Surry Living Magazine - October 2019

Life on the Farm October 2019

A lifestyle magazine highlighting Surry County and the surrounding area

Get history, info, and tips in our HOME, FARM, & GARDEN section

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Gloria Brown

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Gloria is co-owner of The Nest & Hive Shoppe, a home décor business in Fancy Gap, VA, as well as the former host of The Vintage Southern Homemaker television show. Her musings on life growing up and living in the South have appeared in publications and on TV throughout the region. She is an expert antiques collector who grew up in the business and worked many years as a dealer in the Yadkin Valley area, where she currently resides.

Gin is the owner of Ginger Horse Studio. Her focus is lifestyle photography, covering horse shows, weddings, concerts, and doing on location portraits. Gin graduated from the University of Findlay with an Equine Business Management degree, where she also studied music and photography. She is a member of the Mount Airy Ukulele Invasion (MAUI) and the Granite City Rock Orchestra (GRO).

Gin resides in Lowgap, NC with her family on their small horse farm.

Sheri grew up in Mt. Airy, NC, and lives thereabouts with her husband. Together they run a couple of small businesses and plan their next vacation. A graduate of High Point University, her first job was as a writer at a marketing firm—and she’s been scribbling ever since. Sheri has several suspense novels in publication and Surry Living is proud to include sequential excerpts from one of her books in each issue.

Rynn is a writer and designer based in the Yadkin Valley region of North Carolina. She loves to share her ideas for adding simple beauty into hectic lifestyles. More than mere recipes, her mission is to offer practical shortcuts for food preparation along with visual tips for presentation. Rynn began her career in Aiken, SC, as a newspaper reporter writing feature articles about food, living, and the arts.

Carmen Long

Kristen Owen

Joanna Radford

Sarah Southard

Carmen is an NC Cooperative Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences. Making quick, easy, healthy food that tastes great on a budget is a challenge.

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Kristen Owen is a Digital Content Producer for Lowe’s Home Improvement. She grew up on a small family farm in Buncombe County and graduated from N.C. State University with undergraduate degrees in Agriculture Extension and Communication, and a masters degree in Communication. She has a passion for agriculture and teaching. She loves the mountains, reading, meeting people and going new places. She lives in Salisbury with husband Matt, an agriculture teacher at a local high school.

Joanna Radford is the Commercial and Consumer Horticulture Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension in Surry County with expertise in entomology, gardening, and pesticide education. She began her career with NC Cooperative Extension in Stokes County in 1995 as a 4-H Agent, later switching to Field Crops and Pesticide Education in Surry County. In 2012, she assumed the role of Horticulture Agent for Surry County. She lives on a farm with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Sarah grew up at Crooked Oak in the Pine Ridge community of Surry County. Raised in the agriculture world, she went on to earn degrees in animal science and veterinary medicine from North Carolina State University. She and her husband, Adam, currently live in Statesville with Oliver the house rabbit, a few cats, Blossom the donkey, and a flock of Katahdin hair sheep.

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Just Around the Bend

As much as I love my Ma and Pa’s little farm, I never go back to see it. The rational side of me knows that time marches on and nothing stays the same. The selfish side wants my grandparents’ homeplace to stay exactly as I remember it, and that side has won out. I don’t plan to ever drive up that little dirt road again.

Yet, my heart aches at the very thought of never going back. But I have heard what it looks like up there now, and at that, I’m afraid my heart would break. A broken heart hurts more than an aching heart, so with a heartache I will abide.

With that settled, I want you to indulge me in the recollection of a day in time that I recall so well.

When I was little, after you left the hardtop, it took two dirt roads to get to Ma and Pa’s. I was on up a bigger girl before they paved the first one. The last road to their place was red dirt and crooked as a dog’s hind leg and only a fraction wider than a good-sized car. An ankle-deep branch ran right beside of it. If you rolled your window down, you could hear it babbling by. The branch veered off through the pasture where the road headed up the hill – right where my grandparents’ place came into sight.

Ma was never very happy that the barn was the first thing of theirs to come into view.

I’m to understand now that the old barn had to be torn down and replaced with some sort of metal structure. That barn was built at the height of WWII, with timber sawmilled off the land and two bartered for kegs of nails. My uncle used to recall being a little feller – sick and lying on the floor of the loft while they were closing it in. He just couldn’t stand missing out on the action.

In the back part of the barn, I remember an old wagon that we climbed around on. We cousins rode many miles in that wagon and never left the barn.

I got off track there a little bit. I just wanted to set up the feel of the place for you. If you could see it like I can, I’m sure that, like me, your eyes would well up and that bittersweet feeling would overtake you. Well, back to the story …

It was one afternoon in late September or early October. That’s when the farm was slowing down, kind of like a catnap before the long winter sleep. There were still things to be done, but not at spring and summer’s frantic pace.

My momma and me were headed up for a good supper and a visit with Ma and Pa. It wasn’t sundown, but it was that time late in the afternoon when it begins to get right airish and the shadows are long. We creeped up the road and just as we rounded the bend there was the picture that always comes to my mind.

Smoke curled out of the chimney as slow and lazy seeming as the cows who were making their steady trek to the front of the barn to be milked and fed.

Ma and my cousin Dawn were raking leaves. Both of them had their heads tied up with kerchiefs and sweaters buttoned up to here. Down the hill came Pa in his old, blue, Ford pickup with my cousin Darrell right up there beside him. All of them were smiling and waving like they hadn’t seen us in ages and were tickled to death that they saw us now. We were just as tickled and rolled out a chattering.

All around us, the farm played its part: The woodshed, piled full for winter.

