campbell House Galleries, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-2787 or www.mooreart.org. DESIGN SHOW. Hollyfield Design will hold its Christmas Design Show with a winter wonderland of holiday decor. The show will continue through Sunday, November 8. The Sunday show will feature a Pet Photo Op from 1 - 3 p.m. Donations of cat food and litter are requested in exchange for free digital photos. Hollyfield Design, 130 E. Illinois Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7243 or www.hollyfielddesign.com.
Saturday, November 7 TEEN DANCE. 5 - 8 p.m. Join us in the parking lot in The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
your best Western gear for line dancing and a socially distant dinner outdoors. Tickets are $30. Proceeds benefit our nonprofit theater. The Encore Center, 160 E. New Hampshire Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-0758 or www.encorecenter.net.
Sunday, November 8 POP UP. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Come to Pop Up in the Pines, a community shopping event like never before. The pop up fair is dedicated to bringing the best boutiques, artisans, food trucks, handmade goods and more to the area. Masks required. Southern Pines Brewery, 565 Air Tool Dr., Suite E, Southern Pines.
Wednesday, November 11 PLANTING PARTY. 9:30 a.m. Join the annual community Daffodil Bulb Planting Party. Volunteers are needed to help plant bulbs and the morning work will be followed by a cider social. Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines. Info: sueinpinehurst@nc.rr.com or www.weymouthcenter.org.
Thursday, November 12 LUNCH AND LEARN. 10 a.m. Chef Katrina will demonstrate the art of making a delicious Thanksgiving quiche. Cost is $25 per person and includes lunch, salad and dessert. Historical Cabin, 15 Azalea Road, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 295-4677 or www. sandhillswe.com.
Wednesday, November 18 FESTIVAL OF TREES. The 24th Annual Sandhills Children’s Center Festival of Trees will take place Nov.18 - 22. This year the Festival will be a ticketed event. The Carolina Hotel, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Info and tickets: www.FestivalofTrees.org.
Thursday, November 19 CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE. 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Stephen M. Hood, author and historian, with a presentation on “Patriots Twice: Former Confederates and the Building of America after the Civil War.” Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Open to the public. This date is tentative pending COVID-19 restrictions. Please call or email to confirm. Civic Club, corner of Pennsylvania and Ashe St., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 246-0452 or mafarina@aol.com.
Friday, November 20 POTTERY TOUR. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thirty pottery shops and almost 100 ceramic artists will come together for the Celebration of Seagrove Potters Studio Tour. The Celebration of Seagrove Potters is the largest sales and collector event of the year. This year, each shop will open its gallery to the public for one of the state’s largest gallery crawls. The tour continues through Nov. 22. The tour starts at Luck’s Cannery, 798 NC 705, Seagrove. Info: www.discoverseagrove. com/celebration.
Saturday, November 21 WINTER SHOWCASE. 12 - 5 p.m. The Encore Center’s annual winter showcase will take place outside this year and include yummy treats, vendors
for shopping, and performances throughout the day. Vendors have all donated raffle prizes. Each person will get a raffle ticket for attending with additional tickets available for purchase. The Encore Center, 160 E. New Hampshire Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 725-0758 or www.encorecenter.net.
Tuesday, November 24 PAGE TURNERS. 10:30 a.m. Southern Pines Public Library’s newest book club will meet via Zoom. The book for November is Last Train to Key West, by Chanel Cleeton. Can’t make the live meeting? Head over to the SPPL Page Turners Facebook page to post your thoughts and interact with group members. Info: (910) 692-8235 or email lib@sppl.net.
Friday, November 27 GREEN FRIDAY. The Tufts Archives and Carolinas Golf Association partner to host the seventh annual Green Friday for a bucket list round of golf on Pinehurst’s No. 2 course. Entry is open to all golfers of all skill levels. There currently is a waiting list. Cost is $275 per person. Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst. Info: (910) 673-1000.
Saturday, November 28 and Sunday, November 29 SUNRISE THEATER. The radio play of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol will be performed in the afternoon and evening on both days, times to be determined. For information visit www.sunrisetheater.com or call (910) 692-8501.
UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, December 5 REINDEER FUN RUN. 7:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. The 5K Fun Run curves through the downtown neighborhoods of Aberdeen. It is for everyone from serious runners to recreational walkers and pets. Downtown Aberdeen, 100 E. Main St., Aberdeen. Info: (910) 6933045 or www.reindeerfunrun.com. HERITAGE DAY. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bring all the family to celebrate the 200th birthday of the Bryant House combined with Heritage Day. There will be live music, Christmas decorations, war interpretations and craft demonstrations. Free and open to the public. Takes place outdoors, rain or shine, and the event will follow social distancing recommendations. Bryant House, 3361 Mt. Carmel Road, Carthage. Info: (910) 6922051 or www.moorehistory.com.
WEEKLY EVENTS Mondays INDOOR WALKING. 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Improve balance, blood pressure and maintain healthy bones with one of the best methods of exercise. Classes are held at the same time Monday through Friday. Ages 55 and up. Cost for six months: $15/resident; $30/ non-resident. Southern Pines Recreation Center, 210 Memorial Park Court, Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376. PineStraw
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Collectors Choice Event A preview night of our 26th Annual Fall Exhibit and Sale Thursday, November 5, 5:30-8:00pm The League hosts a very special annual Collectors Choice Night. This evening is by invitation only and is our biggest event of the year. A commitment to spend $100 on a painting or make a $100 donation admits two. This is a lovely reception held prior to the public opening of the exhibit and one of the ways we support the League for the year. And, like many other small businesses affected by COVID-19, we need your patronage more than ever. If you would like to join us that evening and have first choice of the amazing paintings, please call: 910-944-3979, or email: artistleague@windstream.net for a special invitation. Exhibit reception continues to the public Friday, Nov. 6th 5:00-7:00pm and Saturday, Nov. 7th 10:00-3:00pm
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“Tranquil Illumination” by “Grandmas Parlor” Carol Gradwohl by Betty Dibartelomeo
November 5: Collector’s Choice (call for an invitation), 5:30-8:00 November 6: Opening Reception, 5:00-7:00 November 7: Open House, 10:00-3:00
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An oil painting by Betty DiBartelomeo will be awarded to the lucky raffle winner on Saturday, November 7, at 3:00. Books of six tickets are $5 and individual tickets are $1 each.
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday 12-3pm CLASSES Acrylic/Oil Holly Jolly Holiday Painting Pam Griner – Wednesday, November 18, 12:30 - 2:30 WORKSHOPS Lots of Little Landscapes - Oil & Acrylic Workshop - Ben Hamburger - March 11-12 2021 Driven to Extraction - Pastel Workshop - Laura Pollack - April 20, 21, 22 2021
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CA L E N DA R MASTER GARDENER HELP LINE. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. If you have a garden problem, a garden pest, a question, or if you want help deciding on plant choices, call the Moore County Agriculture Cooperative Extension Office. Knowledgeable Master Gardener Volunteers will research the answers for you. The help line is available Monday through Friday and goes through Oct. 31. Walk-in consultations are available during the same hours at the Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage. Info: (910) 947-3188. TAP CLASS. 1:30 - 3 p.m. For adults 55 and older. All levels welcome. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/ non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376.
