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Features NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

1o A Potter’s Story

The STARworks Clay Studio offers artists with vastly different backgrounds a home to create.

16 Clowning Around

What could be better than making people in the hospital smile? Maybe it’s making them laugh.

22 Sunday Supper

Inspiration in many forms, Karen Littlefield of Filly & Colt’s brings it all to the table.

30 Christmas Traditions

Ever wonder why we get that Christmas tree every year?

And where did eggnog come from? We have the answers.

48 A Look Back

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here are between 25 million and 30 million “real” Christmas trees sold in the U.S. each year, according to the nonprofit organization National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA). The NCTA calls live trees “Real Christmas Trees,” but that seems a bit dramatic, so for the purposes of this column let’s just go with lowercase “real.”

There’s also the American Christmas Tree Association (ACTA), another nonprofit, with the mission “to provide the public with the data necessary for them to make educated, informed decisions when purchasing Christmas trees.” Their website is full of usef … well, information on everything there is to know about Christmas trees, including articles like “Why Have One Christmas Tree, When You Can Have More?”

Why indeed?

Christmas trees, I’ve come to learn, are big business. There are nearly 350 million Christmas trees growing in the U.S. alone, and for every Christmas tree harvested, one to three seedlings are planted to replace it. North Carolina is one of the top Christmas tree-producing states, and there are nearly 15,000 farms growing Christmas trees across the country. We’ve come a long way since those first Christmas tree lots opened in 1531 in Germany (the first known Christmas tree lot to open in the U.S. was in 1851 in New York City).

One of my clearest memories of Christmas trees past was the year we decided to cut our own. There’s truly nothing like paying someone else and then doing the manual labor yourself. I know my father remembers it fondly. As the snow fell gently (heavily) from the colorful dusk sky (fully dark), our family meandered merrily (trudged ploddingly, tripping over unseen roots) through the Christmas tree field, singing Christmas carols (complaining of cold and hunger) as we quickly came across the perfect tree glowing in the starry night (roamed aimlessly for an hour saying, “How about this one?” in increasing desperation).

Once found, the tree fell effortlessly from our saw (demands to get as much of the trunk as possible were met by under-breath cursing and loud orders to keep the low branches “Away from my face while I saw!” followed by “Stop moving the flashlight!”). We then carried the tree to our car singing as cheerily as the seven dwarfs (my father dragged it for miles serenading us with under-breath cursing), where two helpful attendants tied the tree to the top of our car (no actual attendants were found, unless you count my father and some useless kids, but hey, we were paying for it so it was worth getting the full experience). We then set off for a joyous ride home filled with the holiday spirit (my father, stressing that the tree might not be tied down properly, driving like a maniac with his hand out the window holding said tree as his three children complain about the cold, the snow coming in the window and hunger). Cue the under-breath cursing ….

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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A POTTER’S STORY

STORY BY MEAGAN BURGAD PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMANDA JAKL

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his is not your mother’s pottery.

Seagrove may only be fifteen minutes away, but you only need to step inside the STARworks gallery to see these two communities are vastly different. Instead of plates and mugs, STARworks showcases a sculpture of two heads melded together reaching over five feet tall, a rocket ship and raised fists—a collection that wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the Clay Studio and its resident artists.

Like the chicken and the egg, it’s hard to say which came first—Erin Younge or the Clay Studio. As an MFA student at East Carolina University, Younge became familiar with Star through its yearly FireFest event, as well as its proximity to Seagrove. When she heard the community was looking to create a residency program, Younge seized the chance to become a part of Star.

“They didn’t even have an application process. I just gathered all my materials and sent it to Nancy, the director,” says Younge. Her tenacity paid off; she was asked to be one of Star’s first clay residents. Fast forward three years and Younge is now the Clay Studio director, as well as the head of the resident program. It’s now her job to help select the next generation of STARworks clay artists.

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clay dust lingers on every surface, a few beat-up chairs and a couch in the corner. It’s an organized chaos that makes the studio feel lived in and welcoming. A feeling that is undoubtedly bolstered by the easygoing nature of Star’s newest residents: Owen Laurion, Yang Chen and Levi Mahan, a group of artists with vastly different backgrounds.

Laurion grew up in New Hampshire and studied anthropology and philosophy. He worked as a chef in Colorado before deciding to attend the Art Institute in San Francisco to study sculpture. Chen hails from Bejing, China, and received her masters from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). And Mahan is a local from Seagrove. He studied engineering for a while before realizing his mistake and once again immersed himself in the clay of North Carolina.

Their styles as artists are also varied. Chen creates pieces inspired by nature and the curve of the human form. Laurion’s work stems from his love of contradictions. And Mahan is influenced by the traditional techniques he grew up with. Yet even though their backgrounds and styles vary, their work, as well as their personalities, complement each other. After a few moments of watching them breeze in and out of each other’s workspace, it’s easy to see they share a bond. It’s that sense of community that drove the three residents to Star.

“There’s a bigger community of varied artists here,” says Mahan. “I love the Pottery Center [in Seagrove], it’s important too, but it’s a little more independent. Which is sort of where I was already. So, in wanting to expand what I do and grow my work a little, I felt like coming into a vibrant studio community would be beneficial.