The smokehouse, waiting for cold enough weather to cure the unsuspecting pigs grunting around in the pen. The barn loft where my uncle watched clouds roll by as the roof was raised, now full of hay. The tobacco barns, curing the last of the crop. And the garden all done, but for pumpkins that would be put up soon.

No calendar was needed. All you had to do was take a look. Just around the bend.

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THE FARMER'S HELPER

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by Larry VanHoose

It was his first day at the farm. He glanced around nervously as the old Farmer walked with him to a distant field. Overgrown and pretty much as awful as farmland can get, “the new field” was really nothing more than a hodge-podge of weeds, rocks, briars, dead branches, and all sorts of trash and junk that had either blown in, or was indiscriminately dumped by the less caring.

“This is all mine now.” The Farmer smiled proudly. “I bought it from the fella that lives out yonder way. It’ll need a lot of work, that’s for sure. I need to get it cleaned up and ready in time for planting, but it’s good land and I’ll make it mine.”

Good land? The Farmer’s new helper thought as he shook his head in disbelief. He’d seen with his own eyes the Farmer‘s “good land” and this wasn’t it. Most of the land here was full, healthy, abundant fields bursting with crops. Surely none of those fields could have started out in the pathetic shape that this field was in now? It would take nothing short of a miracle to make this field even a marginal crop producer. They turned together and made their way back to the barn, the old fella still going on enthusiastically about his plans for the “new field” he’d just bought.

A lost cause and a waste of effort if you ask me, thought the Farmer’s new helper. A lost cause and a waste of effort.

The next morning he arrived early and parked out by the field the Farmer had shown him. He worked all day and even a bit into twilight. He left tired and discouraged, but the following day he was back at it again, determined to see his just reward and make the Farmer proud. He came back again the next day, and the next, and the day after that. He tried his best to turn the land into the vision the old Farmer had described to him, but gradually his discouragement grew. It just didn’t seem that he was making any progress. The most frustrating part was that he couldn’t even budge some of the bigger items, even using his 4-wheel drive truck and chains. To his eyes, the field looked for all the world as bad or worse than when he’d started.

The day finally came when he gave up completely and decided to go ask the old Farmer for help. He climbed wearily into his beat-up pickup truck and headed to the farmhouse, dirty, defeated, and dejected. He was even a tad angry with the Farmer for giving him what he decided was an impossible job — and had expected too much out of that pitiful excuse for farmland.

As he turned his truck into the barnyard he saw the Farmer just coming out of a shed carrying a bag of grain over one of his powerful shoulders and a bucket of white-something that sloshed around his other calloused, vise-like hand.

The Farmer stopped to watch him climb stiff and wearily out of his truck, and then looking confused and more than a little surprised, he put down his burdens and rushed over to the young man's side.

“Where’d you come from young feller?” inquired the Farmer. “I’d about give up hope of ever laying eyes on you again!”

“What? What do you mean?” cried the young man. “I’ve been in that stupid field you gave me to work in all week. Day in and day out I’ve been trying to turn that miserable, god-forsaken place into something useful. I was trying to make you proud, but I’ve decided that it’s no use and there is no hope for it — or me. I’ve worked my fingers to the bone and I give up. It can’t be done.”

When the Farmer didn’t respond, the discouraged young man looked up, expecting to see disappointment, even anger in the old Farmer’s eyes. Instead he saw what he honestly wasn’t expecting: compassion, pity, and was that a tear running down the old Farmer’s cheek?

“I never meant for you to do it alone, son.” said the Farmer gently. I only took you out there to show you the vision I had. I always meant for us to clean up that old rotten wasteland together. I was planning to help you haul out all the trash, weeds, rocks, and what-not. Then together we’d turn the soil, plant the seeds, bring in the water and the nourishment it needs.

I never meant..., I never meant for you to do any of it — alone.”

“Now you rest for a bit, son.” said the old Farmer. Come back here each day and let me teach you, help you, and sure, you'll get stronger. Soon enough we’ll be working side by side in the fields for sure. But son, whatever you do, always remember to start your day, every day, right here — with me.”

“Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon.” (John 15:4-8 The Message Bible) SURRY LIVING Oct. 2019 Issue • 11

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There are over 4,000 acres of pumpkins grown in North Carolina, How do you tell when making us the fourth largest pumpkin producer in the United a pumpkin is ripe? A States. Just to the north, Virginia grows an estimated 2,300 acres. pumpkin is ripening Pumpkins are nutritional powerhouses, loaded with an important when its skin turns a antioxidant, beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is one of the plant deep, solid color (orange carotenoids that we convert into vitamin A. A diet rich in foods for most varieties). A ripe containing beta-carotene may reduce the risk of developing certain pumpkin is heavy, and a types of cancer and offers protection against heart disease. Beta- thump to the rind should File photo by MSU Extension- Kevin Hudson carotene offers defense against other diseases as well as some produce a hollow sound.

Push on the rind with your thumb. It should feel hard and resist deteriorating aspects of aging. puncture, but this resistance does not mean it is indestructible.

Pumpkins have many different uses. Jack-o-lantern type pumpkins Handle pumpkins gently or they may bruise. are larger and fun for carving but are not the best for cooking.