Tuesdays TABLE TENNIS. 7 - 9 p.m. Enjoy playing this exciting game every Tuesday. Cost for six months is $15 for residents of Southern Pines and $30 for non-residents. For adults 55 and older. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info: (910) 692-7376.
Wednesdays TAP CLASS. 1:30 - 3 p.m. For adults 55 and older. All levels welcome. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/
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non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. FARM TO TABLE. Join Sandhills Farm to Table Co-op by ordering a subscription of local produce to support our local farmers. Info: (910) 722-1623 or www.sandhillsfarm2table.com
Thursdays FARMERS MARKET. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. The Southern Pines farmers market has a variety of fresh produce, baked goods and more, 604 W. Morganton Rd., (Armory Sports Complex), Southern Pines. Market will be on Wednesday during Thanksgiving week. FARM TO TABLE. Join Sandhills Farm to Table Co-op by ordering a subscription of local produce to support our local farmers. Info: (910) 722-1623 or www.sandhillsfarm2table.com.
Fridays TAP CLASS. 10 - 11:30 a.m. For adults 55 and older. All levels welcome. Cost per class: $15/resident; $30/ non-resident. Douglass Community Center, 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines. Info and registration: (910) 692-7376. PS
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GUIDE toGIVING PineStraw is helping you kick off the season of giving! We know the holiday season is hectic, but we hope that you can carve out some time to give back. Volunteer at a local food bank, buy gifts for a family in need or make a year-end donation to one of the dozens of local non-profits in need of your support. Guide to Giving is a compilation of charitable organizations in Moore County that rely on annual fundraising. With your help, be it monetary or hands-on, we can grow this local network of do-gooders.
We thank the local businesses that made our Guide to Giving possible through their sponsorship. To learn how your business can sponsor the 2021 edition, please call (910) 693-2481.
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PROMOTING SCHOOL SPIRIT BY ENCOURAGING EXCELLENCE, PRIDE, AND SPORTSMANSHIP The Pinecrest Athletic Club (PAC) is a non-profit organization comprised of dedicated parents, guardians, alumni, coaches, teachers, school administrators, and community members. The Athletic Club supports ALL teams and athletes at Pinecrest High School (PHS).
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: • The PAC is dedicated to promoting the interests of PHS through its athletic program.
EVENTS: Back the Pac Auction 2020 was the fourth annual auction, held as a virtual silent auction, in support of all student athletes at Pinecrest High School.
VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES:
• The membership of the PAC is concerned with developing the entire PHS athletic program as a whole, including the student body, school staff, parents, alumni, and community members. • The goal of the PAC is to supplement the funding of athletic activities to improve facilities and equipment without replacing funding from the school budget.
• The PAC is responsible for organizing fundraisers, projects, concessions, and other special events to promote and support PHS athletics.
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SUPPORTING CHILDREN FACING HUNGER OVER THE WEEKEND HOW IT WORKS: Backpack Pals bags are compiled at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC location on Sandy Avenue in Southern Pines. These packs provide healthy meals and snacks for children and their families to ensure children return to school on Mondays or after a long school break ready to learn. Volunteers receive the food from the Food Bank, load it into bags, and deliver it to the school or program for distribution each week. Common foods in a Backpack Pals bag include: proteins (tuna, beef stew, or peanut butter), fruits (canned or fresh), breakfast items (cereal or bars), snacks, and beverages (fruit juice and/or milk). The backpacks are assembled by volunteers and delivered to a school partner each week. Normally, the packs are distributed
on Thursday or Friday, with kids returning them on Wednesday of the following week. Since the program began in October 2005, teachers and schools have reported improvements in test scores, positive behavioral gains, decrease in number of unexcused absences, and an increased recognition of potential career paths.
HOW TO HELP: Donate Online Online donations are a fast and easy way to support the work of the Food Bank. Using a credit card or bank draft, make a one-time gift or continue your support as a monthly contributor. Honor or memorialize a friend or relative by making a tribute gift. Consider hosting a virtual food drive for friends and family to
The Backpack Pals’ program meets the nutritional needs of children at risk of hunger during weekends by providing discreet bags filled with weekend meals that fit inside of a child’s backpack. get involved. foodbankcenc.org Donate Food Food donations are essential in meeting the needs of those who suffer from hunger in our 34-county service territory. The Food Bank seeks donations from individuals holding food drives, farmers with excess produce and corporate bulk donations of food and non-food essential items. Other Monetary Support The Food Bank accepts many types of monetary support including stock donations, bequests by will or trust, company matching gifts, and corporate partnerships.
Donate Time Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Food Bank’s mission. Every day, Food Bank volunteers are making a tangible contribution to our communities. If you’d like to volunteer your time, please visit foodbankcenc.org/volunteer to view opportunities, learn more about current safety protocols, and self-schedule a shift!
MAKE A GIFT: Backpack Pals c/o Food Bank CENC 195 Sandy Avenue Southern Pines, NC 28387
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SAVING SHELTER DOGS AND GIVING THEM A LIFE FULL OF LOVE Caring Hearts for Canines strives to save as many shelter dogs as possible and to give them a life filled with the love and compassion they deserve. CHFC primarily serves the area of Moore County, founded in 2014 by Jennifer Chopping in an effort to save dogs from high kill shelters that would otherwise be euthanized. Additionally, Caring Hearts For Canines works to educate the public through community outreach about the issues of spaying and neutering, vaccinating, heartworm prevention and proper care and maintenance of their canine companions.
VOLUNTEER: • Kennel Care – feed, clean, and
walk dogs • Staffing Events – manning tables and dogs • Transporting Dogs – picking up shelter dogs and transporting them to out of state partners • Running with Dogs: exercising high energy dogs a couple of times a week • Fostering For more information on fostering and volunteering, email caringheartscanine@gmail.com
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The mission of Caring Hearts for Canines is to rescue and rehome dogs at risk of being euthanized in high kill shelters and to educate the public in order to decrease the proliferation of these unwanted dogs. for Canines as a beneficiary of your eligible Amazon-Smile purchases. Use your Birthday to have a Facebook birthday fundraiser to help the pups! Donate a Kuranda Bed! Visit https://kuranda.com/donate
MAKE A GIFT: Donate online at www.caringheartsforcanines.com Donate on our Facebook page or Instagram page. Follow us on social media and click donate! Send a check! Caring Hearts for Canines PO Box 1219 Southern Pines, NC 28388
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Founded in 1998 by equestrian enthusiasts as a 501(c)(3) not-forprofit organization, the 315-acre Carolina Horse Park (CHP) is dedicated to the preservation of open space for equestrian events, educational programs and recreational purposes for our community. In addition to equestrian events hosted at the Park, educational initiatives include guided hikes, “Lunch with the Coyotes” and “Bats at Sunset.” These programs are open to the public and enable educators in the NC Environmental Education (EE) Certification Program to earn credits toward their degrees. The Park is the only EE Center in Hoke County. CHP is also a FORCES forest which is a partnership that includes the NC Forest Service, the NC Wildlife Resource Commission, Camp Lejeune, and Fort Bragg.