And it’s not just the clay studio, it’s the glass [studio] and everything that’s going on in Star.”

Laurion, a former resident of Seagrove’s North Carolina Pottery Center, agrees that the sense of community is what drew him to the residency program.

But he also relishes the exuberance and energy coming out of Star. “This is new, this is fresh. It’s bringing a little more youthful energy. People are coming in with different backgrounds and different schoolings. Star is so new it has a contemporary edge. There’s a little twist on things here.”

The residency program at Star lasts between three to six months. The artists are given a clay stipend, as well as access to affordable housing if needed. There is also a work exchange offered which allows residents to make money by creating wares such as ornaments for the STARworks Holiday Sale or pottery for Shelter (a collection of ceramic pieces sold by The Commons and recently featured in Martha Stewart Magazine). During their time at Star,

TOP: Clay Studio Director Erin Younge with

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FROM LEFT: Levi Mahan, Yang Chen and Owen Laurion.

the residents can experiment and learn from visiting artists, as well as take classes taught by area potters. It’s a luxury not every young potter or ceramic artist is able to afford, and one for which the three residents are very thankful.

“The residencies really fit in well in a moment in your career where you’re kind of in that emerging, flexible space,” says Laurion. “Sometimes you want to work out the kinks in your work, explore different avenues. That’s how I’ve used it. But others who are more established, they use it as a way to break out of what they’ve been doing for the past few years. You have the option to roll the dice and shake off the cobwebs.”

Chen, the youngest of the three residents, came to Star straight from completing her MFA at RISD. The program has allowed her the freedom to experiment with clay and the wood fire kiln. Opportunities she wasn’t always given while in school. “I’m really interested in pottery, but I feel like I never have enough time to practice, but I want to,” says Chen. “Wood firing—before I just did a few and we didn’t go through the whole process. Now we’re moving wood and firing. Each of us has a six-hour turn. The different chambers have different results. It’s very impressive. To have a chance to try it out and see how it works. It’s really exciting.”

The residents are encouraged to explore methods and styles unfamiliar to them. Although, that means sometimes gaining experience through failure. “Learn to not accept anything, and keep pushing for better,” states Laurion. “Except failure, you gotta learn to accept failure,” interjects Mahan while glancing at

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pot as big as an armchair in pieces near his workspace. “Accept it as a failure and own the failure,” adds Laurion.

Wandering through the workspace showcases the impressive talents of the three residents. Mahan’s style leans towards the traditional, but the simple silhouette of his vases scream contemporary. Laurion straddles the line between sculptor and potter. His love of contradiction is evident in the vessels he creates that are riddled with holes. On Chen’s shelf sits a ceramic headpiece that would blend right in on the forest floor or better yet as the crown of a wood nymph. It’s a collection of styles and techniques you’d be hard-pressed to find together in any other showroom in North Carolina. And it’s something Younge and the rest of the staff at STARworks are immensely proud of creating. “We’ve gotten a lot of compliments where people come in the building, they come into the gallery, and they say, ‘Whoa, I feel transported to New York or D.C.’” shares Younge.

Walking through the STARworks facility, talking to its program directors and resident artists, feeling the sense of community—it’s an energy that would almost be overwhelming if it weren’t for the friendly faces meeting you at every turn. A collection of modern art that could fit in any metropolitan area with the charm of a small town. That’s not something you’ll find anywhere else but Star, North Carolina. Whoa, indeed.

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The

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By Toby Raymond

Laughter ¨ is the best medicine,¨

is proven true every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., when the “Gesunnie” Clown Doctors assemble in the lobby of FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.

Mischief and magic prevail as this week’s participants—Daisy, Sparkles, Buttercup, Cookie, Rosie and Silly Lilly—are each turned out in a brightly colored costume, together with oh-so-fun shoes, spreading their infectious joy everywhere they go.

Recruited by the indubitable Ed Renner, known as Numbers, a devotee of Patch Adams who started it all, every member of the ensemble is committed to “giving back” by bringing a ray of light to a place sorely in need of it.

With an oversized white tux and tie filled with numbers, a tiny top hat to match offset by a big red nose, a zillion watches up his sleeves (and where did he ever find those sneakers?), Renner recounts his journey from certified public accountant, hence the numbers bit, to certified Gesunnie in residence.

“I was referred to Hunter Doherty ‘Patch’ Adams to do accounting work,” he begins. “I sure got more than I bargained for. Little did I know he would change my life.”

For those who are not familiar with the story and subsequent film, Patch Adams, starring the late Robin Williams, Adams—the original Clown Doctor—has been on a lifelong quest to combine science-based medicine with compassionate wellness by way of humor and play.

His novel approach, which he believes essential to physical as well as emotional health, has brought healing and comfort to countless patients and their families around the world.

And it was this same passion that fueled the Gesundheit! Institute, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reframe and reclaim the concept of healthcare. In line with Adams’ philosophy, the model focuses on three main areas: a free clinic and hospital, educational programs and global outreach.