Instead, cooks prefer the smaller pie or sweet pumpkin, which is To harvest the pumpkin, cut the fruit off the vine carefully with less watery and has a sweeter flesh. When cooking, remember that a sharp knife or pruners; do not tear it off. Do not cut too close approximately one pound of raw, untrimmed pumpkin will give – you will want to leave three to four inches of the stem, which helps prevent the pumpkin from breaking down and decaying as you about one cup of finished pumpkin puree. quickly. Do not select pumpkins with scars and soft spots. If shape Pumpkins are available from local farmer’s markets and roadside is important – pick the one you like and is whole – but remember stands. Many farms have opportunities for the public to visit for that an irregular shaped pumpkin is not necessarily a bad pumpkin. fall fun and pick-your-own pumpkin patches. A listing and location Cure pumpkins in the sun for about a week to toughen the skin of these venues can be found at the North Carolina Department and then store in a cool, dry room or cellar—anywhere around of Agriculture’s “pumpkin page” (http://www.ncagr.gov/markets/ 55ºF. Happy Fall, Y’all! commodit/horticul/pumpkin/).

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JASON CUCCHIARA

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Orleans Saints. Before that, he was employed for six years by University Medical Center/University Hospitals and Clinics, in Lafayette, Louisiana – where he held a variety of increasingly more responsible staff and nursing-management positions.

Fifteen years ago, Cucchiara earned his nursing degree from Louisiana Tech University, in Ruston, LA. He then earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 2011 from Our Lady of the Lake College, in Baton Rouge, LA. Six years later, he graduated from South University, in Savannah, Georgia, with a Master of Science in Nursing degree.

Jason Cucchiara, FNP-C, has joined the clinical healthcare team of Northern Orthopaedics, the busy practice site of Northern Hospital of Surry County that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of orthopaedic disease and injuries – from arthritis and bone fractures to sports injuries and joint replacements.

Cucchiara, a certified Family Nurse Practitioner with specialty training and experience in orthopaedic and emergency/trauma care, will joined Northern on April 1. “I am excited to join the highly regarded Northern Orthopaedics practice, and look forward to helping my patients get back to work or back to what they enjoy doing,” he said. “Today, there are many effective treatment options for all types of orthopaedic problems; and I look forward to partnering with my patients – by serving as their clinician, educator, advocate and cheerleader – to help them achieve their individual health goals.”

Prior to his appointment with Northern Orthopaedics, Cucchiara worked at the Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic, affiliated with Louisiana State University Athletics and the New

Ironically, Cucchiara’s path to nursing almost didn’t happen.

“My father and grandfather were pharmacists, so it was in my DNA to be a third-generation pharmacist!” he jokes. That tradition was broken, however, when he was introduced to direct patient care while working as a technician in an Emergency Department. “I knew I wanted the satisfaction that comes from interacting with patients, so I enrolled in nursing school,” he said. Today, his family has embraced that decision – especially since he reminds them frequently that nursing is but a slight modification to the family “Pharmacy” legacy --because both his mother and stepfather are nurses.

The 39-year-old native of ‘Cajun Country’ is pleased to be relocating to North Carolina; and, in particular, Mount Airy. As a young boy and teenager, Cucchiara enjoyed many outdoor adventures throughout the Tar Heel State – where he camped, hiked and fished with his Boy Scout troop; and later engaged in deer- and duck-hunting expeditions with family and friends.

“As a result of my early exposure to the natural beauty of North Carolina, I’ve always thought of it as a magical place,” he says.

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Enhancing the Beauty of Mount Airy

by Gary York

In the spring of 1994, Mount Airy City Manager Ron Niland heard Surry Community College Ambassador Michella (Jones) Huff share her passion and love for horticulture. She had interned under her grandparents Lester and Betty Jones. Ron quietly mused, “Let’s recruit Michella and work at enhancing the beauty of our wonderful city.” In a few weeks, Miss Jones joined the city as its horticulturist and the incredible transformation began.

Recently, I attended a meeting with Building, Grounds, and Park Maintenance department’s stellar teammates – Thomas Creed (5 yrs.), Richard Sisk (23 yrs.), Jeff Mitchell (31 yrs.), Michella Huff (25 yrs.), Earl Hiatt (13 yrs.), Luke Danley (15 yrs.), Chris Lowe (11 yrs.), Arlene Crote (10 yrs.), and Grant Metcalf (not pictured – 1 yr.)

During a roundtable discussion, these teammates expressed respect for one another and referred to themselves as a family with special bonding.

They voiced their desire to bring happiness and pride to our citizens (and countless tourists) through the beauty of the gardens. They are grateful for the support of Mayor David Rowe, the commissioners, and fellow city employees. They also passed along credit to the Modern and Mountain View Gardeners clubs, the Surry Sunrise Rotary Club, and to their primary plant supplier, Mitchell’s Nursery of King.

The team maintains 76 hanging baskets, 48 planters, 22 beds, 2 highway beds on routes 601 and 52, restrooms at Riverside Park, Graham Little League Field, Westwood Park, the Greenway behind Roses, and the Rowe Park. Six days a week around 3:30 a.m., Jeff Mitchell and Earl Hiatt drive by each hanging basket and water them as needed. Main Street gift shop owner, Amy Slate, of “Scarlet Begonias” says, “Never a day goes by without someone complimenting the hanging basket in our front door.”

Sunrise Rotary Club contributes $1,500 annually to provide seed and bulbs for this magnificent display.

Richard Sink cleans the fountain there weekly during the summer.

The team also maintains the grounds at the public library, police station, Andy Griffith Playhouse & Museum, the Blackmon Amphitheater, and fall displays in front of city hall. While collecting photographs for this article, I developed a fondness for the Lowry Park at the northwest corner of Main and Pine Streets. Four picturesque, yellow, metal benches have added a nice accent.

Several Eagle Scout projects complement the teams’ annual initiatives.

My closing remarks include a comment from a department staff member who said, “A solid reason for our success is that no member ever keeps score. We are always looking for an opportunity to serve and to partner with another member.

