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From the Publisher JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 Sandhills Media Group, Inc. publisher/Editor Sioux Watson Advertising Sales Michelle Palladino • 910.992.0633 michelle@pinehurstmagazine.com Sioux Watson Kathleen Moran Charis Painter Ashley Carter creative director Travis Aptt graphic design Lori Lay | Jennifer Heinser

Happy New Year! Our team here at the offices of Pinehurst Magazine has an exciting editorial year lined up for our readers and advertisers, and we are anxious to get started. By the time you are reading this letter our favorite creative director (and the glue that keeps us all together), Travis Aptt, will be a new father, and probably out on paternity leave for a while. We promise to post pictures of the new office bundle of joy.

It’s an annual cycle; there is a big bump in memberships at gyms and fitness centers during January. All clubs benefit financially from the New Year’s resolutions that folks optimistically make every January, and our health and fitness section explores some ways to get your body fit, and your mind and soul as well. Be sure to read how some Sandhills running clubs can jumpstart your social and physical life in 2016.

In this issue we bring you a planning guide for the new modern bride, and some real-life stories of how local couples met and eventually tied the knot. There

are also unusual venues, registry ideas and lots of lovely wedding gowns! We asked readers to send in some of their most breathtaking wedding photos, and the response was fantastic!

Love it or hate it? Since Valentine’s Day is upon us, we spoke to people on the street and asked them what special things they do on their own or with a partner on Valentine’s Day. Who among you have not yet been to Betsy’s Crepes? Adam Sobsey focuses on Betsy Markey, the woman behind the scenes of this Southern Pines institution, in this issue’s Sunday Supper column.

Adam has eaten there so often she’s named a crepe after him!

Enjoy the issue, and as always send me ideas for future stories and tell me what you liked in this one!

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Departments 12 Professional Spotlight 14 Ask the Pro 16 19th Hole *New 18 Sunday Supper 20 Historical Treasures

24 The Wedding Guide Wedding Dresses, Local Venues, Food and Alternative Registry Ideas.

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40 Breathtaking Images We asked you to send us your most beautiful wedding photos!

42 Clean Eating A nutritional approach that encourages the consumption of whole foods and grains.

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Karen Backall and Ray Metzger

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Physical therapists, Karen Backall and Ray Metzger, are united in life as husband and wife as well as in their vocation. Along with their staff and five dogs, they help people restore mobility and fitness and decrease pain.

Their practice is in Pinehurst’s Olmstead Village.

Their dogs, four Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Buster, a small breed of unknown ancestry, are part of the team.

Karen says, “They come to work with us most days. We have found that the dogs not only help our clients relax, but also lower their blood pressure, and the dogs seem to sense when someone needs a nuzzle.”

Ray has been a physical therapist for 45 years and Karen for 26. They met at FirstHealth. Ray was the head of the physical therapy department when Karen, who had degrees in biology and psychology, was studying there for her master’s degree in physical therapy. Ray was her boss.

“Now Karen is the manager and I work for her,” says Ray. Before becoming a physical therapist, Karen taught modern jazz dance and fitness to dancers of the Pennsylvania ballet. She realized she loved teaching and the fitness side of dance. Ray has been involved with helping people since he was 16 and his mom signed him up to volunteer at the Red Cross. The next summer they offered him a paying job. At one time he considered being an orthopedic surgeon.

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“We are both interested in education and continuing to expand our toolbox of new skills and techniques in our field to better help our clients,” says Ray. Karen added, “ We are fortunate that the company we work for encourages education and more importantly does not put time constraints on us.

Our clients are not just a number to be rushed in and out.

Our results have been very successful. Clients meet their neighbors here, and we are all like family.”

Karen and Ray recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and live on their farm with five horses, five dogs and seven cats. When they are not working, Karen loves to ride and one day hopes to earn a bronze medal in dressage.

Ray loves hunting and is a certified ice hockey level five coach.

He coached the Fort Bragg ‘Dragons’ for two years. Together they love to ballroom dance, and competed in the Moore Dancing with the Stars competition.

Karen says, “Our professional goals are to teach people about their own bodies and how to keep it healthy so they have a better quality of life and don’t need us anymore.”

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Native Son Living Tennis Dream by david droschak | Photos courtesy of the pinehurst resort

Matt Downing is a native of Moore County and is kind of living his dream as director of tennis at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. The 43-year-old Downing attended nearby Pinecrest High School and helped his tennis team win the conference championship his senior year. And he also played collegiately for the only two years tennis was a sport at Sandhills Community College. Downing, who has worked at Pinehurst Resort for two decades, recently discussed the state of tennis at one of the world’s iconic golf resorts in the latest installment of Pinehurst Magazine’s “Ask the Pro.” Q: How do golf and tennis co-exist at Pinehurst Resort?

A: Golf is king here and it always will be. But the biggest comment we hear from new members or resort guests is how nice of a tennis facility we have, with 16 clay courts with a full-line pro shop and a fitness center inside. Most are not really aware of it until they get here and see it because they always see so much golf marketing about the resort.

Q: Do golfers play tennis and tennis players play golf ?

A: Absolutely. It’s nothing to see our members playing tennis in the morning and then slipping their golf shoes on in the locker room and heading out for 9 or 18 holes with their club groups they play with. We get quite a

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bit of cross-over. I would say probably 50 percent of our tennis membership plays golf and our tennis membership is around 300.

Q: What type of trends are you seeing in tennis at

the resort?

A: The biggest thing we’ve seen the last three to four years has been the change in age of our members. We’re getting more family members and more kids. Our junior programs are much busier in the summer. We average six weeks of camps and now have 50-70 kids in a camp weekend. We never saw that when I was first here. We would have maybe 20 kids. The new pool has been a huge attraction as far as the location, it being next to the tennis courts.

Q: What has been your biggest tennis thrill

at Pinehurst?

A: We had the U.S. Clay Court Championships here three years in the mid 1990s and I got to warm up some of the touring pros, guys like Tim Wilkison and Vince Spadea, who at the time was ranked 25th in the world. I was 26 at the time and had just started at the resort. It was amazing how good those guys were. No matter what shot I hit it was coming back way better than I hit it.

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If it’s true that your town isn’t on the map until it has its own beer, then it makes sense that the pioneers who planted the flag in Southern Pines came from the Army. Southern Pines Brewing Company was founded in 2014 by young veterans John Brumer, Jason Ginos and Micah Niebauer, three friends and Special Forces colleagues. After nine years of deployments between them, they were stationed at Fort Bragg.

“Part of the American dream,” Niebauer says, “is to come up with an idea, take some risks, start a business and see if it works.”

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It works. Barely a year and a half into its existence, SPBC’s taproom is already a popular and lively destination.

Pop in most nights and you’ll find a local running group rehydrating with a pint, golfers over from Pinehurst, folks winding down after work, families with little kids running around playing, and usually at least two of the three founders mingling with their clientele – and, often, working into the night in the state-of-the-art brewery, which requires tremendous (indeed military) diligence and engineering. In the words of Brumer, the intense-but-zen head brewer: “It’s for fun, but it’s not for fun.”

Although all three men hail from distant parts – Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin – they knew they wanted to set up shop in Moore County. Two of them have kids and moved here for the schools, and they loved the area generally (“an artisanal community,” Brumer says).

They also didn’t really need to “come up with an idea.” The trio had been home-brewing together for years, and that hatched the business plan. So they found an empty printing press building on North May Street, took on a ten-year lease (and a massive upfit project), and went to work.

This would just be a cute story if SPBC’s beer was only so-so, but it happens to be outstanding: remarkably varied, complex but hedonistic, and extremely technical – from carefully balanced reverse-osmosis water to precise hopping to the brewers’ strong, passionate understanding of the chemistry and history of beer. They make far out stuff like American wild ales and Mex-spiked porters, but there are also straightforward quaffers and everything in-between. And you don’t have to go to the taproom to find them; SPBC’s beer has a ubiquitous Sandhills presence. It’s easily good enough to spread far and wide, but for now the company is content here, practicing what Niebauer calls the “inch-wide, mile-deep” philosophy.

Actually, it says so right on their cans: “rooted in the community.”

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Betsy’s Crepes It would take a novel to do justice to Betsy Markey.