It was no wonder then that from the moment they met, Adams was on a relentless campaign to get Renner into the fold, which Renner says, smiling, he repeatedly refused to do.

“It wasn’t until my granddaughter Megan told me I HAD TO that I relented. Between the two of them, how could I say no?”

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and 20 other Gesunnies as members of Patch Adams 2007 Annual Healing Through Humor Tour.

“There were only two requirements,” he says. “The first was that we pay our own way and the second was that we remain in costume for the entire trip. We left Dulles airport on November 5th and did not return until November 21st, which is a long time to be a clown, unless you were part of this incredible odyssey.”

They visited hospitals, one with more than 1,000 patients ranging in age from one to 12.

“Some had cancer, others had heartbreaking deformities—feet, face, arms, legs—and then there were those who were so sick they couldn’t sit up in bed, even for clowns.”

They visited orphanages where the children were waiting for them seated on benches along the walls.

“We sat with them and held their hands, and then let them play with the toys we brought. Megan had a husky dog hand puppet and I had a bear puppet we used to stroke their faces.”

They went to adult orphanages where many were mentally impaired. They formed conga lines, they played the accordion, concertina and kazoo, they performed magic tricks, they jumped, they whirled, and they collected smiles wherever they went.

After such an experience, Renner says he was so moved he went on a crusade to bring the same brand of healing back home. Together with Tommy Moore, a local professional

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clown, they approached volunteer services at FirstHealth with a proposal to start a weekly clown fest.

Once he got the green light, which he says happened almost immediately, he then went about getting as many clowns on board as he could.

Daisy, Jeanne Casey in her alternative life, was one such recruit. The first woman clown, she says it happened on the Pinehurst Wine Walk seven years ago. “Ed came up to me and said that I would make a good clown.”

Intrigued, she decided to give it a try. What resulted was nothing short of wonderful.

“I didn’t know where to begin, so I thought if I created a costume with ‘happy colors’ I would become inspired, and it worked. Initially, I was thinking along traditional lines, but one thing led to another and I eventually turned into a flower. I’ve always loved daisies and that is who I’ve become.”

And she chose wisely, as everyone immediately responded in kind. “When you can make someone smile the world is a better place.” She, too, caught the fever and went on a “clown movement” of her own.

Sparkles, Susan LaGraff in the real world, who dresses in a hot pink tutu, crazy adorable multi-colored tights and jeweled ballet slippers, was one such recruit. She waves her glitter wand to emphasize that she also loves to share smiles.

“There is nothing so special as the moment when I’ve lifted someone’s spirits, even if only for a few minutes. I’ve even been able to get people smiling and laughing in the parking lot.”

Twila Tuxbury, aka Rosie, along with Casper the most precious invisible dog ever, jumps in to say clowning has been transformational for her.

“We all have a child inside of us who is filled with wonder. I am that child whenever I become Rosie. Naturally Casper is right by my side the whole time. Isn’t he cute the way wags his tail?”

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Buttercup, Cathy Renner—no surprise that she’s been indoctrinated—nods and says her character came to her in a dream.

“I loved buttercups as a little girl, but I forgot all about them until the memory took hold in the middle of the night.

That’s when I knew who I was going to be.”

She also adds with a laugh that ironically it was Daisy (Jeanne) not her husband Numbers (Renner) who prompted her to join in the fun.

Myrna Spencer, forever Cookie, pays tribute to Jeanne as well, beaming a hello with a smile that only is eclipsed by her giant red, white and blue peace symbol glasses. She says the moment she saw them she had to have them—the perfect complement to her outfit and to her world view. “I became Cookie because cookies equal smiles and smiles equal love and love equals peace.”

A big hit with Vietnam veterans, she says, “The glasses are a great ice-breaker. As soon as I walk in the room and the guys see them they’ll almost always flash the peace sign.”

All in all there now are five men and nine women who are available for Gesunnie-antics each week. Some do magic tricks like Numbers, while others like Cookie find talking one on one works best.

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Nancy Dorato, who is Silly Lilly live and in person and is the newest addition to the troop, is finding what fits for her.

“This has been such an incredible experience. With each visit, I try new ways to engage patients and their families.

Sometimes it’s about clowning around and sometimes it’s about just being there.”

Whatever their methods, everyone is in agreement that their time spent bringing comfort to all—patients, their families and hospital staff alike—is like seeing a shining star on a dark night.

And it works both ways.

“There was the time we were invited in while a patient was on the phone,” remembers Renner. “She looked at us and said without missing a beat, ‘Gotta go. A couple of clowns just walked in the room.’ We laughed over that one for days.”

“Some people may think we’re giving to others, but we’re the ones who receive the gift every time we collect a smile.

We are truly blessed,” says Sparkles, and with a final curtsy together with bows from the rest of the cast, they’re off in a flurry to do their stuff.

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Sunday Supper

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hey say there is no love more sincere than the love of food. For chef Karen Littlefield, this could not be truer. A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native, Littlefield’s earliest memories involve food, mostly due to the variety of different cuisines in her hometown.