After all, it’s amazing how much can be accomplished when no one is seeking the credit. We answer the high calling to pay tribute to our people and community.”

“Celebrating 82 Years of Service in the Area!”

Across from city hall, at the corner of S. Main and Cherry Street, is a pollinator garden complete with a stand of bees. Bats, butterflies, and flies also provide pollination. Another significant endeavor is the manhole art on our 6.7-mile Greenway. Area students choose one of 26 storm drain manholes to decorate with pleasing art décor.

The most-photographed garden is the Veterans Monument at the corner of Rockford and S. Main Streets. The Surry

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Reeves TheatEr to Hold Benefit for Local Musician Guitarist Josh Casstevens, 36, from Boonville, NC, has been a generous and popular member of the music community for years. Now that community is giving back. Casstevens recently suffered an aortic dissection, requiring emergency openheart surgery. Given only a 14 percent chance of survival, he miraculously continues to heal daily, but recovery from this procedure is lengthy, and Casstevens will not be able to return to work for some time.

The Elkin Reeves Theater, where Casstevens is employed as the booking agent for bands, is hosting a benefit for him on Sunday, October 6, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The staff members and four musical acts are donating their time for the benefit.

Bands playing include the Reeves House Band, the Cultivators (members of Mood Cultivation Project), the Box Dogs and the Chris Hendrix Duo.

Aside from being generous, levelheaded, and easy to get along with, his unique and stellar guitar skills have landed him in a variety of bands over the years. Thacker Dairy Road (2007-2010) was another original rock band, based out of Greensboro. TDR played many shows, including opening for Darius Rucker and Jason Michael Carroll. TDR released one album before disbanding. Porch Dog Revival (2010-2013), was an original acoustic Americana band, based out of Elkin. PDR also performed many times, including opening for Steep Canyon Rangers and Larry Keel. They also released an album and were featured on an episode PBS’s Song of the Mountains.

Over the last several years, Casstevens has been a member of the Reeves House Band, George Smith Band, Blue Sky Band, and the Epiphany Project.

Others contributing to the benefit event include Jason and Kerry Farris, who will set up their delicious mini-donut stand outside of the theater. They will be making hot, fresh donuts all afternoon and donating 100% of the proceeds to Casstevens. And, Olde Mill Music of Mount Airy will donate a guitar to be raffled off.

There is a suggested $10 donation for the concert. If you would like to donate directly to the fund, send to the Reeves Theater, 129 W. Main, Elkin, NC 28621, marked for Josh Casstevens.

Casstevens is a graduate of Starmount High School in Yadkin County, where he played trumpet in the marching band. This is where Casstevens met his wife, Dawn, who was in the color guard. They now have a bubbly three-year-old daughter.

Casstevens went from marching band to joining his first rock band, Gadfly. He then joined Mood Cultivation Project (MCP), (2000-2007, 2015-present). MCP was an original rock/jam band that played hundreds of shows, releasing two albums before a long hiatus. Their musical adventures took them up and down the east coast including opening for such acts as Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Drive by Truckers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. MCP reunited in 2015 for a benefit concert for a friend and long-time supporter of the band. This is one small example of Casstevens’s long list of “paying it forward” in the community.

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Guitarist Josh Casstevens

In addition to his original style and keen ear for playing music, Casstevens is also a proficient reader. He has played with the Elkin Big Band and in many theater pits on both guitar and bass. In addition to the aforementioned bands, over the past twenty years, he has been in a myriad of others, ranging from beach music, bluegrass, old-time, country, blues, jazz, and more.

Please join the community in supporting Josh Casstevens.

Remember, October 6, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., at the Reeves on Main Street in Elkin. Come out to enjoy four excellent bands, eat delicious minidonuts, take a chance on a guitar, and show your love for this area musician and his family.

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arm fresh produce and an abundance of locally sourced menu items make dining at Old North State Winery in Mount Airy a refreshing affair. Dinner specials can include anything from fresh-caught fish to salad greens picked from the restaurant owner’s garden.

North State Winery takes pride in procuring food from local farm sources and even lists many of these farms on their menu. The result is food that tastes farm fresh and delicious.

Dining Experience The impression one gets after studying the menu is that this restaurant is serious about serving quality fresh food. The staff was very attentive and friendly and willing to answer all my questions.

The waiter shared that the restaurant has a garden and that local farmers drop off baskets of seasonal produce. They also have carefully selected sources for items not available locally.

Housed in an old hardware store on Main Street in Mount Airy, this restaurant is roomy with a good juxtaposition of the antique and modern as well as urban and rural. Miles of old honey-colored wooden floors tell stories of visitors throughout the decades and original pressed tin ceilings hover above.

This restaurant has a casual, welcoming atmosphere, but also pays attention to details. At the beginning of the meal, each diner receives a dipping bowl with olive oil and a drop of balsamic vinegar accompanying a crusty roll. Individual dipping bowls are unique and are a special touch that means no worries about double-dipping!

The appetizer list includes a varied offering with items such as spring rolls, seared yellowfin tuna, and chicken wings, each a creative presentation. I had the black-eyed pea hummus with toast points. It was a large portion and very filling. Different from Middle Eastern style chickpea hummus I’ve eaten before, this one was made with roasted peppers and garlic and was quite good.

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The garden salad with mixed greens, shaved carrots, and sliced cucumbers was similar to many others that I’ve had at other restaurants, but its freshness and the serving of thin, crispy sesame crackers set this salad apart from being just ho-hum.