She’s a modern-day Mildred Pierce: an up-from-herbootstraps, against-allodds success. Almost every culinary culture in the world has a form of crepe deep in its history, she says, but hers is an American story. by adam sobsey

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Betsy’s Crepes, smack in the middle of town, is probably Southern Pines’ most popular restaurant. The food is hearty and inexpensive (she makes sure that “if you have five dollars, you can have a crepe and a drink”), and her clientele is as diverse as her crepes’ fillings.

The food is tasty, but what makes Betsy’s so beloved is how good it feels to be there. “I wanted it to seem like you’re at Grandma’s,” she says (and she is one herself, surprisingly, despite looking too young), “so I started collecting old farm tables and old chairs, cleaned my house out. All the decoration came from there, and yard sales.”

Full, proud disclosure: one of Betsy’s crepes, Le Sobsey, is named after me. I custom-ordered the same build-yourown crepe three times (artichoke hearts, scrambled eggs and melted brie), and Betsy put it on the menu. She’s that kind of person: curious about people, warm and inclusive with her customers, always trying new things, and unafraid of taking chances. She has roots here but grew up in Venice Beach, California, under strangely dissonant circumstances: she often found herself practically begging for food, but she also remembers African royalty cooking with her mother in her house. She wandered, married young, divorced, came home to the Sandhills, and waited tables for years – almost everyone who comes into Betsy’s seems to know her from somewhere or another. Finally,

she mortgaged everything to finance her restaurant.

She chose crepes partly because of a place her grandfather took her on Sunday nights long ago. “The menu had German pancakes – crepes – super-thin, rolled up with just lemon and sugar, and I always ordered that.”

Years later, when she was planning her own restaurant, “I was with my youngest son and we went into a place that had crepes. I ordered them and took one bite and said, ‘This is it.’”

That son, Jack Manning, grew up working at Betsy’s.

When he finished high school he wanted to move to Wilmington, so Betsy opened a second location of her creperie there for him to run with one of his best friends. It opened last July. She also bought them a house. Jack is just 20 years old, but he’s making it work in Wilmington. He’s resilient like his mother, who often drives down to help out.

Crepe batter can have as few as four ingredients, and the filling is anything you like. The magic is in the technique. Fortunately, Betsy’s recipe makes plenty of batter, because you’ll probably have to tolerate some early mistakes (or buy the packaged mix right from Betsy’s).

It’s all a lot like life, really, and don’t think Betsy doesn’t know it. “There have been times when I’ve been back there cooking and crying,” she says, “but this community has been awesome.”

BETSY’S CREPE RECIPE

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2. Put a shallow, nonstick 9" (or wider) pan on medium or medium-high heat, depending on your burner. Spray with cooking oil or use butter. If using butter, let foam subside, then slowly pour a thin stream of batter into the center of the pan, about 1/3 cup for an 8" crepe. Swirl the pan around to coat it with a thin layer of batter. Cook about 45 seconds until there is no more liquid on the surface of the crepe.

Flip with a spatula (or your wrist), cook an additional 20-30 seconds. Slide the crepe onto a plate, fill with your favorite ingredients, fold and serve.

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The John Oates House at Woodlake Country Club is as old as our nation - possibly older. by corbie hill

You can’t hang mirrors on the walls of the Historical John A. Oates House, clubhouse of Woodlake Country Club in Vass. Sure, you can try, but they’ll end up in pieces on the floor. It’s as if the Oates House, in its 250 years, has become particular about how it is decorated.

“I feel like it’s not haunted,” Woodlake Director of Marketing and Social Events Joy Watson Mataxis says, though it’s not not haunted. “I feel like it has this feminine personality in it. I don’t know if it’s Mrs. Oates, but it’s very welcoming.” From when Mataxis walks in the door to when she has to work nights, she feels enveloped by the warmth of the house. If Mrs. Oates knocks the occasional mirror off the wall, she can be forgiven: it was her house first, after all.

Today this stately Southern manor overlooks a 1,300-acre lake and contains a restaurant, a grand dining room, and a bar. Today it’s a wedding destination – NFL team owners will cross the country to wed here, while humanitarian and former President Jimmy Carter’s grand-nephew Jason Stapleton had his ceremony at the Oates House, with Carter and former first lady Rosalynn in attendance. Yet it’s only been at Woodlake 20 years.

It was in Fayetteville for ten times as long – and it has

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only been known as the Oates House in relatively recent history. The house itself may date to the American Revolution, if not before.

It was once called the Hooper-Barge House, Lucile Johnson wrote in a December 5th, 1982 Fayetteville Observer-Times story. Lewis Barge, a French hatter, moved to Cross Creek – soon to be renamed Fayetteville – and started buying real estate in 1763. One house in particular was special, and he eventually left it to his son.

“I devise and bequeath to my son George Barge and his heirs forever the house and lot in Fayetteville in which he now lives near the courthouse,” read his 1806 will.

In 1808 the younger Barge bought a small neighboring house for $250 from George Hooper of Wilmington, whose brother William was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The houses were soon joined and, in 1813, Barge sold them both. The Hooper-Barge house went through a number of owners throughout the 19th century, culminating in the Cain and Dodd families. In 1897, John A. Oates married Emma Cain Dodd – by 1923, the house was his. Emma soon died and Oates remarried and raised a family.

He was a lawyer, teacher, historian and author – a prominent citizen for sure. During WWII he opened

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the sunroom to Fort Bragg soldiers, who stayed in it rather than the overcrowded base. Later, when future president Dwight D. Eisenhower was attending a nearby parade, an aide offered to bring Oates over so the two could meet.

“Don’t bring him over,” Eisenhower reportedly told the aide.

“I’ll go to him.”

After Isabelle Oates Hunter, John Oates’ second wife, died in 1990, the house remained uninhabited for years. Some prospective buyers wanted to tear it down; some wanted to open a deli – others, a law office; some wanted to restore it and live there, but the family held out. Finally, in 1995, they sold it to Woodlake, which had lost its clubhouse to a 1989 fire. The Oates house was carefully taken apart and trucked to Vass. Mataxis was a young girl at the time, and she watched with wonder as the grand Southern mansion traveled down the boulevard to its Woodlake home.

“I love it,” says Mataxis. “I pretend it’s my house.”

The glass, the three working fireplaces and the columns are all original. The wood floors, the furniture, and some of the art came with the house. “You literally feel like you’re back in time when you’re in it,” Mataxis says. “You should see people’s reactions when they walk in.”

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Reversible Throw-on Cape

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The Stressless Mayfair Recliner

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Green Tea

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Plaid Poncho

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Moisture-Rich Cream

Obagi Hydrate Luxe. Moisture-rich cream. >> The Laser Institute of Pinehurst, $72

Healthy Skin Regimen

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Wedding Guide How to buy a Wedding Gown How exciting to reach the decision to get married.

One of the first images that pop into most new brides-to-be imaginations is what they will be wearing on that auspicious day. Magazines devoted to the latest bridal fashions abound, and unlimited images are available online. There is nothing like going to an actual bridal store and seeing with your own eyes the shades of white and off-white, the fabrics, the textures and dress designs available. b y s i o u x w at s o n d r e s s e s ava i l a b l e at b r i d e s , e t c .

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WHEN TO START Wedding planning experts suggest ordering a gown nine to twelve months in advance since many dresses are made to order, and come from faraway places like China.

Gowns made in the US, Canada and Europe should be ordered four to seven months in advance. If your budget includes bridal portraits prior to the wedding, most photographers need six to eight weeks to finalize the bridal portrait that is revealed at the reception.

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HOW MUCH TO SPEND Very few young couples get to plan a wedding with “money as no object”.

Sit down with an interactive wedding budget planner and decide early on what to spend on a dress. Sonja Lawrence of Brides, Etc in Southern Pines wisely shares, “Deciding on a budget will be extremely helpful when dealing with wedding vendors.

Knowing your limits helps you not to get overwhelmed with all the choices.

Keep in mind, ‘if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing right,’ which means don’t try to do everything – don’t spread your budget too thin trying to do everything – because you will end up doing it halfway.”

SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS Scheduling an appointment during the week (Monday through Friday, 10am-5pm) allows for a more serene and relaxing atmosphere and individual attention from shop assistants. Set up appointments with local stores first to put less pressure on yourself that a choice must be made in a hurry. Lawrence says, “Smaller boutiques offer more personal service that larger chain stores and not nearly as much pressure. By shopping with your local store, you can access their referrals for

other wedding vendors like cakes, photographers, florists, etc. Industry locals always know who is the best, most economical, and has a solid positive reputation.”