“I was exposed to so many different ethnic foods at a young age,” she remembers. “Seeing how everyone came from different backgrounds intrigued me. The way I experienced new foods at such an early age made me fall in love with it.”

That love with food was just the start of Littlefield’s lifelong passion, and even more, her dreams. Her first “restaurant” was in her childhood home, where she prepared menus and cooked meals for her patrons—her parents. And while most young children were playing outside, Littlefield was perfecting a lemon meringue pie recipe at the age of seven.

“I was eager to learn from the get go. I loved spending time with my Baba (grandmother) in her huge garden, picking the fresh produce to make jellies and jam. We would spend hours canning, and making bread, noodles and soup. Nothing ever went to waste. Being in her kitchen was the original farm to table concept. I loved it—both the time with her and the time learning.”

The young chef in making spent her childhood and teen years continuing to learn about cooking and baking. Her desire to make beautiful creations led Littlefield to the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in art.

After school, however, Littlefield found her way back into the kitchen. An apprenticeship in Charlotte at The Peninsula Club helped Littlefield to combine her two loves: art and food, baking in particular. She worked closely with a German/Austrian pastry chef, absorbing every morsel of information he gave her.

The Peninsula Club, a 700-plus members club located on Lake Norman, was Littlefield’s first kitchen job—a far cry from the kitchen she opened as a 6-year-old.

“Working there taught me so much. Every wedding, every meal was all about perfection and pleasing your client, and I learned that those are the two most important details in this industry.”

She eventually found herself here in Moore County and has now been here for more than 20 years. After working as an executive chef at The Country Club of Whispering Pines, she was ready to make her dreams of owning her own restaurant a reality. In 2014, she and her husband of 14 years were presented the opportunity to open a restaurant at Longleaf Country Club,

a former horse training facility, which is how Filly & Colts was born. During their time at Longleaf, Littlefield and her husband, who she says plays many roles to help support her dreams, established a large, and dedicated, clientele. When changes at Longleaf meant that Filly & Colts would have to relocate, they stumbled upon the available space at Little River Golf & Resort, which just happens to also be a former horse training facility. “It was just meant to be for us to be here.”

Little River’s amenities attracted Littlefield, and in January of 2017 Filly & Colts reopened. The larger facility offers the opportunity for a full-service restaurant, as well as banquets and off-site catering in what she says is a well-rounded facility and destination location.

For Littlefield, this new location means a new challenge each day—something she embraces. “Everything we do here has to appease a much larger clientele, from golfers to retired residents to women’s groups to brides and grooms. I love that aspect of being here.”

The new Filly & Colts features an extensive menu that offers brunch, lunch and dinner, as well as Littlefield’s dessert delights, and is a collaboration between Executive Chef Andy Mitchell and Littlefield.

“Chef Mitchell has a strong culinary background. He came to Moore County from Colorado and Hawaii, and I knew I wanted him to meld his specialties with my Pittsburgh background.

I wanted what I grew up with—diversity—and I feel we have accomplished that with this menu.”

Lunch offers a variety of items, from specialty salads and pizzas, creative sandwiches and burgers, to the “Sloppy Chopper,” a dish that pays homage to Littlefield’s dad.

“My maiden name is Chopnak, and my dad’s nickname was ‘Chopper.’ One of my favorite childhood meals is hot Italian sausage covered with sautéed onions and peppers, topped with marinara sauce and cheese, and served on a crusty hoagie roll. It is a sloppy, hearty dish, and was the perfect dish to name after my dad.”

The “Sloppy Chopper” has become one of the restaurant’s most popular dishes, both at lunch and dinner. At dinner, the chopper can be served with spaghetti and meatballs.

Dinner offers a more elaborate menu. From traditional steaks and pasta dishes to southern favorites like fried chicken livers, there are several choices to make even the pickiest eater happy.

There is a wide variety of seafood dishes available as well, most of which are creations of Chef Mitchell’s.

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Learn to make Chef Littlefield’s perfect gingerbread – the essential recipe to add to your collection for cookies and houses during the holiday season!

Gingerbread Cookie Dough INGREDIENTS

1 2 cup shortening 1 2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 2 teaspoon baking soda 1 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 2 cup molasses 1 egg 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 1 2 cups all-purpose our

DIRECTIONS

Beat shortening in large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium for 1 minute. Add sugar and all spices until combined. Add molasses, egg and vinegar. Beat in as much our as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining our with a wooden spoon. Cover and chill 3 hours or until easy to handle.

Preheat oven to 350 . On lightly oured surface, roll the dough out to 1 4 inch thickness.

Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Bake longer depending on cookie si e and shape.

When the cookies are done, they will look dry, but will be soft to the touch. Cool on wire racks then frost.

Littlefield also pays homage to her upbringing by working closely with both local farmers and the Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative. Most items on all three menus feature fresh, local, seasonal produce, including lettuces, tomatoes, apples and berries.

“The beauty of our restaurant is we get to use what we can get, when we can get it based on the season. We can mix our menus up and we take complete advantage of that. I believe that is what makes us unique.”