FUNDRAISING: 85% of CHP’s expenses are supported through equestrian and environmental activities with the remaining 15% of operating expense funded through private donations. Over 20,000 people compete at (or attend) events at the Park, providing an economic impact to the region that now exceeds $8,000,000 annually.
EVENTS: The extremely popular Painted Ponies Art Walk will return to Southern Pines from January 30-March 30, 2021. In its second year as a fundraising event for the Park, the Painted Ponies Art Walk has grown to feature 12 sculptures painted by local artists and sponsored by local businesses. Designed to captivate sightseers as they
Carolina Horse Park (CHP) is dedicated to the preservation of open space for equestrian events, educational programs and recreational purposes for our community. shop, dine and stroll, the Painted Ponies Art Walk is anticipated to increase foot traffic once again in the downtown area throughout the event.
VOLUNTEER: A major part of the Park’s success is due to its corps of dedicated and hardworking volunteers whom are vital to running the many events at the facility. Volunteers are critical to the staffing of equestrian and community events and comprehensive training and
recognition programs are a key to the volunteer programs’ success. For volunteer opportunities, contact Sierra Simmerman at volunteers@carolinahorsepark. com or 910-875-2074.
MAKE A GIFT: To learn more or donate to the Carolina Horse Park, please visit www.carolinahorsepark.com. The Park is located at 2814 Montrose Road, Raeford, NC 28376.
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PINEHURST LOCATION COMING SOON! We are excited to announce the relocation of our Aberdeen facility to 15 Dawn Road in Pinehurst South- the former location of Elmore Furniture Company. The new location, which is undergoing extensive renovations to meet the Club’s needs, will double its capacity and enable it to expand its service area into Pinehurst. “[This] is an ideal location for us based on its proximity to the new Aberdeen Elementary School and our Southern Pines facilities,” said Fallon Brewington, CEO. “We’re particularly excited to serve more children here!”
games and athletics to drug prevention workshops. The Club locations are open each day after school – when research has shown children to be most vulnerable. In the summer, Clubs and special summer-only sites open their doors all day to young people with nowhere else to go. The Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills is open 2:30 – 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday during the school year and from 6:45 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. Monday through Friday in the summer.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: • Virtual tutoring and mentoring
SERVICES: Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills offers participating young people a range of fun and productive activities from
Contact Caitlin Terry at 910-692-0777, ext. 2221 or cterry@sandhillsbgc.org
BUILDING GREAT FUTURES, ONE CHILD AT A TIME The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sandhills is to inspire, enable and educate young people from all backgrounds and circumstances to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. MAKE A GIFT IN SUPPORT OF 2020 BUILDING GREAT FUTURES, ONE CHILD AT A TIME:
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CHANGING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF HORSES Prancing Horse serves children and adults who experience a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional challenges. Our program is designed to encourage and inspire our clients to reach their highest potential and possibly attain goals once thought out of reach. Our program strategy is to develop, monitor, and assess an individualized activity plan for each participant.
EVENTS: Barn Dance fundraiser in the spring Prancing Horse Farm Tour in October End of session Horse Shows
FUNDRAISING: With all 2020 fundraisers cancelled, Prancing Horse appreciates the continued support of the community to ensure our ability to continue therapeutic horsemanship classes for our clients.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: 1. Work in arena with students and horses 2. Clerk at our shop, A BIT USED 3. Serve on committees 4. Help with fundraising events
The mission of Prancing Horse, Inc is to enhance the lives of individuals with special needs by providing a safe environment for therapeutic horsemanship. To volunteer contact Patricia Watts at ed@prancing-horse.org or Claire Sullivan at programs@ prancing-horse.org
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WORKING TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN MOORE COUNTY SERVICES: Educational efforts through community presentations, resource guide, social media, and networking with Moore County Schools, FirstHealth of the Carolinas, treatment providers in Moore County and Moore County Detention Center. We also have the Peer Support Program. A Peer Support Specialist has at least two years of recovery and certification training, who are embedded throughout the county that offer support to those in recovery. Moore ReCreations, the community recovery center, is located in Carthage, the county seat. We are working on a
capital campaign to purchase a building located on the Courthouse circle.
FUNDRAISING:
A dropbox for old or unused medications is available 24/7 at the Moore County Sheriff’s Office at the Courthouse Square in Carthage.
The Moore Recovery Challenge is a fun scavenger hunt intended for individuals and families. Participants will raise awareness of substance abuse, promote recovery, and learn more about Moore County along the way. All proceeds will benefit Drug Free Moore County and go toward providing recovery resources to individuals and families through the development of a Community Recovery Center.
The mission of Drug Free Moore County is to provide information on prevention, treatment, and recovery on addiction/substance use disorder to all citizens in Moore County. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: • Event Staffing • Community Recovery Centers People who have been in recovery for at least a year may be trained as a peer counselor.
Email drugfreemc@gmail.com or call 910-947-1902 and leave a message to volunteer.
MAKE A GIFT : Drug Free Moore County PO Box 639 Carthage, NC 28327 drugfreemoore.org
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SERVING: In an effort to best serve our community, Friends of Pinehurst Surgical Clinic will work collaboratively with Pinehurst Surgical Clinic to identify and offer support for indigent and charity care patients, partner with Sandhills Community College to aid in student scholarship needs, and work alongside local municipality groups to meet community needs in the event of a disaster.
FUNDRAISING: In November and December of 2020, FRIENDS volunteers are starting a new Holiday tradition of decorating mailboxes to benefit Friends of Pinehurst Surgical Clinic (FOPSC) charities. For a minimum donation of $60, go to friendsofpsc.org to order between November 1st &
28th, and your mailbox will be beautifully adorned with a fresh holiday swag and a festive homemade bow the first week of December. Your donation includes delivery and installation. In 2020, the Friends of Pinehurst Surgical Clinic Mailbox Brigade will be supporting Friend to Friend. Friend to Friend is a non-profit organization with the mission to help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault,and human trafficking, rebuild their lives. The April 2021 Gathering for the Pines charity event will be a 2-day fundraising event with a goal of $75,000. It will include a golf tournament, wine and art event, and food and wine event with a live auction. All ticket sales, auction proceeds, and
Serving our community with a primary focus on healthcare, education, and disaster relief. sponsorship money will be donated to local charities. Please mark your calendars for April 16th - 17th!