Since this restaurant tries to serve the freshest food, I ordered a grouper special, served over crabmeat and pork belly macaroni and cheese – and I was not disappointed! The grouper was so fresh and delicious that I believe it was one of the best grouper meals that I’ve had. The macaroni and cheese was hearty and filling and complimented the grouper perfectly. I also tried the jumbo lump crab cakes with fingerling potatoes and lemon remoulade sauce. The crab cakes were very light and fluffy and were also delicious.

Both the grouper and crab cakes entrées were very generous portions and reasonably priced considering the quality.

The dessert list seems to change based on what the chef creates because the list is not on the regular menu. I tried the lemon cheesecake. Made with a subtle lemon flavor and served with fresh whipped cream, it was the perfect ending to a perfect meal.

Chef ’s Table In addition to the regular dinner menu, there is a chef ’s table available by reservation on Friday and Saturday nights. To reserve, call one to two weeks in advance. This option includes eight courses that Chef Chris Wishart creates based on the season. A recent menu included lobster, duck, and oxtail prepared with creative sauces, cheeses, truffles, and even caviar.

The chef ’s table is a true dining experience and costs around $65$80 per person. Recommended wine pairings are available with it for $65 a person.

Old North State Winery, located at 308 N. Main Street, Mount Airy, is open Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and closed Monday. Visit www.oldnorthstatewinery.com to see lunch and dinner menus, prices, and the live music schedule.

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Thank a Farmer!

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Where does your food come from? When asked this question, children will most often give the name of their family’s favorite grocery store. Working at North Carolina Cooperative Extension, I have had the opportunity to become more aware of our nation’s food supply. Despite what children think, food doesn’t just magically appear on the grocery shelves.

We sure would be hungry without farmers, and they deserve our appreciation. Next time you see a farmer, thank him or her for the hard work and dedication to put food on our tables.

Try this fall recipe for a quick and easy meal.

SWEET POTATO, CHICKEN, APPLE SALAD Ingredients (makes one serving) • 3 cups coarsely chopped romaine lettuce or other leafy green • ½ cup cooked diced sweet potato • 3 ounces shredded cooked chicken • ¼ cup sliced apple • ¼ cup chopped avocado • 2 tablespoons roasted unsalted sunflower seed • ½ ounce low-fat cheddar cheese, cubed or shredded • 2 tablespoons apple-cider vinaigrette (see Tip) Directions 1. Toss romaine, sweet potato, chicken, and apple with vinaigrette; place on a 9-inch plate.

2. Top with avocado, sunflower seeds, and cheddar cheese.

Tip: To make a quick apple-cider vinaigrette, whisk 2 Tbsp. cider vinegar with ⅛ tsp. of salt and pepper. Slowly whisk in ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil until blended. Extra dressing will keep, covered, in the refrigerator for up to five days. Bring to room temperature before using.

Growing up, I loved visiting my grandparents' dairy farm. Even though I lived in a city, I had the chance to see first-hand the long hours and hard work that went into the milk that ended up in cartons on my school lunch tray and at the grocery store.

My grandmother always loved her garden. We benefited from the delectable food she prepared from her harvest for us to eat. It was magic (and still is) to see how those tiny seeds grow to large plants and delicious vegetables.

We are fortunate that agriculture still plays a major roll in the economy in our community. According to the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture, Surry County has 1,064 farms comprised of 152,452 acres. Even with that number of farms, many of our foods are grown far away. Information from Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) shares the average food item travels about 1,500 miles before it ends up on our plate. No wonder people don’t know where our food comes from.

At Cooperative Extension, we encourage individuals to eat more local foods whenever possible. Support local farmers, visit our farmers’ markets, and grow some of your own foods. Gardening is great exercise and a good stress reliever. I enjoy the raised bed gardens I have in my yard and think of my grandmother when I am digging in the dirt, checking out the growing plants, and picking my produce.

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all the rest Find out how a harmless prank entangles two college kids with a serial killer in the next installment of A DEEPER CUT, a novel of suspense and forgiveness by Mt. Airy author Sheri Wren Haymore.

The Cat grew restless. Beaufort was steamy, boring, sometimes stinky. Tourists were in the way. The games he invented to amuse himself grew stale. His next mark, the fourth on his list of low-life drug pushers, was taking his sweet time coming down the waterway.

Still, he had an interesting diversion. His network was luring in one mark, the next-to-last on his list, even now. This meant number four and number five could potentially be executed the same day. And, as an added bonus, he was about to move in on a small-time dealer working out of a house on a side street just at the edge of the historic district. Planning the scenarios, working out the logistics of making all three executions happen within a short time frame, provided a very satisfying rush. After that, just two more weeks and he would be done with Beaufort. He must wait until August for his final, most brilliant execution. * * * Hunter lay sprawled upon his sofa and contemplated the rising moon through his blue window. He wanted to go fishing, but he felt paralyzed by the events of the last three days, as if leaving his house might bring on another disaster. Puzzling over today’s nearmiss was driving him nuts. After Grayson left, Hunter had moved his dining chest and, yes, he had found a single packet of white powder, no doubt cocaine. It had taken him two seconds to feed it to his ancient toilet. Now, here was the puzzle: Jack Franklin had not brought a drug dog with him. Did that mean he didn’t know about the cocaine, or did it mean he was so certain of finding it that he’d thought a dog was unnecessary? And why had cocaine been planted along with the gun? Was someone just out to get him in general or was that particular combination of weapon and drug supposed to trap him as the Kitty Killer?

And who was the killer? Franklin and Tucker were both looking for Rob Kittrell mighty hard. His stony hatred toward his father simmered alongside his confusion over his father’s role in the harbor murders until Hunter thought he would explode.