Their traditional Sunday brunch offers many of these seasonal produce offerings, including a fall and winter favorite, a butternut squash curry soup. Littlefield also embraces local produce by incorporating whatever is in season into her catering and wedding menus. But don’t forget the little girl who wanted to perfect a pie—Littlefield’s specialties are her homemade, and rather tasty, desserts. “Baking allows me the opportunity to get creative.”

All desserts—from cakes to cookies to giant pastries—at Filly & Colts are made by Littlefield.

“Whether in the restaurant, or at a special event, our customers receive a one-on-one personal, home-like experience. I want everyone to feel the love I have for food when they come to our restaurant or a special event here. And I want their memories to be sparked when dining with us. We are so fortunate to be a part of this wonderful community, and want to give back by giving only the best experience to all who walk through our doors.”

Filly & Colts is located at Little River Golf & Resort in Carthage and offers a full-service restaurant, as well as a venue for corporate meetings, parties, weddings and receptions. For more information, visit www.fillyandcolts.com. PL

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In Vino, Veritas

I Like Big Reds and I Cannot Lie

By Sassy Pellizzari

What is the best wine pairing for a chilly winter evening, cozied up in front of a cr ackling fire? I think we can all agree that it is a full-bodied, jammy, bold, mouth-coating red wine. A wine that will perhaps be enjoyed together with a cigar, or small bites, or a gigantic steak, or dark chocolate, or just enjoyed by itself, such as those fancy-chic so-called “meditational” wines.

So what cork do you pop? A California cab, right? Because you basically know what you’re going to get since the abundance of Californian wines on the market has crafted your cab palate over the years. You are guaranteed jammyness, tannins, high alcohol, more sweetness than acidity, oak, vanilla, more oak and more vanilla.

Well let’s spice up life, pretend it’s a special occasion (like a Saturday), and step out of our comfort zone to try a different wine. We might even find something we like better that becomes our new comfort zone.

Many California cabs are wonderful wines, but because of the high domestic request of these products (three out of every five bottles sold stays in the U.S.), prices often rise and the wines become costly. Furthermore, although the trend is slowly changing, the most common style of these “full-bodied reds” is to have a juice full of wood and vanilla. This makes the grape’s role of secondary importance, which leads to an almost standardized taste, since there is no distinguishing the fruit. In my opinion, it is even questionable if the “abuse” of oak sometimes may be the result of covering up imperfections in the taste of the fruit.

Overall, I feel that Cali cabs tend to be overpriced and overtreated with woods, vanillas, spices and things I’d rather smell at a fancy spa than consume with my fruit.

A large portion of the flavor of wine comes from the grape’s skin, and, like people, some grapes have thicker skins than others. Let’s discover some other thick-skinned options for a full bodied, cozied up in cashmere, crackling fireplace, vino experience.

Malbec. You knew this, didn’t you? I bet you already enjoy Malbec. It has become very popular over the years, mostly from Argentina, even though its homeland

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Nero d’Avola. You’ve probably enjoyed this before but can never remember the name (and definitely can’t spell it properly). Well, here’s your reminder! It is an increasingly popular wine from Sicily (Italy), tasting of black cherry, leather, licorice and Mediterranean flavors.

Tannat. The tannat vine, originally French (like most), has now grown in popularity from Uruguay. They tend to produce powerful wines with high alcohol, low acidity and complex fruit characteristics.

Douro Reds. These wines are from the Douro Valley in Portugal, the same grapes that are used to make port, so you can imagine how bold they can be.

Petit Verdot. Originating in Bordeaux in France, Petit Verdot is such a bold wine, that it is rarely produced as a single varietal wine. There are, however, producers doing it, and it is a party in your palette of black cherry, plum, violet, lilac and sage, with gravel-like minerality.

Grenache. Originating from Spain, Grenache is now more widely planted in France. Grenache is used to make the Priorat red blend, a wine with a big, brawny tannin structure, spices and a touch of minty herbs.

I know that it can be nerving to stray from your comfort zone. Why reinvent the wheel, right? Well, because there might be a better one out there! So the next time you are in the mood for a full-bodied red, pass over the cab, step out of the box (and I hope it’s not a box wine) and give a new wine a try. And remember: when life gives you wine you don’t like, make vinegar. PL

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Brunswick Phonograph  “Th is early 20th-century Brunswick Victrola was my grandparents back on the dairy farm they worked. It was manufactured probably around 1918, and I have fond memories of my grandparents dancing to records after dinner. It still works and every Christmas we break out a dozen or so records and dance after dinner.”

The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, founded in 1845 in Dubuque, Iowa, manufactured a range of products, from pianos to sports equipment products. They made their first phonograph is 1916 and eventually began their own record label.

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By Amanda Jakl

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Maybe you and your family go to the lot together to pick out the perfect tree. Maybe you spend a day baking snickerdoodles or gingerbread for the neighborhood cookie exchange. Or maybe you put pen to paper in the hopes of telling your past year’s successes (and failures, if you’re being honest) to far-off relatives and friends.