HOW CAN YOU HELP: You can help by donating, sponsoring an event, or volunteering!
Please visit our website for more information: friendsofpsc.org
MAKE A GIFT: https://friendsofpsc.org/donate2/ - or Pinehurst Surgical Clinic 5 FirstVillage Drive Pinehurst, NC 28374
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INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN Children’s experiences in the first five years of life are critically important to their future success in school. As specialists in early childhood education, Sandhills Children’s Center offers an inclusive child development program for children with and without special developmental needs that encourages learning, creativity, and physical/intellectual growth. The unique peer-to-peer learning in an inclusive setting is proven to be the most natural environment for preparing children for kindergarten.
EVENTS: 24TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES November 18 - 22, 2020 The Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Festival of Trees will be a reserved admission event. Patrons MUST reserve the day and time slot of their visit. For complete details and to reserve your spot, visit www.FestivalofTrees.org
VOLUNTEER: Volunteers are needed in a variety of capacities from serving on planning and auction committees, to decorating for events, to staffing events and more. Volunteers may come to Sandhills Children’s Center to rock babies, read to toddlers, and help out in the pre-K rooms.
The mission of Sandhills Children’s Center is to constantly strive to be a recognized leader and pre-eminent provider of educational and therapeutic services to young children ages birth through 5 years through continuous organizational growth and collaboration with our community partners. Contact Cassie Staufenberger to volunteer at 910.692.3323
MAKE A GIFT: www.sandhillschildrenscenter.org Sandhills Children’s Center 1280 Central Drive Southern Pines, NC 28387
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Moore County’s Newest Beer Garden We are the Sandhills’ premier farm to table restaurant. Come in and experience creative, unique gourmet sandwiches, soups and salads. We are a scratch kitchen - from our roasted meats all the way to our fermented sriracha. Many vegetarian / vegan and gluten free options. In addition to dining in, you can place your order online at RoastNC.com, call-in, and order delivery (5pm-9pm). You can also pre-order on our mobile app and use our drive-thru pick-up window for “dine in a dash” convenience. We are located near the Moore County Airport traffic circle, in front of the Southern Pines Ace Hardware. We look forward to serving our community and supporting North Carolina farms.
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TOGETHER WE CAN GET DISABLED CHILDREN MOVING! Our goal is to help children that have difficulties walking independently become mobile. We do so by providing financial assistance for families to purchase equipment that allows their children to become independent. Jillian’s Jitterbug will financially assist families in purchasing but not limited to wheelchairs (power chairs and push chairs), Ankle-Foot Orthotics (orthopedic leg braces), arm crutches, adopted bicycles, and walkers.
FUNDRAISING: We do not have a fundraising target amount, but any donation no matter the amount will make an impact. A motorized wheelchair can cost as much as a new car depending on how much your insurance company will cover. This fiscal year, we have been
much more focused on finding families and children in the area to help.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: We are always welcoming volunteers with open arms to help us with day to day logistics of planning team meetings, helping us to network within the local community, and eventually help plan fundraising events in the future. Contact Kaelyn Edwards (President and Founder) at Jilliansjitterbug@gmail.com for more information.
OUR BOARD LEADERS:
We serve all children within the community that have mobility limitations. We rely on word of mouth and making connections with local daycare centers/school nurses in order to serve/reach our community. Kimberly A. Edwards Marketing Manager
John Shewell Board Member
Daniel J. Edwards Financial Consultant/ Board Member
Richard Gossin Volunteer
Kaelyn M. Edwards President
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Jillian R. Edwards Vice President:
Lee Leibowitz Board Member
MAKE A GIFT: We accept online credit card donations, PayPal, Venmo, and checks made out to Jillian’s Jitterbug Inc. www.jilliansjitterbug.com 190 Kings Ridge Court Southern Pines, NC 28387
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WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT, MOORE FREE & CHARITABLE CLINIC PROVIDES HEALTH CARE TO THE LIMITED INCOME, UNINSURED OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Our organization’s goal is to provide access to compassionate, quality primary health care and other services to the nearly 14,000 uninsured adults in Moore County. By doing so, the overall health of our community will be improved at the population level. The burden on local hospital emergency departments is mitigated when uninsured residents have a better, more cost-effective alternative for routine care. Communities benefit socially and economically when medical insecurity is reduced. Moore Free & Charitable Clinic’s
strategic priorities are to: 1) Strengthen fundraising efforts to increase available resources to carry out its mission, 2) Expand the capacity to serve more patients by adding space and staff, and 3) Increase community outreach and education about the services offered by Moore Free & Charitable Clinic.
EVENTS: Each year, Moore Free & Charitable Clinic hosts a fundraiser called the Hearts and Hands Brunch that falls near Valentines Day. In the fall, the major fundraising event is Dining
Moore Free & Charitable Clinic’s mission is to provide a primary care medical home for low income uninsured residents of Moore County, North Carolina, giving access to consistent care and prescription medications for disabling chronic diseases.
in the Pines™, which features special dining experiences called Chef Tables, held at local fine dining restaurants.
VOLUNTEER: Moore Free & Charitable Clinic always can always use clinical volunteers, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, mental health professionals, dentists, registered nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy techs. Opportunities also are available for clerical positions, such as reception, enrollment and eligibility, filing and other office jobs.
Please contact Tony Price at 910-246-5333 Ext 207.
MAKE A GIFT: Donations by check may be made out to Moore Free & Charitable Clinic and mailed to: 211 Trimble Plant Road, Suite C, Southern Pines, NC 28387. Credit card donations made be made at www.MooreFreeCare.org. The Clinic also can accept gifts of securities; for more information call Tony Price at (910)246-5333 Ext. 207.
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THE FOUNDERS OF ANIMAL WELFARE IN THE SANDHILLS Moore Humane Society has been serving our community for over 50 Years. Tens of thousands of homeless animals in need have passed through our doors. While our desire to help homeless animals is unlimited, our financial resources are not. Moore Humane Society is a “No-Kill” 501(c)(3) charitable organization funded entirely by its membership and tax-exempt donations. Donations are critical for the continuation of our life saving mission!
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES: • Rescue, rehabilitate, and adopt homeless animals • Low cost spay/neuter • Reuniting lost pets • Helping to manage feral cat population through the Trap, Neuter and Release Program • Maintaining the Pooch Park in
the Pines in Southern Pines • Humane education to local schools, day care facilities and other organizations • Courtesy Listings: Provide opportunity for pets to be matched with adopters through national database if our shelter is at capacity or animal is not a good candidate for shelter environment. • We are open to the public Tuesday - Sunday from 12-6PM
FUNDRAISING: The operating expenses of Moore Humane Society are around $250,000 annually. Hundreds of homeless animals pass through the doors of MHS every year, and nearly all of them require some degree of medical care.