With soft moonlight glowing through the blue glass panes, Hunter’s window mocked him. It had not kept its promise; the father who had gone out had not come back. No longer did Hunter even want him back nor did he want him dead. He just wanted his father to be gone, period.

Hunter switched on a light and reached for the envelope Grayson had found in the drawer. He studied it, turned it over and over, and even sniffed it. It was a simple white envelope, slightly scuffed at the corners, fat from the folded pages inside. In an unfamiliar handwriting were the words: For Hunter. He did not open it.

After staring at the envelope for several more seconds, Hunter struck a match and touched the flame to it. The flame spread quickly, destroying the envelope and its contents. When the flame nearly touched his fingertips, he dropped the last inch of 24 • SURRY LIVING Oct. 2019 Issue

scorched paper into a dish and watched it turn to cinder. He felt pretty certain that it was a letter from his father. He wasn’t sure how old it was, but it was about eighteen years too late. A letter was not going to change anything.

Miki had dumped him, Granny Jen was in the hospital, his father was worthless as dirt and probably a criminal, and now somebody wanted him in jail. Right now, it seemed all Hunter had going for him was Amy. When he had gone down to the waterfront tonight to wait for the ketch to dock, expecting to be fired, he had found a sympathetic boss. Amy had settled everything with old John at noon. Hunter had to admit: Amy was a great friend.

A light step bounced up his stairs. In his mind flashed an image of Amy: a sparkle of blue eyes, surprise of dimples, delightful tangle of curls. He could almost smell the perfume she wore, something pleasant and warm, faintly vanilla. With a chuckle, he turned toward the door. Miki stood in the doorway, willowy against the moonlight.

“Hey, Babe. Whatcha want?” he asked.

“Hi, Hunter. Are you okay?”

“Sure.”

“I need to tell you something.”

“Well, come on in and sit on my lovely sofa and enjoy my superb decorating.”

“No, I can’t stay.” She stood just inside, her hair up, elegant in a perfectly-fitted silk dress.

“You look fantastic.” He stood up and walked toward her, watching her face carefully.

Her smile was vague, distant. Hunter thought that she no longer looked like a funky rich lady from the yachts. She just looked plain rich, and he felt outclassed.

“I have something to tell you,” she repeated.

“Okay.”

“Jack is out to get you.”

“No!” He copped a pose, hand on his hip. “You’re making this up.”

“Don’t joke, Hunter. He says he’s going to catch you at something.”

“Why are you telling me this?” asked Hunter.

She shrugged. “You know. We were—us.”

“But we’re not us anymore.”

“Things change. We always knew it wouldn’t last.”

He let that pass. “So are you happy?” He touched her face, but she would not look into his eyes.

“I don’t know. Sure. It’s something different. Look, I’ve got to go.” She backed away.

“Are you afraid of him?” He searched her face for the truth.

“Of course not.” She turned away and opened the door. “Don’t start that again. I need to go back.”

“Miki.”

all the rest “What?” She started down the steps.

Hunter followed her out the door. “Please don’t let him take you away from here.”

“He’s not going anywhere. He’s working. Look, I’m not coming back to see you. And you stay away from me, okay?”

“No.” “I mean it.” She was halfway down the steps by now, and he stood on the landing. “I’ve said all I came to say. Good-bye.”

“No.” “Please.” She looked up at him. Even in the moonlight, her face was perfect: high cheekbones, full, sensuous lips.

“I already told you.” Hunter kept his voice low and even. “If I want to check on you every day, I will.”

“Don’t expect me to speak to you.” She started toward the street.

“Oh, by the way, how’s your granny?”

“They say she’ll be fine. She may come home in a couple of days.

Come by and see her.”

“No. That’s not a good idea. ‘Bye, Hunter.”

He watched her go until her elegant figure was lost to the night’s shadows. * * * Miki took her shoes off and walked quickly down Beaufort’s cracked sidewalks. She had only a few minutes before Jack returned. Guests were coming by for a late nightcap. Jack expected her to be poised, polished. Tonight she needed something to help her be those things, and she knew a house at the edge of the historic district where she could buy just what she needed.

As she neared the house, she slowed her pace. The house was familiar by moonlight, but she had never approached it this early, only ten-thirty. The front light was off.

There was a light in back, however. This frightened her a little, as she had guessed the heavy deals took place there. Still, she knew what she wanted. Maybe Gus, the dealer, would have his wife take care of her in the front.

Cement steps led up to a wooden porch. Warped boards creaked in the stillness. Her light tap sounded ponderous to her ears.

There were no answering footsteps, no scuffle of hiding. Nothing.

The paneled front door was open. Looking through the screen door, Miki could see a sliver of light coming from a doorway at the back of the small house. She guessed the room to be the kitchen.

She knocked again. The sliver of light opened a substantial crack.

Good; they heard her. The screen door creaked rustily as she stepped inside. From beyond the crack of light came a low, male laugh, then the murmur of voices.

Miki stood just within the doorway, in the living room of the house, unsure whether to call out. Something silky brushed her leg. She jumped, and a kitten skittered sideways, tail up. She bent and picked it up, stroking its fur, and decided to leave.

Just as her hand reached back to open the screen door behind her, her eyes caught the silhouette of a man moving beyond the crack of light, casting a shadow on the floor. Her angle did not allow her to see clearly into the room, but the silhouette seemed to belong

to a big man, bigger than Hunter, definitely bigger than the wiry Gus, whom she had come to see.

There was a grunt and a strangled cry from within the room that was too deep and awful to be a scream. She heard a door slam, a heavy sound; perhaps it was the back door of the house. And then Gus tumbled into view through the kitchen door, light following him, his body flailing and falling into the living room just eight feet away from her. His eyes were wide and staring straight into hers with a wordless scream of horror. She saw blood on his face, blood on the door, blood crashing with his body to the floor, blood on his hand that reached toward her.