WHO TO BRING ALONG Watch one episode of Say Yes to the Dress and you will understand how a group of shoppers can hijack a bride’s most personal decision. Bring your best friend and your mother at the most; shopping alone for a dress is also fine.

Most brides find their dress by process of elimination, whittling down a selection to their top three choices and then honing in on “the one”.

KEEP AN OPEN MIND TO STYLES Your local bridal gown consultants are experts at what styles look good on different body types. Take pictures of styles you like from magazines to show a consultant what appeals to you, and as long as a dress falls within your price range, be open to flattering styles she recommends for your figure.

Often a bride ends up with a dress she loves in a style that previously never occurred to her.

THAT’S NOT MY SIZE! (Sizing and Alterations) It is a mystery to brides why wedding gowns tend to run so small in the sizing. Susan Neville at Traditions by Anna in North Hills, Raleigh says, “Keep in mind bridal gowns run very small compared to everyday wear, so brides should not get hung up on numbers. Boutiques typically keep just a couple of sizes in stock and use tools like clips to show how a properly fit gown will look,” she continues. “The designer styles we carry typically only take four to seven months to complete.” Lawrence adds, “It doesn’t matter what size your dress label says, unless of course you wear it wrong side out!” What matters most is the fit. If a gown doesn’t fit you properly, it doesn’t matter how much money you spend on the gown.”

ONLINE PURCHASES (it didn’t look like that in the pictures!)

Go online and it’s easy and instructive to find examples of women who have had the misfortune of buying a dress online at a “bargain” price only to receive the promised dress in the mail looking NOTHING like the photo. For more information on online scams and counterfeiting issues, go to the American Bridal and Prom Industry Association website: http://www.abpia.org.

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Shannon and Robert b y s i o u x w at s o n

May 23rd, 2015 Weymouth Center Gardens Libby McGowan Photography

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hannon grew up in Little Washington, NC and went to Raleigh to attend Peace College, while Robert lived his whole life in Southern Pines until he attended Methodist College in Fayetteville.

The two met after Robert moved to Raleigh with his accounting position at Dixon Hughes Goodman.

While apartment hunting in 2010 he strolled into the property management offices at Arden Woods, where Shannon helped him fill out an application, and they started going out. Things stayed pretty casual, but the relationship got serious after Shannon attended Robert’s brother Will’s wedding near Southern Pines.

Shannon began working in operations for The Select Group, an IT staffing company. By March 2014, Shannon had grown close to Robert and his family, and was a regular at family gatherings. At Will’s birthday weekend the guys scheduled rounds of golf while the women enjoyed a spa day at Pine Needles. Unbeknownst to Shannon, Robert had an elaborate surprise planned that included all the family and close Raleigh friends. As the two women walked to meet the guys for dinner at the Pine Needles Restaurant, her sister-in-law suggested a photo with the guys as they came off the golf course. Once there, Shannon found her future husband on bended knee, where he 28 Pinehurstmagazine.com

asked her to marry him as the cameras flashed. The four of them walked over to the restaurant where 20 friends and family cheered from the balcony, then all joined in for a huge dinner party celebration.

A year later the couple married on a Saturday evening at the Weymouth Center over the Memorial Day weekend. “The weather was perfect because we followed the old Southern tradition of burying a bottle of bourbon on the grounds of the garden where we were to be married, a month beforehand, said Shannon. “Traditionally you pick a day which has the weather you want for your wedding day, and it ensures you do – it worked too!”

The Weymouth Center is a block from the family home where Robert grew up and his parents still live. The ceremony was held at 5pm in the gardens, and the reception was in a tent adjacent to the back of the house.

Robert and his groomsmen wore navy seersucker suits, and red, white and blue bowties in honor of Memorial Day. Shannon had a Nicole Miller ivory sheath gown with a lace backing, and her attendants wore long navy dresses. Bouquets and centerpieces by Botanics were filled with peonies, roses and pinecones.

The couple waited until December to honeymoon, when the North Carolina weather was cooler, in order to better enjoy the warmth of a Jamaican honeymoon. They both work in Raleigh and reside in Cary.

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ames (Jim) Schmalenberger and Robert (Bob) Lowery spoke their wedding vows on January 21st, 2015, on the beginning day of their 20th year as a couple.

Their wedding took place at the Lake O’ the Woods Plantation in Warren County, North Carolina, a lovely, elegant venue which consists of a fully restored 1850s manor home surrounded by 85 acres of rural farmland.

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Introductory Special Includes: Bob and Jim had lived in Warrenton since 1996, during which time they purchased and restored a pre-Civil War home (Tarwater House) and developed a social network of friends who were joyfully supportive of this new beginning in their lives. “We had watched children grow up, get married and start their own families,” Bob remembers. “We had comforted our friends in the passing of older family members, and had constantly been in and out of each other’s kitchens and dining rooms. Our impromptu front-porch cocktail parties were legendary, so much so that the older kids renamed the Tarwater House, the ‘Firewater House’.”

The Tarwater House had been a project of theirs since 1996, when Jim, who earlier had been the 12th person inducted into the National Association of Display Designers Hall of Fame, retired from Foley’s department store in Houston, Texas, where he had held the post of Director of Visual Display. Jim put all his efforts into restoring the house to its former grandeur.

And at the time, Bob was making a daily three-hour round trip to his job with IBM in Raleigh. But the work on the house brought the two of them closer together, as they saw their dreams of reviving this old neglected home begin to take shape. Their home has become one of the grand old mansions that were once owned by President Polk’s family, many of whom still live in Warrenton today.

However, a move was in their future. Friends of theirs in Warrenton, Fred and Lisa Shrank, sold their home and moved to Pinehurst. Lisa, a decorator, invited Jim and Bob to come to Pinehurst so that she and Jim could collaborate on renovating her dining room. Jim was so impressed with this lovely town that he turned to Bob and said, “We are selling Tarwater and moving to Pinehurst.” That happened nine years ago, and, as Bob says, “The rest is history.”

Jim and Bob pulled up stakes and made the move.

Now, nine years later, they have grown to love their new home. Bob no longer makes the commute to Raleigh, but works in Pinehurst and goes home for lunch with Jim. “Our friends here have all been supportive of our accomplishments,” says Bob, “and we continue to love, grow, and look after each other.”

“We both feel that those early years when we couldn’t be married strengthened our commitment and our caring for one another. The constant in our lives is that we have each other, and the key to our success is that we respect the commitment we gave to each other – not only last January, but for all of our time together.”

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Rubicon Farm West End, NC

The rustic three-bedroom cabin sits on nearly 50 acres and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. Built in the 1820s by Scottish owners, the Cole family acquired the property in the 1850s and owned Rubicon until 1968. Current Winston-Salem owners Elizabeth Norfleet and Russell Sugg purchased the property in 2005 and continued restorations of the heartpine, Federal-style house to create a comfortable getaway for their family, with guidance from Preservation NC. Since Fall 2013 they have offered it as a venue for weddings, corporate retreats, pig-pickings, parties with live music and more.

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The site offers multiple places for a marriage ceremony, including a garden and gazebo. Elizabeth has been involved in many charitable fundraisers and knows the cost involved in event planning. Her vision has always been to share Rubicon Farm as a special place, and wants to help young couples keep expenses down for a sweet yet affordable wedding. She takes great pride in assisting brides and new couples in having a special day that doesn’t break the bank. “Newlyweds need to save their money for a house downpayment, not spend it on a wedding!” she says. The cookbook writer/owner also teaches cooking classes by request. Additionally, the three-bedroom house is available for up to five persons on VRBO. www.rubiconfarmnc.com.

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Rehearsal Dinners

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Weddings

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Dutch entrepreneur Chris Verwoerdt and wife Lisa lived on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill in the late nineties when Chris got it in his head to move to the country. They bought a 62-acre farm with a rundown farmhouse and started renovating. Over the next decade the renovations continued on and off, the farmyard filling up with pet cats, dogs, miniature horses, an Arabian horse, goats and even a rescue donkey. Two family members got married at the farm, and then one day a stranger drove down the driveway and asked if she could have her wedding there. Lisa was intrigued enough to attend a local monthly International Special Events Society meeting, where a wedding planner took her under her wing when she showed her a photo of her farm with its large, impressive barn. So smitten was the wedding planner, who was about to retire, she offered to help organize a “Grand Opening” event as her last hurrah before retiring for good. The Het Landhuis (www.hetlandhuis.com) Grand Opening was held in August 2010 and this past year, their fourth full season, they hosted 26 weddings. Lisa runs the farm and wedding venue business, while Chris continues with his business Starpoint Storage, a document/records management and storage company in Chapel Hill.