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The mission of Moore Humane Society is to ensure that all animals are treated with compassion and respect and to end euthanasia as a means of controlling pet overpopulation in our community. VOLUNTEER WITH US:
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• Working/socializing with shelter dogs and cats • Staffing special events • Fostering animals • Photographing animals • Public Speaking • Fundraising Fill out an application at moorehumane.org to volunteer.
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CHAMPIONING SUCCESSFUL YOUTH THROUGH MENTORING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES Moore Buddies Mentoring strives to empower Moore County youth to achieve success in school and life by matching them with a mentor who can serve as a positive role model in each of their lives.
SERVICES: Community Mentoring: Youth in our Community Mentoring Program are at risk of not reaching their full potential due to a variety of factors. This program offers youth: • a postive adult role model • close monitoring of school, home and community behavior • opportunities to learn social, recreational, vocational, and
educational skills In-School Mentoring: Students who are involved in the school mentoring program meet with a mentor one-on-one for one hour a week. In this program they: • explore careers • get academic assistance • complete community service projects • take educational field trips • attend summer camps • participate in community events
VOLUNTEER: We are always looking to match adult volunteers who are willing to give
Our Vision: To have a community in which families are thriving and youth have promising futures. their time, energy and compassion to a Moore County youth for one year. Contact our Mentoring Coordinator, Tim, at tim@moorebuddiesmentoring.com
MAKE A GIFT: Moore Buddies Mentoring P.O. Box 223 Pinehurst, NC 28370 910-295-1072 www.moorebuddiesmentoring.org/ donate
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE NAMI Moore County is a dedicated, all-volunteer organization whose purpose is to foster hope and respect for individuals with mental illnesses, and support for their families and caregivers through advocacy, education, and support groups. We also focus on educating the public to eliminate the stigma and misinformation surrounding mental illness and to encourage community involvement.
SUPPORT: Monthly Meetings Free & Open To The Public Connections Support Group for those living with serious mental illness 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 7 PM Call (910) 295-1053 for more information. Family and Caregiver Support Group 3rd Thursday of the month at 7 PM
For family, caregivers, and friends of those living with a serious mental illness. Call (910) 295-1053 for more information.
EDUCATION: 1st Monday of the Month 7:00 PM (2nd Monday in September) No Meetings in July, October, or December Call (910) 295-1053 for more information
PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS Family-to-Family: Educational programs taught by members of NAMI Moore County who have been trained to educate families and loved ones on several mental health topics; includes information on available resources.
Fostering hope and respect for individuals with mental illnesses and their families Peer-to-Peer: 10-session educational program for adults with mental illness who are looking to better understand their condition and journey toward recovery.
about mental illness and de-escalation skills on how to interact with a student who is experiencing a mental health crisis or displaying unusual behavior.
Sandhills Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Partnership: CIT trains law enforcement officers and other first responders about mental illness and how to interact with someone who is experiencing a mental health crisis.
VOLUNTEER:
The Sandhills School System Partnership: Mental Health Crisis Intervention and Prevention for Schools trains teachers and other school staff
To volunteer, contact 910-295-1053 or namimoorecounty@gmail.com
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HONORING AND VALUING ELDERS AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM BENEVOLENT ASSISTANCE:
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Bishop Penick founded Penick Village in 1964 with the vision, mission, and promise that no resident would ever have to leave because of lack of funds. The Penick Village Foundation provides assurance to its residents that Bishop Penick’s promise is upheld and has an uncompromising commitment to deinstitutionalize the aging experience.
• Join the Giving Society and become a Penick Promise Partner • Join the Friends of Penick For all inquiries, please contact Caroline Eddy at ceddy@penickvillage1964.org
FUNDRAISING: 15th Annual Art Show Friday, February 26, 2021 100% of proceeds go to Benevolent Assistance
OUR BOARD LEADERS: James Heisey Foundation Board Chair Dr. Gary Krasicky Board of Directors President Caroline Eddy Acting Chief Executive Officer
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At Penick Village, we are a family creating a loving community by making each day great for one another MAKE A GIFT: www.penickvillage.org/ penick-village-foundation
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NO ONE GOES HUNGRY IN CENTRAL & EASTERN NC The Food Bank works every day to provide food to people in need while building solutions to end hunger in our communities. The Food Bank works across the food system to provide access to nutritious food that nourishes families, children, seniors, and individuals. Through partnerships, education, and programs, the Food Bank empowers communities to overcome hunger, creating an environment where all North Carolinians thrive. The Sandhills Branch of the Food Bank serves Lee, Moore, Richmond and, and Scotland Counties.
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In the four counties served by the Sandhills Food Bank, the impact of
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the COVID-19 pandemic means 48,880 people may face hunger. Of those, 17,110 are children. In addition, 13,882 seniors live at or below the poverty level. There are three easy ways you can support the Food Bank – donate funds, donate food, and donate time. For every $1 donated, the Food Bank can provide 5 meals. Visit foodbankcenc.org to give or for more information.
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The Food Bank gladly accepts food and monetary donations. Learn more about how to donate food or funds at foodbankcenc.org Sandhills Branch 195 Sandy Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387
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HOW IT WORKS: An ideal place for recovery, Sandhills Teen Challenge is located on 31 tranquil acres in the heart of Moore County, and is a 12-month residential program. Sandhills Teen Challenge provides food, clothing, a warm bed, academic materials, etc., which are necessary to ensure the student receives the spiritual, emotional, vocational, and academic training required to help him overcome the problems which led to his addiction.
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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BANQUETS: Join us to celebrate our Annual Christmas Banquets on December 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2020 at 6:30pm at Sandhills Adult & Teen Challenge in Carthage. Call 910.947.2944 for more information.
CURRENT NEEDS: • Three 70” Smart TVs with Apple capabilities and stands • 15 passenger van • Six stackable washers/dryers • Four vacuums • Curriculum sponsor • Video equipment and camera • Generator(s) • Sponsor concrete refinish for multi-purpose room
Adult & Teen Challenge Sandhills, NC is a residential Christ-centered long-term recovery program for men struggling with life-controlling addictions. MAKE A GIFT: Sandhillstc.org P.O. Box 1701, Southern Pines, NC 28388
Please make checks payable to: Adult & Teen Challenge Sandhills, NC Text to Give: ATCSH to 44321
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PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE SANDHILLS
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1,485 High School Students Earned College Credits Last Year 13,900 Hours of College Credits High School Students Earned Last Year 257 High School Graduates Took Advantage of the SCC Promise Last Year 54 CCP College Transfer Courses 23 Career Technical Certificate & Diploma Pathways
ENSURE OPPORTUNITY: The SCC Guarantors ensure that no deserving student will be turned away because he or she cannot afford a college education. The Guarantors Program helps students who are faced with significant financial challenges to stay in school. Guarantors support provides tuition, books and fees as well as other expenses that are critical to the student’s capacity to stay in school and succeed in his or her program of study.