Whatever your favorite tradition, there’s comfort in the ritual. These simple acts, passed down through generations, can be intensely personal while some make you feel like part of something bigger. It may seem like some traditions have been around since the beginning of time, but research proves otherwise. We shape and mold traditions as much as they shape and mold us. For instance …

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Christmas Trees

Long held as a symbol of eternal life, evergreen boughs were used as decoration by the early Romans as well as the ancient Celts of Northern Europe and the Vikings of Scandinavia. We can thank the Germans (danke), however, for the Christmas tree.

In the 16th century, it was the German Christians that brought the entire tree into their houses for the season to celebrate Christ. It would take a couple hundred years for the Christmas tree to make it to the United States. German settlers in Pennsylvania brought the tradition with them, displaying trees in the public square in the mid-1700s until finally bringing them indoors around 1830. It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that Christmas trees became popular in the United States, as most people believed the trees to be a symbol of paganism. In fact, the fear of paganism and its ungodliness is the reason so many traditions took so long to grab hold in America. Puritans believed that any act of frivolity or symbol was a mockery to the solemnity of the season. But the influx of German and Irish settlers in the late 19th century brought an end to the stronghold Puritanism surrounding Christmas. Once the beloved Queen Victoria was sketched with her family in front of a Christmas tree in 1846, the tradition was cemented overseas and here at home.

As for decorating the tree, Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, is credited with adding candles to the Christmas tree. The story goes that Luther was walking home one crisp, clear winter night and, upon gazing up, was struck by the beauty of the stars among the evergreens. When he arrived home, he set up a tree and wired candles to each branch. Luther’s idea was beautiful, but with some inherent safety issues, as well as financial concerns (burning candles for decoration was a luxury most families could not afford). Until electric lights became accessible to the average family in the 1930s, Americans simply decorated their trees with ornaments and strung popcorn and dried fruit.

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Candy Canes

Another tradition we can thank Germany for is the candy cane.

According to legend, a choirmaster in Cologne in 1670 wanted a way to keep the children in his congregation quiet during the Christmas Eve service. He asked the local candy maker to devise a special sugar stick treat for them. Since sweets were looked down upon during a holy service, he requested that the sticks have a crook on the top to remind the children that Jesus was a shepherd (although some will argue that it’s a J for Jesus) and made them white to remind them of the sinless life of Jesus. The idea spread throughout Europe and soon became a symbol of the Christmas season. Candy canes are also regularly given to children on December 6, the day of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children.

For hundreds of years, candy canes were solid colors; they didn’t get their stripes until the beginning of the 20th century. Although the originator of the stripes is unknown, striped canes did not appear on Christmas cards prior to 1900. It was around that same time that peppermint and wintergreen flavors were added and became the traditional taste of the season.

Christmas Cards

Christmas letters have been around for centuries, but it wasn’t until 1843 that the Christmas card was invented, mostly out of necessity (and maybe a touch of laziness). In Victorian England, it was considered impolite to not answer all correspondence, so when Sir Cole came home after a long trip abroad to stacks of mail, he had to figure out how to respond without spending hours doing it. To his benefit, the British postal system had just introduced the Penny Post, which allowed a letter or card to be sent anywhere in the country for just a penny stamp. Cole approached his artist friend, J.C. Horsley, to sketch a family celebrating around the dinner table with the generic greeting: “A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year To You,” along with a small place where he could personalize each card. He ordered 1,000 copies and the rest is history.

As for the first Christmas cards in the U.S., that credit goes to Louis Prang, a Prussian immigrant with a print shop near Boston in 1875. Rather than Christmas images, like a Nativity or holiday celebrations, Prang chose more subdued approach. Flowers, animals, nature scenes with the words Merry Christmas were typically all they contained. Christmas cards were postcards until 1915 when printer Joyce Hall and his brothers Rollie and William put out a new format: 4 inches by 6 inches, folded in half and accompanied by an envelope.

The brothers later founded the company Hallmark in 1928.

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Poinsettia

Known as the Flower of the Holy Night, the poinsettia is a favorite Christmas flower in the United States due to its beautiful red star shape. The poinsettia was brought to the United States by the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Dr. Joel Poinsett in 1828.

Poinsett, an amateur botanist who founded what is now known as the Smithsonian Institution, first discovered the plant in the southern Mexico. Enamored with its color and shape, Poinsett sent cuttings back to his home state of South Carolina. He began propagating them in his own hothouses and sent them to his friends as well as botanical gardens. Eventually, the plant caught on and became a symbol of the holiday season.

National Poinsettia Day is December 12, chosen to commemorate the date of Poinsett’s death in 1851.

Since it blooms in winter, it’s a natural choice for a holiday plant, but there are many legends surrounding this bright red (and sometimes other color) plant. One translation of the plant is as a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem, the constellation that led the three Wise Men to the birth place of Jesus. But the most popular legend tells of a poor young Mexican girl named Pepita walking with her cousin to the Christmas Eve services. Pepita had no gift to offer the Christ child and she was embarrassed to show up with nothing.

Her cousin assured her that even the most humble gift would be acceptable in Jesus’ eyes.