The John Oates House at Woodlake Country Club Vass, NC

Originally constructed in 1792 in nearby Fayetteville, NC, the Oates House first served as an inn, and later became the home of John A. Oates, a judge, historian and civic leader. The historic home was purchased by Woodlake Country Club in 1995, and moved piece by piece before being restored to its original grandeur, on the club’s lake near Vass, just 20 minutes northwest of Southern Pines. The Southern mansion is now utilized as Woodlake’s clubhouse, and is home to a full-service restaurant with commercial kitchen and banquet facilities for weddings, celebrations and events.

Woodlake evokes a certain Southern charm, in large part because of the 220-year-old historical Oates House. It is nestled in the rolling Sandhills and dramatically overlooks the manmade 1,200-acre lake.

Modern amenities, such as the floor-to-ceiling dining room windows, offer particularly stunning lake view panoramas for wedding party or event diners alike. There are also glimpses of the two adjoining Woodlake legendary designed golf courses. The house has several rooms with original fireplaces, and is decorated with antiques that create the feeling of Southern charm hundreds of years ago, a perfect setting for any memorable wedding or special event.

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Nuptials Noshing

Wow Guests With Next-Level Comfort, Kitsch and Nostalgia

by Karlie Justus Marlowe

If food is a love language,

the perfect place to turn up the volume is at a wedding reception. Brides and grooms are planning menus meant not only to fill guests up, but to introduce visitors to local specialties, entertain them with one-of-a-kind experiences

and even share their history as a couple.

What’s new and next? Wedding industry veteran Lorin Laxton, vice president of the Triangle-based Catering Works, offers up a few tips and tried-and-tasted suggestions.

Locavore Love “Brides now demand food made with local ingredients not only for freshness and environmental reasons, but also to introduce guests who have traveled in from different locations to local specialties,” said Laxton, who counts local cheese tables, barbeque with both eastern and western sauces, and meats braised in beers from North Carolina breweries like Aviator and Big Boss brewing companies as popular local choices.

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“These options give weddings a farmers market feel,” said Laxton. And don’t stop with the food – consider sending guests home with locally grown favors like a peck of North Carolina apples, a jar of local honey or a mixed six-pack of favorite backyard breweries.

What’s Old is New Again

Blame it on #ThrowbackThursday – traditional dishes once considered stuffy and dated are making their ways back onto menus with a wink and a twist. Think duck a l’orange phyllo bites, crab claws with pink lemonade butter or an old-school Baked Alaska with salted caramel gelato.

Vintage cocktails also make the cut, often crafted with specialty bitters or sweetened vinegars known as shrubs for a Gatsby-era feel. Laxon suggests the Pippin Aperitif, a refreshing cocktail made with apple shrub, dry vermouth, lemon juice and club soda, or the Fitzgerald, made with gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and orange bitters.

“These drinks really reference that Cotton Club era with a classy twist,” said Laxton.

Mini Mania Small plate stations are a modern riff on old-school buffets, and an opportunity to have fun with comfort foods. Think donut holes with a shot of milk, half-dollar sized grilled cheese sandwiches in a spoonful of tomato soup and crunchy taco bites served with a mini-margarita chaser.

“Mini-sized foods are still on trend and are a great option for cocktail hour because they travel well around the room,” said Laxton, who also suggests sliders as an easy riff on full-sized burgers and sandwiches. Use them to play up geographical areas important to the bride and groom, like North Carolina pork sliders or Catering Works’ Nashville hot chicken sliders with pickles.

Interactive Stations Intriguing live presentations amp up the reception experience and add excitement. Try a s’mores bar that trades in a campfire for a crème brûlée torch, fresh guacamole mixed on demand or oysters shucked to order and served with specialty hot sauces.

Another way to highlight North Carolina seafood in an unforgettable fashion: Catering Works’ smoked scallop with roasted tomatoes and mashed potatoes is presented in a sealed, miniature Mason jar to preserve its signature smoky flavor.

When guests open the jars, the smoke is released before the first bite.

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Registry Ideas

for the Modern couple B y S i o u x W at s o n

The modern couple comes in all shapes and sizes in 2016. From first-time-round couples in their 40s, to couples who have multiple marriages behind them, to same-sex couples, to two people who have children first and THEN decide to get hitched; all are the new normal. Traditional registries were designed to help newlyweds who came to marriage straight from the original family home without a pot or pan to their united name. Today’s modern couple still in their twenties has more than likely already been cohabitating and has accumulated enough rudimentary household items to host a dinner party, let alone dinner for two, and betrothed big city dwellers don’t need more stuff to fill their tiny one-bedroom walk-ups; thus couples are adding new twists to the traditional wedding registries in unique ways that offer wedding guests more options than ever to give meaningful and useful wedding gifts.

Melissa and Wade, both in their 40s, met just after Melissa had applied to adopt a child on her own. A year later, when they were married, the only thing found on

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the registry on the couple’s wedding blog was a “baby fund”. The wording went something along these lines: Truly the only thing we ask is your presence at our Big Day. If you insist on giving us a gift, it would be great if you wanted to help us with the expense of bringing a baby to our marriage, whether it be through adoption or an expensive medical procedure.”

While it has always been acceptable to give a cash gift to the newlyweds, via an assortment of “honeyfund” websites couples can now spell out the specifics of a Honeymoon they would love to have help paying for.

Our creative director, Travis Aptt, and his wife Ashley planned their honeymoon at an all-inclusive hotel in the Riviera Maya, but wanted to add on some day trips and extra experiences outside of the resort. They used honeyfund.com to let friends and relatives opt to pay for a side trip to Mayan ruins and a snorkeling/diving trip to see tropical fish and sea turtles.

A review on weddingwire about honeyfund.com: “Very easy to set up, and no problems with receiving the money. We advertised it on our wedding page and in our registry announcement with the invitations.

We received about $500 (we requested $3,000) on the site. However, we received over $2,500 from checks and cash at the wedding. It’s a neat idea, but it seems only younger couples are using it and the older family members and friends stick to what they know. “ Local Raleigh couple Greg and Heather decided to use their registry to help raise money for a specific cause they were passionate about, and raised funds for the Human Rights Campaign.

Some websites are geared to couples that wish to raise donations to charity in lieu of gifts.

One popular site is the I Do Foundation, where couples can create a registry, chose charitable favors, and purchase charity gift cards to hand to attendants as gifts. The site is “the nation’s first wedding-focused nonprofit”, and has raised over $ 6.5 million from more than 75,000 couples in the past 10 years.

Breathtaking Images We asked our readers to submit their most breathtaking wedding images and they did not disappoint. While we would have loved to show you everyone’s photo, we thought the following images could only be described as “breathtaking”.

Jimbo and Kelli Rattz November 14, 2014 Blue Glass Photography St. Thomas, USVI

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Britt and Travis Driggers April 25, 2015 Comfort Inn South Oceanfront Nags Head, NC Photo by Audra Krieg

Mollyrose and Kendall Wannamaker, Jr. September 19, 2015 The Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, NC Photo by Jennifer Bearden Photography

Danielle and Tommy Meza September 12, 2015 River Run Farm in Valle Crucis, NC Photo by Marie Freeman

Peggy and Alan February 29, 2012 Whispering Pines Photo by Sayer Photography

Rachel Stewart and Brandon Shell June 27, 2015 | Cotton Gin Barn in Matthews, NC | Laura Ingram Photography

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Brittany Page May 15, 2015 Pinehurst No. 2 Golf Course Photo by Sayer Photography

Jennifer Eades and Joshua Ligon August 9, 2014 | Sanford, NC | Photography: Weddings by Wendy & Brook

April and Robert Bortins March 1, 2014 The Carolina Hotel Pinehurst, NC Photo by George DeLisle

Lauren and Kevin Williams October 11, 2015 The Elk Reservation, Cataloochee, NC Photo by Aaron Hogsed | aaronimaging.com

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Eating

CLEAN

Here’s the Dirt on What’s Hot in Nutrition b y C a r l a T u r c h e tt i

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lean eating isn’t a lifestyle

that encourages you to wash your fruits and vegetables really well. Clean eating is a nutritional approach that encourages the consumption of whole foods and grains while eliminating packaged and processed food options.