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Germaine Elkins, Vice President, Institutional Advancement (910) 695-3706 • elkinsg@sandhills.edu
Contact Germaine for information on philanthropy at Sandhills, planned gifts and how you can become a part of the mission of Sandhills Community College. Jennifer Dail, Director of Development (910) 695-3712 • dailj@sandhills.edu Contact Jennifer to learn more about the college’s Scholarship program at Sandhills. Cassidy Benjamin, Assoc. Director of Foundation Outreach (910) 695-3716 • benjaminc@sandhills.edu Contact Cassidy for information on special Foundation events, Culinary Program Luncheons, visiting the campus for a tour, or if you would like to join in the fun for the college’s annual scholarship Golf Tournament.
MAKE A GIFT: sandhills.edu/giving SCC Foundation 3395 Airport Road Pinehurst, NC 28374
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ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND FINANCIAL STRAINS OF STRUGGLING HOUSEHOLDS IN MOORE COUNTY Call (910) 693-1600 option 5 for more information
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HELPING SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING REBUILD THEIR LIVES SERENITY HOUSE:
court related questions, court accompaniment, and counseling services.
A safe residence where our guests are given the opportunity and support to begin healing physically, emotionally, and mentally.
SUPPORT GROUPS:
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Provide information and education to the community about domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
HOSPITAL ACCOMPANIMENT: A trained advocate to provide immediate, in-person support to adult survivors of sexual assault available 24/7.
COURT ADVOCACY: Protective order assistance,
Facilitated virtual support groups for survivors of domestics violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAM:
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Facilitated 26-week dedicated treatment program focused on educating and changing the behaviors of court ordered domestic violence offenders.
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WE ARE A LICENSED AND INSPECTED INDOOR FACILITY, SERVING THE ANIMALS OF THE SANDHILLS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. No matter the path that brought them here, the animals have found safety, commitment, love and respect at Solutions for Animals, Inc. Some have never experienced these simple acts of kindness and responsibility. Others have, but an unfortunate owner illness or death has left them grieving. We must see them through their time of need. From here they will be placed into compatible, loving and responsible homes.
EVENTS: We hold several events throughout the year, including our annual Putts for Mutts charity golf tournament, our BARKyard Fall Fest and Open House, and the Annual Day Drinkin for Doggies at Nevilles Club
fundraising event at Ironwood Cafe. Visit our website to stay up to date on any upcoming events.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: We always need volunteers! The number of animals we will save depends on the number of committed and dependable volunteers. To follow are just a few of the volunteer duties: • Vet Transports • Property Poop Scoopers • Dog Walkers and Playtime • Room Cleaning and Laundry • Horses! Need Brushers and Socialization • Ice Cream Outings for Dogs (Pick up and take for an Ice Cream treat)
Our goal is to provide a “Happy Place” for homeless animals. • Daytime Outings – Pick up a dog or two and take to the lake or park or your house for a few hours! Call Today! 910-875-7244 or email Adopt@SolutionsForAnimals.org
MAKE A GIFT: Donations of all kinds are gratefully accepted. Solutions for Animals PO Box 2062 Southern Pines, NC 28388 solutionsforanimals.org
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52 YEARS ADVANCING THE COMMON GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS United Way of Moore County partners and assists with 13 other county charitable organizations: The United Way of Moore County’s mission is to advance the common good by focusing on these building blocks for a good life in our communities: quality education that leads to a stable job, sustained financial independence, good health. United Way works to impact the quality of life in Moore County through assisting local nonprofits who focus on education, financial stability, and health. The United Way of Moore County also provides 2-1-1 Information & Referral service to the community connecting local people to services in Moore County and ensured help
this year for families impacted by COVID-19 with the COVIDRelief Fund.
FUNDRAISING: During the 2020/21 fundraising campaign the United Way of Moore County will be selling 100 raffle tickets for $100. The prize is a 3 Day/2Night Package for Two at Pinehurst Resort. This includes: accommodations, breakfast and dinner daily and one round of golf per day which does include No. 2 one day!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: The United Way of Moore County
Northern Moore Family Resource Center • Moore Buddies Mentoring • Moore County 4-H Boy Scouts • Sandhills Student Assistance Program • Moore County Literacy Council Sandhills Coalition • American Red Cross • Friend to Friend • Meals on Wheels Bethesda, Inc. • Bethany House • The Arc of Moore County is seeking volunteers to work on special projects assisting local nonprofit partner agencies. United Way also helps connect individuals to our nonprofit partners who are looking for volunteers. Anyone interested in volunteering may contact the United Way at (910) 692-2413 or visit the United Way website for information on volunteer opportunities at www.unitedwaymoore.com.
MAKE A GIFT: Donors can mail a contribution to the United Way of Moore County at PO Box 207, Southern Pines, NC 28388; visit the office at 780 NW Broad Street, Suite 110 in Southern Pines; Text-to-Give at (910) 915-8275; or give online at www.unitedwaymoore.com.
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Through volunteers, we deliver between 85-95 noontime meals every Monday through Friday including all weekday holidays to those in need regardless of their ability to pay our nominal fee of $4.00 per meal ($80 per month for 5 meals a week).
To secure more than $60,000 towards the cost of meals.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
EVENTS: We have partnered with Vision4Moore on concerts as well as have a Trivia competition coming in March 2021. We also have a dinner in early December. We solicit table sponsors and then ask all attendees to make a monetary donation to our program to assist with the annual cost of the food. Last year, we paid Penick Village more than $70,000 for the food served. Our total annual budget is more than $106,000.
Nine volunteers are needed every Monday through Friday to deliver one of our nine different teams of clients. We are very close to expanding our service area to the West End/Seven Lakes area, which will be our 10th team. Volunteers are needed on a permanent basis (i.e., once a week, twice a month, etc.) as well as those that can be contacted at the last minute to substitute. Please email or text Executive Director for more information about becoming a volunteer or if interested in joining our board. rklistrom@yahoo.com 910-691-1517
Our mission to is to provide a hot, nutritious, diet-specific midday meal, Monday through Friday (including all weekday holidays) to homebound individuals who are unable to prepare a meal, regardless of their age or ability to pay. MAKE A GIFT: Donations can be made via our website www.mealsonwheelsoftheSandhills.com
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The Sunrise provides a welcome, friendly, and enjoyable atmosphere with outstanding customer service, a broad range of entertainment, and delicious concessions.
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EVENTS: First-run movies, classic movies, live concerts, First Friday free community concerts, Bolshoi Ballet & Met Opera simulcasts, National Theatre Live rebroadcasts, BroadwayHD performances, Children’s Theater Camps, live community theater, documentaries, private rentals & community events.