Looking around, she knelt by the roadside and picked a bouquet of weeds. She entered the church and upon laying her scraggly bouquet at the altar, they suddenly blossomed into a beautiful poinsettia.

Christmas Stockings

The legend of the Christmas stocking is connected to St. Nicholas, who had a reputation of traveling the world, bringing gifts and joy to those in need. He came across an impoverished widower with three daughters for whom he could not afford dowries. Knowing this proud man would not accept his help, St. Nicholas tossed some gold coins down the man’s chimney, landing in the daughters’ freshly washed stockings hung to dry. The origin and date of this tale is unknown, but has been ingrained in our collective memory for centuries.

The 1823 classic “The Night Before Christmas” poem includes two lines that have indubitably changed the way we think of this tradition, “The stockings were hung by the chimney with care/In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there.” This was the first time in print that stockings were described as being specifically hung for the purpose of receiving gifts.

Children used to put out their regular socks or their shoes for gifts, but eventually special stockings were created. Traditionally, stockings were filled with small gifts and fruit, specifically oranges as they represented the gold that St. Nicholas brought in the origin tale. But in the last 50 years, stocking stuffers run the gamut of small tchotchkes to lavish goods.

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Eggnog

Of all the Christmas traditions, there is none so polarizing as eggnog. You either love it or hate it; it’s rare to see a middle ground. This duplicitous drink began in the medieval ages in Britain, as a drink called posset, which consisted of milk curdled with some type of alcohol and sweetened and spiced. Legend has it that monks added whipped eggs and maybe some figs too. Because of the high prices of its ingredients (eggs, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sherry or Madeira), posset was reserved for toasts to health and prosperity, and more importantly, the upper class.

While its popularity in Britain ebbed, it gained a new appreciation in the American colonies. Unlike in Britain, many American families had farms that produced milk and eggs, and while sherry wasn’t in high supply, cheaper and more available whiskey or rum were substituted. It was in the 19th century that eggnog became associated with Christmas.

Also known as milk punch or egg milk, the term eggnog has a hazy history, but possibly derives from the medieval word “noggins,” which were wooden mugs used for alcohol.

“Nog” is also a word meaning ale. The term eggnog was first used in the U.S. in 1775 and history shows that George Washington was a fan. His overly alcoholic recipe consisted of cream, milk, sugar, brandy, rye whiskey, Jamaica rum and sherry. It goes without saying that his guests appreciated the hospitality. PL

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Life Under Pines

Salt in Our Soup

By Sundi McLaughlin

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love the holidays in this town.

Every year at about this time, our downtowns are lit up with wreaths and Christmas trees, and become energized with weekly events: The Veterans Parade, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Christmas Parades, the Carriage Parade, the Tree Lighting, multiple open houses. These events do an excellent job of bringing our community together. In a world of constant upheaval, I love the simplicity of friends and neighbors gathering around the center of town to listen to carols, watch the tree lighting and mingle afterward. One of my favorite events is the Veterans Parade.

I love to see the streets crowd with onlookers as we wave and cheer for our veterans. It touches my old heart more than words can say. Every year when the parade begins I tell myself I won’t cry … and then the waterworks commence (think 1970s American Indian in the “Stop Littering” commercials …).

Back in the shop everyone for the most part is in a splendid mood.

Customers are bopping hectically in and out of shops, drinking coffee and running into old friends. Of course, there are always a few unhappy souls who darken our door. No holiday would be complete without a Scrooge or two, and to tell you the truth, that’s OK (I like a little salt in

my soup). Not everyone has to be joyful all the time. All of us have our own ups and downs, and, unfortunately, for some, this time of year can also be a season of loss, sadness and of remembering times gone by.

In retail, it can sometimes be a struggle to remain upbeat when a few curmudgeons test our holiday cheer. I have found the best way to approach these difficult characters is from a place of compassion, which admittedly is a lofty goal where I often fall short. Most often I let my feelings get hurt, which is ridiculous because they are in the minority. How is it that out of 50 lovely customers, it’s the one person who said something unkind that I take home with me? Alas, there are so many more smiley faces happily chatting with each other and laughing over some private joke or story that it all balances out. But for better or worse, all of us make up the diverse and wonderful fabric of our community.

Sometimes I worry people fret too much over gifting. I’m not sure folks realize how many agonize over finding the perfect gift. To my mind, getting a gift for someone should be a way of saying, “I am thinking of you, I value you, and I thank you for being a part of my life.” The gift is a symbol of that

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acknowledgment. And I don't think one should spend a ton of money or be extravagant with every gift—it’s exhausting. As someone who witnesses the struggle and is one of many who assist in the hunt for the elusive “perfect gift,” I try to remind the giver that this should be a fun pursuit and not stressful or worrisome.

Sadly, my words fall on deaf ears, for the most part, and I can’t blame them as I have noticed a troubling trend as of late. More and more people seem to be retuning gifts to pick out something else or ask for cash back. What I am seeing more often is how people have begun to view their gifts as dollar signs. Imagine my dismay after watching a customer painstakingly choose a gift, only to see that gift returned the same day or days later. Sometimes the return is done with rolled eyes and a quick, “I don’t know what they were thinking.” I want to shout, “I do! I watched them agonize over this gift, I saw how much time they spent choosing this just for you!” (For the record, I’m not talking about something that needs to be exchanged for a different size.)