“Clean eating is about moving forward,” says Betsy Mikolajewski, Registered Licensed Dietician and co-owner of Carolina Nutrition Specialists in downtown Raleigh.

“Clean eating is about moving forward, choosing differently and observing the outcome.”

And it is a personal journey.

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“On your next grocery store visit you may spy an avocado - something you have eaten only in restaurants, but you never actually brought one home. You don’t even know how to cut it open, but today, you bring one home and a simple Google search teaches you avocado skills,” Betsy says.

Kelly Guess, the other co-owner of Carolina Nutrition Specialists, who is also a Registered Licensed Dietician, says clean eating has been sparked by changes in what we find at the grocery store.

“Today’s food is not the same as food from 25 years ago. In order to keep food plentiful and profitable and to gain loyal customers, today’s food is grown with more pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics and hormones. It is also processed with more sugar, in its many forms, plus more salt, synthetic flavors and colors than ever before.

Clean eating addresses these changes by advocating the purchase of food with the least amount of added chemicals, sugar and salt available,” Kelly says.

“For many decades we have been manipulating our food to be easy and fast,” Betsy says. “In the process we got lost. We forgot the subtle flavors of the avocado. We forgot the sweetness of the apple. We forgot the texture of a real tomato right off the vine.”

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Is Clean Food Organic?

So if you want to embrace clean eating, do your food choices have to be organic?

“The best way to do this is to buy certified organic foods and prepare them at home,” Kelly says. “Organic food cannot be grown with synthetic pesticides, herbicides, hormones or antibiotics. It can’t be processed using irradiation or genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which are plants designed to survive large doses of pesticides and herbicides during the growing process. The more organic foods you add to your diet, the less synthetic chemicals end up in your body, which is the idea behind clean.”

Kelly recommends always buying organic dairy products like milk, butter and cheese. She also recommends purchasing pasture-raised meat and eggs because the cows and chickens eat grass instead of grain.

She says in this country soybeans, corn, white potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa, canola, papaya and summer squash are mostly GMO, so she advises clients to purchase organic versions. And when it comes to produce, Kelly subscribes to the lists compiled by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

The EWG Dirty Produce List (buy organically): Apples Celery Cherry Tomatoes Cucumbers Grapes Nectarines Peaches Potatoes

Snap Peas Spinach Strawberries Sweet Bell Peppers Hot Peppers Kale Collards

The EWG Clean Fifteen (can buy conventionally) Asparagus Avocado Cabbage Cantaloupe Cauliflower Eggplant Grapefruit Kiwi

Mango Onion Papaya Pineapple Sweet Corn Frozen Sweet Peas Sweet Potatoes

But I’m Too Busy to Eat Clean!

Betsy and Kelly say menu planning is key for busy people to stop relying on cardboard boxes for their food. They say meals can be assembled and the slow cooker can be used to produce clean meals. And there

are clean convenience foods.

“There are so many pre-cut, pre-prepared and precooked items in the grocery stores these days,” Betsy says. “We enjoy taking clients to their usual grocery store and introducing them to items that are fast and nourishing.”

Farm to Table

When it comes to eating out, Clean Eating and the Farm-to-Table concept become intertwined.

“Farm-to-table is interested in decreasing the process that occurs between harvesting and consumption,” Betsy says.

Restaurants like Farm Table in Wake Forest believe in preparing dishes made from seasonal ingredients purchased from local sources.

“Guests are more knowledgeable and informed about the food and are curious about where it comes from,” says Laszlo Lukacsi, partner and owner at Farm Table. “I have always been a big believer in local trade, which usually translates into a handshake with the local farmers. The one and only thing that matters is quality.

We are able to inspect the product and visit the farms.

Working closely brings joy and fun.”

And it’s part of the current food journey.

“The clean food path is open-ended,” Betsy says.

“It’s the process of reconnecting to the idea that what we eat matters. It’s an exploration back to our roots when we ate whole foods, because that was all there was.”

Farm-to-Table Options elliots on linden 905 Linden Drive | Pinehurst A “Know Thy Food” initiative that shares the best locally-grown products with diners.

Ashten’s Restaurant 140 E. New Hampshire Avenue | Southern Pines Using local farms to provide ingredients for fine dining and catering.

Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative 3196 Vass-Carthage Road | Whispering Pines A cooperative of 2,000 neighbors bringing fresh, local produce to homes in the Sandhills.

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Is 2016 the year you are going to lace up your shoes and run your first 5k? Or do you have some 5ks under your belt already and you think you’d like to run a longer distance, like a halfmarathon or a full-marathon? Here’s some advice for getting from the start to the finish.

T h e S ta r t i n g L i n e

Before you take a step with your feet, take a step with your mind.

Training plans provide a framework for getting into running shape with advice on everything from how far to how often to run.

A beginning runner doesn’t need much special equipment. Dress in workout clothes in performance fabrics that are appropriate for the season, and purchase the right footwear.

“A good pair of running shoes and a pair of shoes that are right for the type of gait that you have is one of the first steps,” says Cid Cardoso, Jr., distance runner, triathlete and owner of Inside-Out Sports stores in Raleigh, Cary and Charlotte.

Self-starters may be fine following a training plan from a book or a website, but there are runners at all levels who prefer to join training groups for structured workouts.

A very fun and popular running club in the Sandhills area is the weekly Southern Pines Brew Run, started by personal fitness trainer and owner of Aberdeen’s Fitcon, Randy Sharpe. “We run every Wednesday at 7pm, always a 5k run so almost anyone can do it. We attract brand new runners to marathon runners, starting and finishing at different locally owned bars and restaurants.”

Sharpe is proud the group is free to join, has over 500 members, and goes a long way to help stimulate weekly business to locally owned bars and eateries. Each week the social club draws

40-50 people out of their house, and spending dollars in businesses that are facing increasing pressure and competition from chain restaurants moving into town. “Generally our group consists of 50/50 men and women, professionals in their 30s and 40s who like to run for fun and enjoy socializing and meeting new people. We also love to promote all of the other running clubs in the area, as there are so many options for group runs locally,” he says. To join in the Brew Run look for updates each week on their Facebook page for meeting and ending locations.

“The big advantage of joining a training group is that you add the social aspect to it,” Cid says. “It becomes more fun and you develop friendships. I’ve been running for more than 30 years but I know that if I am going to meet two of my buddies at 7am on a Sunday morning, if I told them I am going to be there, I am more likely to wake up and be there than if I didn’t.”

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There is more than one way to increase your mileage.

Cid says you can work toward it simply by increasing the distances you run, but that may not be the most efficient strategy. For a mix of workouts designed to increase distance and speed, he suggests plans found on the Internet or in running books.

“It’s not a personalized plan, but it gives you a guide where you do something like one recovery run, two medium runs and one long run a week,” Cid says. “By running four to five times a week you can be ready to run a halfmarathon in four to six months.”

Training groups are another place to find runners trying to get to the same distance goal you are. And if you want personalized instruction, there are running coaches who will develop a program just for you based on your fitness level, heart rate and pace.

Ready to Race

Most runners reach the point where they are ready to tackle a road race, no matter what the distance. Signing up for a race and adding it to your calendar is a training motivator.

“I run for a lot of different reasons,” Cid says. “It makes me feel better. It makes me a better person.

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to work with. If you’re just running, there’s no overall plan or urgency.”

And Cid says racing makes you part of the overall running community.

Kim Reynolds, runner and owner of Second Empire Restaurant and Tavern in Raleigh, agrees that a race is a good starting point.

“Start out slowly and work up to a 5k, “Kim says. “ Just go ahead and go to that first race, and if you like it and it’s something you enjoy, (and I would say 99 percent of people do enjoy that first race) then go to the second.”

In 2003 Kim held a road race to benefit rheumatoid arthritis, which her mother battles. After partnering with Cid, it has grown to become the Second Empire Grand-Prix road racing series. Each year the series features a number of local races, all with charitable components.

Runners participate in the races to compete for yearly prizes.