VOLUNTEER: The Sunrise Theater is primarily a volunteer-run organization. The theater’s Board, Committees, and most theater staff are volunteers. Opportunities are broad and range from box office/ticket sales, concessions sales, ushering, movie selection, event planning, and event set up/ clean up.
The Sunrise Theater is a thriving entertainment center featuring first run and independent films, music concerts, First Friday community concerts, local theater, and live broadcasts of the Met Opera and Bolshoi Ballet Visit the Sunrise Theater website at www.SunriseTheater.com or email Volunteer@SunriseTheater.com for more information.
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Weymouth serves Moore County, the Sandhills and the state, as well as those with ties to NC with programs for all ages and opens its 26 acres of gardens and grounds for the enjoyment of the community. We are a program driven volunteer organization and present year-round programs to the public on literature, history, culture, art, music, nature, preservation, and the humanities for a broad variety of ages. We serve the state through our renowned Writers-in-Residence program, the NC Literary Hall of Fame, and our archival collection. Our beautiful 26 acres of garden and grounds, which are curated by volunteers, are open to the public and we offer a beautiful and unique venue for organizations and individuals to host events of all sizes.
Session etc.) • NC Literary Hall of Fame • Literary events (Writers-inResidence Readings, James Boyd Book Club, etc.) • Write-On Camp for young writers grades 3-5 • Moore County Writers’ Competition • Young Musician’s Festival • Plant Sale • Women of Weymouth lectures and meetings • Christmas House • Teddy Bear Tea • Ladies Wine Out • Supper on the Grounds • Brunch on the Grounds • Hunt Room featuring Moore County Hounds and Moore County Driving Club • And more!
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We host a variety of events throughout the year, including: • Concerts for all tastes (Chamber Music, Sounds on the Grounds, Monthly Jam
Be Our Bridge campaign was initially conceived to bridge the gap for operational funds during what we thought would be a couple months of pandemic. The
The purpose of Friends of Weymouth, Inc. is to promote the legacy of James and Katharine Lamont Boyd by the preservation and conservation of their historic home and surrounding property in the North Carolina longleaf pine ecosystem for use as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit center for the arts and humanities. new reality is we won’t see normal revenue streams until at least next May. Although our goal is to raise $100,000 by December, our reality is we must raise $200,000 by May. It is very expensive to run a 9000+square foot historic house and care for its 26 acres of grounds. Tomorrow truly depends on what we do today.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Whether you like to garden, do yard work, write, archive, set up lectures, work on buildings, decorate, explore equestrian projects, organize concerts, create new programs, do historical
research or preservation, throw parties, organize concerts, fundraise, connect with the community, lead programs, give tours, greet writers, chair committees, take on leadership roles or share other skills you may have, Weymouth needs you! To volunteer, contact Marianna Grasso, mgweymouth1@gmail.com or via the website weymouthcenter.org/volunteer/
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YOUR COMMUNITY SOLUTION TO ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION • Microchips • Umbilical Hernia Repair • Antibiotics
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Galas, parties, trail rides, wine tastings, silent auctions, movies, coffee table book and more. Our coffee table book showcases animals that touch our lives and promotes the mission to end euthanasia through aggressive spay/ neuter in addressing the animal overpopulation problem in our community.
VOLUNTEER: Contact us to see how you can help!
SERVICES AT THE SPAY NEUTER VETERINARY CLINIC: • Spay/Neuter for Cats and Dogs • Cryptorchid Neutering • Rabies Vaccines
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Companion Animal Clinic Foundation is a volunteer organization dedicated to reducing euthanasia of adoptable companion animals through affordable spay/neuter at the Spay Neuter Veterinary Clinic of the Sandhills in Vass, NC. CACF is an all-volunteer organization. Companion Animal Clinic Foundation PO Box 148 Southern Pines, NC 28388 Or stop by our office at 683 SW Broad St. in Southern Pines, NC.
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We at Given-Tufts, serve those who live in Moore Country and visitors who come from all over the nation and the world by providing services that promote lifelong learning and literacy. You do not have to live in Pinehurst to get a free library card or to use our facilities.
EVENTS: Annual • Colloquiums with featured speakers of note • Hickory Golf Tournament • A Day of Golf on Pinehurst No. 2 • Farmers on the Green Upcoming Events for 2021 • Given To Go A Farm to Table meal prepared by Elliotts – February 12 – March 17 – April 13 – May 18
Low Country Boil/Halloween Party catered by Giff Fisher of White Rabbit Catering Inc. October 27, 2021
FUNDRAISING: Given Tufts is a 501(c)(3) organization. We need to support annual operations of $600K with fundraising and annual giving. Our Annual letter will be going out to our donors and patrons on November 20. If you would like to sign up to receive one please e-mail your mailing address to giventufts@gmail.com.
MAKE A GIFT: Credit card by calling the Tufts Archives 910.295.3642 or online at giventufts.org Given Tufts PO Box 159 Pinehurst NC 28370
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SERVICES: At Moore County Literacy Council, we serve children and adults who need help with their reading. We recruit, train and coach volunteers who tutor children and low literacy adults all over Moore County. Our goal is to increase literacy in Moore County to the highest rate in the Old North State. We will maximize the impact of our limited resources by (i) boldly raising the awareness of low literacy in Moore County, (ii) systematically identifying and coordinating the county’s literacy resources, (iii) energetically recruiting and training volunteers, using state of the art literacy resources to provide volunteers with meaningful and life affirming experiences, (iv) nurturing and developing additional literacy
programs and funding resources, and (v) strategically providing literacy counselling and tutoring in our own facilities.
Our mission is to work with others to significantly improve literacy in Moore County in ways that are measurable and immeasurable.
EVENTS: Christmas in the Pines is our principal annual fundraiser. Visit our website for more information. Fundraising: Each year we need to raise between $200,000 and $250,000 to support our reading programs. We are a proud partner of the United Way of Moore County. Each year, during the months of September and October, all of our fundraising is done through the United Way. We ask that all our friends, and anyone who cares about literacy, to support the United Way.
Volunteer Opportunities: We are so proud of our 150 volunteers who support the Literacy Council. We are currently seeking additional volunteers to assist with our Adult One-to-One tutoring program. If interested, contact Ms. Heather Lussier, Programs Coordinator, Moore
County Literacy Council, 910-6925954 or heather@mcliteracy.org.
MAKE A GIFT: United Way of Moore County P.O. Box 207 Southern Pines, North Carolina 28388 mcliteracy.com
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BUILDING GAME CHANGERS Our work at First Tee – Sandhills is not about improving your golf score, it’s about strengthening what you bring to everything you do, including golf! We’ve spent over 15 years building experiences to empower kids through a lifetime of new challenges and continuous personal growth. Experiences are our greatest teacher. We believe in developing the ones that are just as fun as they are meaningful, where kids feel excited to grow, safe to fail, and better equipped for whatever comes their way next.