She choked on the scream that caught in her throat, paralyzed by terror. One step at a time, she backed out the door, still holding her shoes, unable to look away from the blood. The screen door banged as she stepped onto the porch, and she ran, dropping her shoes in the middle of the street, rocks hurting her bare feet. Glass cut her foot, and she gasped in pain, but still she ran. Strands of hair fell from the elegant twist; sweat soaked her silk dress.

She ran four blocks to the waterfront and kept running, her feet hammering the boardwalk, and she did not slow down until she reached the ramp. Only then did she realize she was still clutching the kitten.

Sheri Wren Haymore lives near Mt. Airy with her husband, Clyde, and has been scribbling her entire life. A DEEPER CUT is her second novel. To read the next installment in the book, pick up the latest issue of Surry Living Magazine. You can find A DEEPER CUT at Pages in Mt. Airy, Chapters in Galax or at your favorite online bookseller.

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OCT 4: GRANITE CITY ROOTS KICKOFF PARTY 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Veterans Memorial Park. Join us as Andrew Millsaps and The Russell Hunt Band get us ready for the Granite City Roots Music Festival. Beer, Music, Bonfire and BBQ. Visit www.gcrhythmandbrews.com OCT 4: FIRST FRIDAYS FEATURING BROTHER OLIVER 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm. Thirsty Souls Community Brewing, 238 Market Street, Mount Airy, NC. OCT 5: JIMMY W. JOHNSON, THE SPIRIT OF ELVIS 3:00 pm, Historic Earle Theatre For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.surryarts.org OCT 5: GRANITE CITY ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm, Veterans Memorial Park. 7 Bands, 10+ Breweries and Food Trucks. A one-day celebration of music & brews nestled in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains to benefit the United Fund of Surry. For more information, visit www.gcrhythmandbrews.com OCT 5: CASINO ROYALE NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm, Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. Casino Style Gaming, Food, Draw Down and Silent Auction. Grand Prize is $5,000 cash (Do not have to be present to win) Tickets: Draw Down and one person $100 or Draw Down and two people $125. For information or tickets, call museum 336-786-4478.

OCT 5–6: MISS ANGELS FARM ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Miss Angels Farm. Fun, family-friendly event. 40-acre corn maze, pumpkins available for purchase. Walk 8 acres to pick your own or choose from already picked. Food drinks available for purchase. Admission is $5 per person, children under 2 are free.

OCT 6: MAYBERRY FOOD TRUCK FEST 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Downtown Mount Airy. Food, dessert, wine and beer vendors line the streets in Downtown Mount Airy!

OCT 12: 5KOTG (5K ON THE GREENWAY) 8:00 am, Granite City Greenway. Visit Historic Mayberry and run our 15th Annual 5K and 1/2 Mile Fun Run #5KOTG co-hosted by Reeves Community Foundation and Mount Airy City Schools. Join in the Rubber Duck Regatta as well. Cash prizes awarded to the top 3 fastest ducks. The majority of the course is on the beautiful Emily B. Taylor section of the greenway and runs along Lovill's Creek. This is a FLAT, FAST COURSE. The 53rd Annual Autumn Leaves Festival is within walking distance in Historic Downtown Mount Airy on race weekend. Runners, walkers, and strollers are welcome. For more information and to register, visit http://5kotg.itsyourrace.com OCT 11-13: AUTUMN LEAVES FESTIVAL – Downtown Mount Airy Festival showcases the rich musical heritage such as Old-Time, Bluegrass and Gospel performed by local musicians on the downtown stage. Arts & crafts of more than 200 craftsmen line the streets. Food offerings include ham biscuits, collards & cornbread, barbeque, hamburgers, and more.

For more info call (336)786-6116.

OCT 12: CRAIG SOUTHERN & PHOENIXX at the Blackmon Amphitheatre 7:30 pm, 231 Spring Street, Mt. Airy. Free Show during Autumn Leaves Festival.

OCT 19: BELLAMY BROTHERS 7:30 pm, Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford Street. From "Let Your Love Flow", to "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me)?" to their latest double cd, "40 Years", this duo continues to connect with audiences all over the world- and especially the Mayberry audience with their song "The Andy Griffith Show".

So, don't miss you chance for a fantastic evening at the Andy Griffith Playhouse with the Bellamy Brothers. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.surryarts.org OCT 19: MURDER MYSTERY: LORD & LADY WESTING’S WILL 6:00 pm, The Vermeer Bed & Breakfast. ONLY 18 TICKETS available and restricted to ages 21 and up. $35 in advance only, includes two drink tickets! Visit mysterymenproductions.com

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area calendars & info 140 NORTH POINTE BLVD. OCT 25-27: MOUNT AIRY UKULELE FESTIVAL Weekend MOUNT AIRY of classes, workshops and more. Instructors include George Smith, Marcy Marxer, Cathy Fink, and Kent Knorr. Registration Fee: $125 for ages 18 and older, Dentistry with Heart! $75 for ages under 18. Payment in full is confirmation of your registration. $25 of registration fee is nonDAY OF FREE DENTAL CARE refundable. There will be no refunds after October 1, 2019. Registration includes a t-shirt, classes, workshops FOR VETERANS & ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS and more! There is LIMITED SPACE so make sure to sign WITH PRE-SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS up now to reserve your spot! CLASSES: Festival events will take place in the Andy Griffith Playhouse, Andy Griffith Museum Theatre, and Historic Earle Theatre.