“These awards are not always for the fastest or most elite runners,” Kim says “You may have your average person who runs a nine- or 10- or 11-minute mile, and they ran the races, and they may qualify for the age group awards.”

The awards include a special luncheon at Second Empire.

W h y Ru n ?

So why would you choose to start running, or start running further?

I know for me, I get clarity when I run,” Cid says. “There are days when you are stressed out with job things or family things, and the last thing you want to do is go out for a run. But then I do, and it’s amazing – that in a 40 or 45-minute period, when I am done with the run, I can think so much more clearly. Maybe it’s just that you’re doing something positive or something that you feel is positive, instead of sitting around moping or doing something that could be a little more on the destructive side. There is no doubt in my mind that there is a runner’s high; and it’s not just for people who run fast; it’s for everybody.”

Valentine’s Day can be a romantic, special day.

It was for me as I became engaged on one Valentine’s Day many years ago. Armed with pen, note pad and camera, I went out into the community to ask people about their Valentine’s Day do’s and don’ts, tips, traditions and memorable experiences, be they good or bad.

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Fred & Cindy Groce Married 50 years Tip: Tell your wife or sweetheart you love them – don’t assume they know.

John Craven Manager of The Fresh Market We like to stay at home on Valentine’s Day, and I cook for my girls.

Madeline Byrne Married 50 years to Jim Men should think of some extraspecial treat for their wife or girlfriend. Special Valentine’s Days remembered – Jim had a TV delivered on Valentine’s Day for Madeline, and one year their son came home after a long stay in the hospital. Tip: Never chocolates.

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Kelly Ward Owner of Midland Bistro ​My significant other and I spent a memorable Valentine’s Day in New York City staying at the Waldorf Astoria and having dinner at Angelo’s in Little Italy. Kelly suggests: Buy a nice piece of jewelry, but no chocolates (as she would eat it all).

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Bill Maher Married 47 years to wife, Beth Bill lives in Charlotte and he takes Beth to a wine tasting and dinner on Valentine’s Day. Chef Warren Owner of Chef Warren’s restaurant in Southern Pines; married 23 years to Marianne “We are always at the restaurant on Valentine’s Day, one of our busiest days, looking at each other from across the room as we work,” he says.

Valentine’s Day tip: Make your dinner reservation early.

Kim & Tim Grant Married three years Kim always gets a big bouquet and a romantic dinner at a local restaurant. Both had previously married other people, but Kim’s husband died and Tim got divorced. The couple had attended high school together and Tim remembered Kim and went back to their 20th reunion to find her. The rest is history.

Emily and Kevin Ward Married with three children Kevin is in the military, so when he is in town they go out to dinner. Kevin’s tip: Don’t ever buy your sweetheart an appliance for Valentine’s Day. He bought a pancake griddle one year... not good!

Lequisha Jeanty Single Tip: Don’t go out on Valentine’s Day, it is too busy.

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Trey and Erin Weyverton Married 16 years Tip: Never forget Valentine’s Day. 13

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Schayler Shulman Tip: Even if your wife says don’t buy me anything for Valentine’s Day...... get her something.

Keith Junk Married 48 years Tip: Don’t give your wife a plastic rose and tell her it will last a lifetime. “I did early on in our dating, and it was not well received.”

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Joyce Reehling Married 21 years Memorable Valentine’s Day: I came home and there were love notes pasted all over the house. In the garage was a stop sign and note saying ‘never stop loving me’.

In the utensil drawer was another note that read, ‘I love to spoon with you’.

Marty Diefendorf and Bob Hogan Tips: Most important, don’t forget the day and don’t buy cookware... and be thankful for whatever you receive.

Dot Evans Widow Memorable experience: Many, many years ago my husband and I were in Israel on Valentine’s Day. He bought me a Jerusalem Cross, and I have worn it every day since.

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Loving Couples

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It can be work making relationships work. You know the saying, ‘If it was easy, anybody could do it.’ Despite the national divorce rate hovering at 50 percent, there are a few reoccurring themes for couples who have found love. There is often mutual respect, humor, romance, and at times polar opposite personalities that complement each other.

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Pinehurst Magazine has taken a snapshot look at a few local loving couples:

Mark and Liz Hawkins Mark and Liz Hawkins not only found romance again a few years ago, but the couple also works together at Hawkins & Hawkins Fine Jewelry Design in downtown Southern Pines, adding yet another dynamic piece to their relationship. “What I like about working with Liz is the store is like an extension of our home, so when I come to work I feel like I’m at home,” Mark says. Liz had been married 25 years before being divorced, while Mark had been divorced for 25 years before partnering again. The two got married under a full moon on a backyard patio at their house. “In relationships there is often a tiger and a turtle … and we’re okay with me being the tiger and Mark being the turtle,” Liz says. “We’ve learned to work together as two separate and different energies. I’m learning the business and he’s learning marriage skills.

We both have a lot to bring to one another.”

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Luke and Marion Malabad Luke and Marion Malabad, who recently moved to Belle Meade Retirement Community in Southern Pines, have been married for 55 years and have traveled all over the world together, to places like Fiji, Vietnam, Thailand, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Russia and Hungary, for Luke’s State Department job. “He dragged us all over the world,” Marion says. “We lived in Laos during the war with five children, so we’ve been through a lot together. It was easy because we’re polar personalities.

And our faith and the respect we have for being different is what kept us together. Luke, 82, and Marion, 77, have always had romance in their lives. “When I first started working I would always bring her home flowers every Friday, so Valentine’s Day is just another special day to maybe bring some special flowers home,” Luke says. “And we still love exchanging cards. It is a very special day for us and is a way of sharing our love.”

Marion adds: “Every day is special for us. Every day as you get older you realize the gift that you have … and that gift is one another.”

George and Sheila Atherholt George and Sheila Atherholt had each been married two times before finding each other at St. Joseph of the Pines retirement home. The two are quite opposite in appearance. Even with the aid of a walker and hunched over some, George’s six-foot-six frame is imposing. The 97-year old is a World War II veteran who was part of the D-Day invasion and had a long career in the steel industry. Sheila, 88, may be pushing five feet tall, was a former grade school teacher from New York and is still heavily entrenched in her love of music, playing the organ at the home. So why get married again in March 2010 at their age? “She puts up with me and I put up with her,” George says, laughing with Sheila. “It just works for us.” The two can’t seem to stop poking fun at each other, making for a wonderful friendship more than anything else. The two recalled a humorous story when meeting a monsignor prior to their marriage. “There is one thing I have to ask you,” George said to the religious figure. “‘If we have children, do we have to raise them in the Catholic Church?’ He blushed, stood up and went to the window, looked out and couldn’t stop laughing. I was 92 at the time and she was 82. It was pretty funny.”

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ayetteville resident Pat Spears has been relatively healthy his entire life, taking care of himself and taking all the necessary precautions to live and stay healthy.

Until 2011, that is.

That’s when Spears’ primary care physician noticed something in his heart she wasn’t comfortable with and started monitoring him.

The constant monitoring continued for four years until Spears’ provider told him it was time to get his heart looked at and she referred him to the FirstHealth Valve Clinic in Reid Heart Center in Pinehurst.

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“I was told I had an aortic valve problem and that the valve would need to be replaced,” Spears says. “They said they would need to act as quickly as possible.”

Because Spears’ valve had hardened and was 70 percent blocked, there was no time to waste. When he was admitted to the hospital two weeks later, he didn’t come alone. Cheryl, his wife of 31 years, joined him for his stay.

“There wasn’t any way I was going to leave at any time that he would be in the hospital,” she says. “We live about an hour away. The bottom line is that I was not going to leave him as long as he was hospitalized.”

Because they lived in Fayetteville, a Reid Heart Center nurse suggested that Cheryl Spears stay at the Clara McLean House while Pat was in the hospital.

The Foundation of FirstHealth opened the Clara McLean House in 2012. The hospitality house provides more than overnight accommodations. It also provides a safe environment for lodging, meals and support services for patients and their families. Generous support from our community fully sustains the Clara McLean House through The Foundation of FirstHealth.

“We came to Clara’s House the night before one of his pre-op procedures and then returned again the night before surgery,” Spears says. “Not only was it convenient, but when we walked in the doors, we were home. We weren’t treated like patients; we were treated like family, which helped relieve both of our worries prior to surgery and during his recovery time while he was still in the hospital. This helped my husband recover a little faster knowing that the Clara’s House staff was watching over me anytime I was there.”