OUR DELIVERY: By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, we create active learning experiences that build inner strength, self – confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do.
OUR IMPACT: Young people in our programs are…
OUR PROMISE: First Tee – Sandhills is a youth development organization that enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges.
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PRESENTING EXCEPTIONAL CONCERTS THAT ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE AND INSPIRE AUDIENCES ABOUT THE CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC:
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Join us for live-streaming special events! In the meantime, be safe. Visit www.carolinaphil.org for more info. Let the music move you, transform you, transport you. Experience the Joy of Exceptional Music.
THE CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC - PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT:
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During the current health crisis, The Carolina Philharmonic’s first priority is your safety. All currently scheduled public performances are on hold. As we weather the storm together, let’s
Each year with no federal or state assistance we need to raise $200,000 to support our music education programs for the children of Moore County. We fundraise throughout the year for children’s
We provide opportunities for thousands of local children every year to experience the joy of exceptional music through interactive orchestral programs in partnership with schools across the region. music programs. This year between Encore! Kids (K – 3), Link Up (4th graders) and our Junior Orchestra we have about 3,500 total students in our programs.
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November PineNeedler By Mart Dickerson
ACROSS 1. ___ donna 6. A worry wort pulled out his _____ (part 1) 10. “Piece of cake!” 14. Talk too much (hyph) 15. Aware of or about to find out 16. Old pear-shaped stringed instrument 17. Prefix with red 18. Brown balsam used in perfume and medicine 19. Historical periods 20. Convene 21. Some insurance policy coverage 23. Group of plotters 25. Cafeteria-goers 26. Horse handler 28. High clouds 30. Schuss, e.g. 31. Long for 33. One of the Seven Dwarfs 37. Boxer Spinks 39. Big mess 41. “Forget it!” 42. Dog tag datum 44. Atmosphere level 46. Grassland 47. Hot dog, in kid’s speak 49. “All I can say is a _____” (last part) 51. Brought out 54. Wait on 55. Changed the house around 58. “Castaway” setting 61. Part of a nuclear arsenal, for short
Timely Limerick
62. Exec’s note 63. Chicken on a stick 64. “I wonder why I even ___?” (part 2) 65. Biology lab supply 66. Mountain crest 67. Way, way off 68. A bit of 69. Ancient stringed instruments DOWN 1. Proper 2. Ancient alphabetic character 3. “I’m fighting ______” (part 3) 4. Human 5. Collection, possessions 6. Monopoly purchase 7. Celeb’s ox 8. __ be a cold day in hell ... 9. Carpenter’s tool, or computer need 10. “And then there’s _______!” (part 4) 11. Surrounding glows 12. Beatles’ Ringo 13. Affirmatives 21. Rabbits 22. Not soft 24. Ottoman governor 26. Norway capital 27. Twist 28. Inane 29. Data 32. Soon, to a bard 34. 1970s cloth 35. Fencing blade 36. Calendar span
38. Stranger in town 40. Dismantle a guitar string, say 43. Oboe description 45. Make a mistake 48. Medical swellings 50. Bird sanctuary 51. “All My Children” vixen 52. Coffee order 53. Phantom, shadow 54. Sleep annoyance 56. Toy connecting brick piece
57. Mosque V.I.P. 59. When repeated, like some shows 60. Peepers 63. “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria owner
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Don’t Forget to Write
By Ruth Moose
As a child during World War II,
I lived with my grandparents on a farm near Cottonville in Stanly County, North Carolina. With gas rationing, there was no traffic and so quiet we could hear the mailman long before we could see the cloud of dust his car made on the unpaved road. In a world turned upside down and torn apart, mail was the only thing we could count on. We lived for the mail. It meant the world to us. We had the radio and a weekly newspaper, also delivered by the mailman. But letters told us the people we loved were safe. At least for the time being. My grandparents’ four children were in four corners of the world: my father stationed in France; my Uncle Tom a navigator with the Army Air Corps in London; my Aunt Pearl, an Army nurse, was with MacArthur’s troops in the Philippines; and my Uncle Edgar, who had just graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a masters in physics was in Washington, D.C., and alternately, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Each of them wrote a letter home every week. You could depend on it. And my grandparents wrote back. When two weeks went by without a letter from her daughter, my grandmother was more than worried, fearing the worst. She sent inquiries. Discovered my aunt was in this country, hospitalized with a mental and physical breakdown. But she was alive and recovered. The mail not only brought letters each week but also a brand new, fresh copy of my grandmother’s favorite reading, The Saturday Evening Post. That was her recreation, her relaxation, her reward at the end of each long, worried day. On special occasions the mailman might bring a box of Whitman’s Sampler, picked up from a PX somewhere I’m sure. We rationed a single chocolate a day as long as it lasted. The mailman also brought books! My aunt in D.C. was a librarian and regularly mailed me books, books that were read aloud to me
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until I taught myself to read. Poems from A Child’s Garden of Verses, The Adventures of Peter Rabbit and others. Books were magic doors to a larger world and gave me a lifelong love of the printed word, of learning, of no greater pleasure than reading. When the war was over, they all came home, wounded in body, mind and spirit, but thankfully alive. They continued the weekly letters home and to each other the rest of their lives. After my grandfather died, the farm was sold and my grandmother lived three months at a time with her four children: my aunt a school nurse in New Jersey; my uncle on the faculty at N.C. State in Raleigh; Uncle Edgar teaching at Georgia State; and my family in Albemarle. Always letters back and forth, specialty cards for all the occasions. Cards to be kept and displayed on mantels and dressers. Cards to be re-enjoyed for days and weeks following. Not the same as today’s emails, a blink here and gone forever. I remember getting an e-condolence card after my husband’s death and crying in frustration. If the sender really wanted to send some sympathy, they could have bought a card, or written a note, signed, addressed, stamped and mailed it. An e-condolence was a quick click and no more thought than that. Obligation over. Sadly none of the old letters survived. Tossed in the purging of estates after a death; nieces, nephews, cousins, grandchildren who saw them as only pieces of paper, not family history. During the pandemic, I’ve being purging files, boxes from storage and attics. Deep in one box I was amazed to find my letters to my husband, who was then my boyfriend during our four college years. He had somehow, somewhere, kept them and they had survived many moves, packing and unpacking. Don’t tell me emails could do that. Not in a million years. Yellowed and with three-cent stamps, the letters tell the story of a summer romance that lasted over 50 years. I’ve been reading, alternately laughing and crying. We were so young. So 1950s crazy and scared. The question is: Will my sons want these letters? My grandchildren? I can only hope. PS Ruth Moose taught Introduction to Writing Short Fiction at UNCChapel Hill for 15 years. Her students have since published New York Times Bestsellers and are getting Netflixed. She recently returned to her roots in the Uwharrie Mountains. The Art & Soul of the Sandhills
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