Participants will have the opportunity to perform in a live radio broadcast, WPAQ Merry-Go-Round, on Saturday APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SCHEDULED AT THE at the Historic Earle Theatre. For more information, visit PRE-SCREENING EVALUATION DAY! www.surryarts.org SURRY COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES OFC. FRIDAY, OCT. 4TH 9AM-1PM OCT 31: DOWNTOWN HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION YOU WILL NEED TO BRING: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Downtown Mount Airy – Bring your -MILITARY ID OR DD-214 -MEDICAL CLEARANCE FROM YOUR DOCTOR children for trick-or-treating at participating businesses, -LIST OF MEDICATIONS/HEALTH CONDITIONS games and prizes and a costume contest!

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Pilot Mountain Tourism, 124 West Main Street, Pilot Mountain. For more area info, visit www.pilotmountainnc.org OCTOBER SCHEDULE FOR HILDA’S PLACE 215 E. Main St., Pilot Mountain, NC, 336-444-4359 NOTE: See Facebook page for the latest information and events: facebook.com/hildasplace/ 10/2 (WED) Karaoke Night 7-10; 10/5 (SAT) Game Night 7-10; 10/10 (THUR) Trivia Night; 10/12 (SAT) The Running Dirty Band 7-10; 10/16 (WED) Karaoke Night 7-10; 10/19 (SAT) Special Guest Performing Artist 7-10; 10/30 (WED) Karaoke Night 7-10; 10/31 (THUR) Halloween Costume Party 6-10.

OCT 4: RACE CAR FRIDAY NIGHT 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm, Downtown Pilot Mountain. Drag cars, circle track cars, dirt track cars, nostalgia high performance cars, street legal cars and more! For more information, visit www.hotnightshotcars.com OCT 5: HOT NIGHTS, HOT CARS CRUISE-IN 3:00 pm – 9:30 pm, Downtown Pilot Mountain. Music by East Coast Rhythm & Blues. Family event offering an open street cruise-in. Food trucks, local vineyards and craft breweries. For more info, visit http://hotnightshotcars.com OCT 19: MOVIES ON MAIN - THE WITCHES 8:00 pm, Pilot Mountain. Free, outdoor family event. Begins at dusk. Located on lawn of The Art of Massage - bring a chair or blanket! Concessions available. *In inclement weather, location will move to the Town Hall basement.

OCT 19: MONSTERS ON MAIN HANDMADE PARADE 6:00 pm. Celebrate Halloween early as we march on downtown Pilot Mountain. Focus is on handmade decor. Wear a Halloween costume. Homemade is even better. Line up by 6pm in the FUMC parking lot behind CVS. The parade runs from Stephens St to Academy St. Participation is FREE & Open to EVERYONE! OCT 26: LET’S GLOW CRAZY 7:00 pm, Downtown glow party with DJ and laser show! There will be food, games, & face painting. Glow in the Dark T-Shirts & Glow Swag available for purchase. $5 Admission.

NOVEMBER 22-23: A TRULY MAGICAL EVENT Santa and his REAL reindeer are coming to town! This magical event will take place at Absolutely Country - a Pilot Mountain & Winston Salem, NC, Wedding Barn Venue. Reindeer, magic acts, balloon art, face painting, Elf Village, Christmas Lights, Nativity, music, gifts from Santa, crafts, hot chocolate, coffee, & cookies! Family pictures available. Info and tickets can be found at www.absolutelycountrync.com. Limited Space Available – get your tickets now!

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OCT 5: ELKIN FOOD TRUCK 5K Race Time: 10:00 am, Food Truck Festival: 11:00 am, The Heritage Center. The Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation and Hugh Chatham Aquatic & Wellness Center are partnering with Explore Elkin to bring you the 3rd Annual Food Truck 5K in Elkin, NC. The race begins at the Hugh Chatham Aquatic & Wellness Center (on hospital campus) and ends at The Heritage Center in Downtown Elkin at the Explore Elkin Food Truck Festival. Runners/walkers of any age and ability level are encouraged to attend.

Food truck festival is open to anyone in the community. Participate in the 5K, eat delicious food and have a great time!! To register for the 5K, visit http://itsyourrace.com OCT 26: BIG ELKIN BREWFEST 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Elkin Municipal Park – Beer, Live Music and Food Trucks. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit http://bigelkinbrewfest.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE REEVES THEATER & CAFE 129 West Main Street, Elkin. Call 336-258-8240 for more Info. NOTE: Every Tuesday (excluding Holidays), The Reeves hosts open mic night. Free to watch and play.

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OCT 5 (GALAX, VA): BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING UNCLE KRACKER 7:30 pm, Felt's Park, Galax, VA. Tickets are ONLY $20! For info www.unclekrackerconcert.com/ For more information on the charity, Police Fitness, and the Police Fitness Challenge (obstacle run) that same weekend, visit www.policefitnesschallenge.com/ . See the ad on page 19 of SLM for more information.

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OCT 19 (PINNACLE, NC): 28TH ANNUAL CORNSHUCKING FROLIC 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, 308 Horne Creek Farm Rd, Pinnacle. A traditional rural frolic featuring the harvesting, shucking, shelling, and grinding of corn.

Cider making, quilting, cooking, woodworking, wagon rides, making apple butter and molasses, music, food concessions, and numerous craft demonstrations.

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Children 6 – 12 years old are $3.00, Children under 6 years old are admitted FREE! FOOD/REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE BEGINNING @ 5:30 pm Like us on FaceBook at Hillbilly Comedy and Variety Show or contact 336-372-4591 for Tickets

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