The surgery they had worried about ended up being a breeze. Interventional cardiologist Steven Filby, M.D., and cardiothoracic surgeon Peter Ellman, M.D., led Spears’ team.

“They are the best team there is,” Spears says. “They complement one another so well.”

The aortic valve is located between the pumping chamber on the left side of the heart and the aorta that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body. The valve should be closed while the heart is filling with blood and reopen fully to allow blood flow when the heart chamber squeezes to push blood into the aorta.

An aortic valve replacement replaces an aortic valve that doesn’t open or close properly. In Pat Spears’ case, the valve wasn’t opening properly.

Spears’ surgical aortic valve replacement meant his recovery period would be a long process.

“Unfortunately, my recovery lasted on the longer side, which they predicted could happen due to my atrial fibrillation and type of procedure I was having,” Spears says.

Spears was hospitalized for more than a week, which meant Cheryl stayed at Clara’s House during that time.

While she was there, the Clara’s House staff went above and beyond to assist her, even arranging for transportation back and forth to Reid Heart Center.

“I got to know everyone in Reid Heart and everyone at Clara’s House,” Cheryl says. “While I was worried about him, I didn’t have to worry about much more, because I was so well taken care of by the nursing staff and the Clara’s House staff and volunteers. They continuously asked me if there was anything they could do for me.”

And all her worries went away when her husband was able to sing to her.

“I have always sung ‘You Are My Sunshine’ to him,” Cheryl says, with tears in her eyes. “I sat beside him when he returned to the intensive care unit after surgery, bent down and started singing “you are my sunshine” to him.

Without opening his eyes, he smiled at me and started singing along with me. It was then that I knew my husband would be OK.” He was – and still is.

“I have to say the care and attention I received is like no other,” he says. “I can’t even put into words how excellent, professional and compassionate everyone at FirstHealth – from Reid Heart to the Clara McLean House – was and still is.”

His wife agrees.

“I love FirstHealth,” she says. “Clara’s House was more than I ever thought it would be. It was more than comforting – it was my home away from home.”

To support the Clara McLean House through The Foundation of FirstHealth, visit www.firsthealth.org/donation.

To read more about Pat and Cheryl Spears’ journey, visit www.firstheatlh.org/patsstory.

The information on this page is provided by the advertiser mentioned above to the public.

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2016 SANDHILLS WEDDING EXPO January 31st

Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Resort 1005 Midland Road | Southern Pines The Sandhills Wedding Expo allows you and your entire bridal party to sample wedding cake and food choices, hear music, meet photographers, talk to wedding vendors faceto-face, try some make-up and jewelry, and gain hundreds of wedding ideas and tips.

Plus, experience some of the best wedding gowns, flowers, lighting and decorations on display for you to touch, smell and see. A $2 entrance fee will be required at the door for each guest. 910.295.2158 | sandhillsweddingexpo.com

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Pinehurst Chocolate Festival January 6 | 10am-3pm | Free admission Pinehurst United Methodist Church | 4111 Airport Road l Pinehurst Celebrate all things chocolate at the Pinehurst Chocolate Festival.

There will be a cupcake contest, homemade treats, gifts, a silent auction, demos, a chocolate cookbook and more – a perfect day for chocoholics and Valentine gift shopping. If you need a flavor change from the cocoa bean, lunch will be available for $5. All proceeds are donated to local charities.

910.215.4559 | pinehurstchocolatefestival.org Gathering at Given January 7 | 3:30pm | Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road January 7 | 7pm | Given Outpost | 95 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Audrey Moriarty, Executive Director of Given Tufts will present “Women of Pinehurst”. From the strong Tufts women who helped establish the Village of Pinehurst to Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Peggy Kirk Bell to the LPGA, Ms. Moriarty shares stories and photos of the amazing women who have impacted this area. 910.295.7002.

Story Time on thursdays January 7, 14, 21, 28 | 10:30am February 4, 11, 18, 25 | 10:30 am Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Wonderful volunteers share their love for reading as they read to children ages 3-5, and everyone makes a craft. Stop by and join the fun! 910.295.6022.

Lizzy Ross January 8 | 6:46pm The Rooster’s Wife | 114 Knight Street | Aberdeen 910.944.7502 | theroosterswife.org Meet the Author: Stewart O’Nan, West of Sunset January 9 | 2pm | Free and open to the public The Country Bookshop | 140 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines

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O’Nan discusses his latest novel, West of Sunset, an Indie next pick of January 2015. West of Sunset is a sympathetic and deeply personal portrait of flawed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is told against the backdrop of the golden days of Hollywood through flashbacks that reveal much about his boyhood, his first love affair and his adventures with Zelda. O’Nan will read excerpts from his novel followed by a Q&A and book signing. Call 910.692.3211.

Jeanne Jolly January 10 | 6:46pm The Rooster’s Wife | 114 Knight Street | Aberdeen 910.944.7502 | theroosterswife.org Book Lovers Unite!

January 11 | 7pm Given Outpost | 95 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Each month a different topic will be discussed. This month is Historical Mystery Fiction. If you like Charles Todd, Arthur Conan Doyle or Barbara Cleverly, join us! If you want to learn about these and other authors, bring your favorite author list to share as we discuss favorite Historical Mystery Fiction! 910.295.7002.

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS January 14, 21, 28 & February 4, 11, 18, 25 | 6:30pm | $10 Pinehurst Dance Studio | Pinehurst Executive Center | 5 Dawn Road 910.331.9965 SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE: WINTER TREE ID January 14 | 2-4pm Cape Fear Botanical Garden | 536 N Eastern Blvd | Fayetteville How can you identify trees when there are no leaves? This class will begin with an indoor session reviewing the basics of tree identification. Then we’ll head outside with our Director of Horticulture to test your skills in identifying trees in the Garden. Fee: Free with admission or Garden membership. Registration required by 2 days in advance. www.capefearbg.org or 910.486.0221.

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Calendar of Events january & february MEET THE GARDEN’S REPTILES! January 19 | 2pm Cape Fear Botanical Garden | 536 N Eastern Blvd | Fayetteville While wild reptiles may be hiding away for the winter, the Garden’s captive reptiles are ready to meet you! Come learn the basics about identifying reptiles in this area. Meet and touch our live turtle and snake while observing their features and movement. Fee: Free with Garden membership or paid admission. Children must be accompanied by an adult. www.capefearbg.org or 910.486.0221.

Outpost Artistry Song & Poetry Circle January 21 | 7pm Given Outpost | 95 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Have you been looking for a place to share or refine your music or poems in an intimate atmosphere? Sandhills Community College and the Given Outpost have partnered, to invite ALL Singers, Musicians and Poets for an evening of creative exchange.

Bring your musical instrument, voice and words to the Outpost on the 21st! 910.295.7002.

Meet the Author: Taylor Brown, fallen land January 20 | 5pm | Free and open to the public The Country Bookshop | 140 NW Broad Street | Southern Pines North Carolina Author Taylor Brown, author of the well-received collection of short stories, The Season of Blood and Gold (Press 53), will be in the store to discuss his debut novel Fallen Land (St. Martin’s Press). Fallen Land is a love story set in Georgia during the last year of the American Civil War. Call 910.692.3211.

SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE: BUILDING BETTER SOIL January 28 | 2-3:30pm Cape Fear Botanical Garden | 536 N Eastern Blvd | Fayetteville Learn simple, natural methods to recycle your kitchen scraps and yard waste into compost and healthy soil amendments. Learn about vermicomposting (composting with worms) and build your own vermicomposting bin to take home. Bring a drill with a ¼ inch bit if you have one. Fee: $30 per member; $35 per non-member. Registration required by 2 days in advance. www.capefearbg.org or 910.486.0221.

WINE AND WHIMSY January 21 | 5:30-7pm Cape Fear Botanical Garden | 536 N Eastern Blvd | Fayetteville This painting class is a perfect date night or girl’s night out. The theme Starry Night is inspired by Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting. Canvas, paint, brushes, pallet, easel and instruction provided. Wine, beer and snacks available for purchase to enjoy while painting your masterpiece. Fee: $20 per member, $25 per non-member. Limited to 16 attendees. Registration required by 2 days in advance. www.capefearbg.org or 910.486.0221.

In & Out at the Outpost January 28 | 7pm Given Outpost | 95 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst It is true! We do have hummingbirds here during the colder months.

Come find out how to attract, identify and care for these tough little critters. Biologist Susan Campbell will speak on her many years banding and studying birds, specifically…Wintering Hummingbirds!

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Pruning Workshop January 30 | 10am-12pm Sandhills Community College | Ball Visitors Center Pruning Workshop conducted by Moore County Extension agent Taylor Williams. Learn pruning basics followed by an outside demonstration of how it is done. FREE but reservations necessary.

Call 910-695-3882.

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The Ultimate Bridal Showcase January 31 Cape Fear Botanical Garden | 536 N. Eastern Blvd. | Fayetteville The Wyatt Visitors Pavilion Complex at Cape Fear Botanical Garden is the premier rentail space for weddings and special events, large and small, intimate and grand. A choice of unique and distinctive settings will delight the eye and the heart while providing a stunning backdrop to your celebration. 910.486.0221 | capefearbg.org The Kennedys February 5 | 6:46pm The Rooster’s Wife | 114 Knight Street | Aberdeen 910.944.7502 | theroosterswife.org Growing Air Plants February 16 | 10-11:30am Linda Hamwi & Dolores Muller, instructors. $25 Horticultural Society members, $30 non-members. Air Plants are the new (old) rage in plant growing. Air plants are houseplants in winter and can be put into almost any size container/bowl without soil or water. Learn plant varieties, suggestions for displaying air plants and air plant care. A variety of display vessels and air plants will be available for purchase.

Each participant will take home an air plant and display vessel of their choice. All must pre-pay to secure a place in the class. Payment due at registration. Space is limited to 30.

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TOWN Photo by Christy Black of 11 Magnolia Lane Sandhills Classical Christian School Bowtie Ball February 16 | 6pm The Fair Barn | 200 Beulah Hill Road South | Pinehurst Black Tie Optional. Bowtie Required.

Join us for a special night of dining, dancing and fundraising in support of excellence in Christian education for children of the Sandhills.

Contact us to request an invitation or to learn more about sponsorship opportunities: 910-690-6176 | bowtieball@sandhillsccs.org To purchase tickets online or view our auction items: www.bidpal.net/sccsbowtieball Empty Bowls 2016 February 21 | 12-3pm Southern Pines Elk’s Lodge | 280 Country Club Circle | Southern Pines A fundraising event to benefit Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care.

Call 910.693.1600 ext. 204 or visit online at Sandhillscoalition.org.

Carrie Newcomer February 21 | 6:46pm The Rooster’s Wife | 114 Knight Street | Aberdeen 910.944.7502 | theroosterswife.org SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE: TERRARIUMS February 25 | 2-3:30pm Cape Fear Botanical Garden | 536 N Eastern Blvd | Fayetteville Supplies and plants provided; feel free to bring in trinkets to personalize your terrarium. Registration required by 2 days in advance.

Fee: $35 per member, $40 per non member. www.capefearbg.org or 910.486.0221.

Village of Pinehurst presents “Ladies Night Out” February 26 | 6-9pm The Fair Barn | 200 Beulah Hill Road South | Pinehurst Fun, shopping, food, fashion, friends and pampering at the Fair Barn! Ladies (18+), you and your friends will be able to enjoy hors d’oeuvres, dessert samples, product samples, door prizes and more. Local vendors will be on hand to showcase their products and specialties to you. Tickets are $10 in advance (purchase at Village Hall) and $15 at the door. For more information: 910.295.2817 or vopnc.org.

I Draw Slow February 28 | 6:46pm The Rooster’s Wife | 114 Knight Street | Aberdeen 910.944.7502 | theroosterswife.org

BUSINESS IS BOOMING IN THE SANDHILLS! bump & baby

Bump & Baby offers a wide range of extraordinary clothing, gifts, and accessories for mommy, baby, and children up to age 6.

3 Market Square | Pinehurst 910.420.8655

SWEET BIRCH GOURMET

Located in the Theater Building, offers gourmet brownies for local businesses as well as catering for events.

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the hunt

Passionate about hunting big game, they only carry the best hunting gear & wildlife management equipment available on the planet.

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aberdeen seafood market

Now you can buy fresh seafood in Moore County.

Spots, Black Bass, Flounder, Red Snapper, Mullets, Salmon, Oysters and Shrimp to name a few!

Also accepting special orders.

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Thyme & Place Café

A delightful blend of breakfast-and-lunch eatery and kitchen entrepreneurship, fulfilling a true need within our talented, agricultural community.

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Sandhills Sightings Kiran Ung

19TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES Benefiting the Sandhills Children’s Center Held November 18th-22nd at The Carolina Hotel Stacy, Odin, Angelina & Alessandra Potynsky with Natalie Kovacik

Peppermint candy tree Sara, Brad & Charlie Zagol

Alex & Jackson Clabaugh

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Village Chapel Women’s Ministry Christmas Celebration

Carlos, Nadja & Samuel Vaca

Held on December 4th at Forest Creek Country Club

Pinehurst Village Tree Caroline, Scott & Leila Krom with Alexander, David, Mateja & Gemma Torok

Committee: Lori Valentinas, chairman, Dee Park, Dian Moore, Heidi Anaya, Molly Thomas, Janice Sholtis, Betty Jane Wardle, Sue Joslin and Marcia Scafuri

Sharon, Thomas & Mason Reid

Guest speaker Barbara Hess, Noelle Stine, Cheryle Foster, Kristi Tostabo, Mary Kim Koppenhofer & Rebecca Shearer Cecilia Zingelmann’s Birthday

Brad, Melissa & Gracie Holt Steve, Amy, Matthew & Elizabeth Cordero with Brianna, Ale & Andrea Scaletta Dee Park, club house manager Nick Nash and Jane Jackson

Eleanora Voelkel, Nancy Clay, Shirlene Bremer, Sharon Cash and Paula Rogers

CHILDREN’S LANTERN PARADE Held December 5th in Pinehurst Village

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Sandhills Sightings Moore County Extension and Community Association 11th Annual Creative Christmas Table Benefiting the Culinary Department of Sandhills Community College. Held at the Village Chapel on December 5th.

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Lolita Parker, JoAnn Sluder and Celeste Watson

Madeleine Broome and Teresa Smith

Linda Piechota

A Berry Merry Christmas - Judith Sams

Bunny Sinclair

CHRISTMAS AT WEYMOUTH Held December 2nd through 7th

Ann Boyd, Thea Pitassy, Linda Lindsey, Bettie Downing, Hartley Fitts, Dolores Muller & Marilyn Grube Gala committee: Rita DiNapoli, Rosemary Zuhone, Barbara Keating and Ginny Notestine

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Morgan Hawk, Caitlyn Fisher and Chef Mark Elliott catered

SPAYTACULAR EVENING

Elfie Alexander and Pam Griner

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Companion Animal Clinic Foundation and 50,000 spay/neuter surgeries. Held on October 31st.

Nancy & Dr. Joe Currie

Dominick & Cindy Pagnotta

Larry Best, Pam & Joe Morad and Joan Thiele

Exhibit Chairman Pat McMahon and co-chair Catherine Church Dr. Tom & Jayne Daniel

Robert & Karen Allen

Dan & Nancy Penfold

Deborah Wilson and Betsy Best Howard & Estelle Menke Erica & Bob Armstrong with Eleanor Gallagher

Baily Bullen, Michael & Matthew Parker

ARTIST LEAGUE OF THE SANDHILLS 21st ANNUAL EXHIBIT Opening Reception held on November 6th

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Sandhills Sightings

Celebrating Frank Sinatra’s 100th Birthday Held at Belle Meade on December 12th

Ed & Kathy Paddock, Dick Smith

Hosts Michele & Steve Kastner

Susie & Rick Smith

Connie Atwell and Ron Schuch Cindy & John Agatone, Estelle Menke and Barb Nuenighoff

Lloyd Newsome, Jeff Holm, Al Mangum and Mike Hicks

Jane & Brian Deaton, Lin & Phil Hutaff Ruth & Roger Fromm

Patty Pickard and Clay Mulford

Act II president Sue Griggs, Nancy Nielsen, Connie Atwell, Elly Moses and Lyra Rittger

Act II Holiday Party Held on December 8th

Ron & Nancy Davis, Sandra & Holton Easter

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