Whatever happened to the days where we simply were happy to receive a gift and then said a grateful thank you? It shouldn't matter if the gift wasn’t exactly

what you had in mind. That isn't really the point. The point is someone thought enough of you to spend the time and energy to get you a gift and isn't that pretty great? Isn't that the very thing we grew up dreaming about? If Aunt Agnes wants to give you a purple cat ornament, thank her for it and put it on your tree … I bet that next year it will make you smile.

Of course, there are equal amounts of folks who make a point of coming into the shop and saying how they got a gift from a friend, co-worker, husband, etc., and how much they loved it or how thoughtful the gift was and how nice it was of them to think of them! It reaffirms that many of us are indeed thankful for these moments. It invigorates the soul and gets me excited for this time of year—this wonderful season where we take the time to acknowledge our friends and coworkers with a little something as a way of saying Merry Christmas or Happy Thanksgiving.

In a world of utter chaos where there are so many reasons for us to be stressed and anxious, buying or receiving gifts shouldn't be one of them. I think as this year winds down it does us all a bit of good to take the last two months of the year to celebrate, reflect and refocus our energy on friends, family, unity and gratitude. Let us be thankful for what we do have … and we do have so much, right here Under the Pines …. PL

Sundi McLaughlin is a proud military wife and small business owner. She happily divides her time between her shop, Mockingbird on Broad, and her volunteer work on Fort Bragg and the Sunrise Theater. She also can be seen walking her enormous black lab named Dodge.

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The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, having the least amount of sunlight. The sun reaches its most southern point in the sky at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 21. It is the beginning of astronomical winter, and after this date the days start getting longer. The word solstice comes from the Latin word solstitium (sol meaning “sun” and stit meaning “standing”). And in the Northern Hemisphere, the solstice signifies autumn advancing to winter.

Since ancient times, cultures all over the world have recognized this important astronomical occurrence and celebrated the subsequent “return” of the sun in a variety of different ways. Old solstice traditions have influenced holiday celebrations, such as Christmas and Hanukkah.

In ancient Rome, the winter solstice was celebrated at the Feast of Saturnalia, to honor Saturn, the god of agricultural bounty. Lasting about a week, Saturnalia was characterized by feasting and gift-giving. In modern times, Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. It’s believed that this date was chosen to offset pagan celebrations of Saturnalia. Gift giving, feasting, lighting candles and music are some of the customs absorbed into our holiday celebrations.

Soyal is the winter solstice celebration of the Hopi Indians of northern Arizona. Dong Zhi, the “arrival of winter,” is an important festival in China. St. Lucia’s Day is a festival of lights celebrated in Scandinavia. In pre-Christian Scandinavia, the Feast of Juul, or Yule, lasted for 12 days to celebrate the rebirth of the sun and gave rise to the custom of burning a yule log.

The winter solstice marks the first day of astronomical winter (metrological winter in 2017 is also December 21st), and we can look forward to lengthening days and the return of spring. PL

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A Look Back

Parkewood: The Town that Disappeared

By Jean Barron Walker / Images Courtesy of Moore County Historical Association and The Tufts Archives

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hen the North Carolina Millstone Company went bankrupt in the late 1880s, more than a business disappeared in Moore County—so did an entire town! Nothing is left of the original site, except a deep, waterfilled hole. That’s where the rock for millstones was quarried.

Although these millstones were described in company literature as having “a better cutting edge than any other stone yet found,” they were no match for the steel rollers that came later.

North Carolina deeds from the early 1800s mention settlers having millstone quarries along McCallum Fork near Carthage, the county seat of North Carolina. In the late 1870s, Lewis Grimm, a Carthage area salesman for Taylor Manufacturing Company of Westminster, Maryland, maker of portable and stationary steam engines, took a buggy ride in the Carthage countryside and saw millstones being mined from a quarry.

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with the steam engine company he represented, Grimm spoke to his employers about acquiring some quarries. George Taylor, one of two brothers who owned the steam engine company, agreed with Grimm. Together, in 1879, they purchased several North Carolina quarry sites along the Fork and formed the North Carolina Millstone Company, which they incorporated in 1880.

George Taylor, along with Grimm, moved to North Carolina to begin developing the area. Taylor and Grimm envisioned building a town adjacent to the main quarry site, where everything would be owned by the company. A second brother, Ed Taylor, joined the company in 1883. Grimm and the Taylor brothers decided to name their town Parkewood, in honor of Ed’s wife, Josephine, whose family name was Parke.

Town construction began quickly. The owners built 20 houses for workers, two barns for horses and mules, a wood

Top: Price list for "The Best Stone for Grinding Corn Meal."

Below: Advertisement for the town of Parkewood.

shop, a sawmill and kiln, a blacksmith shop, a foundry and machine shop, two powerhouses, a dynamite storage building, and an ice house. A small store carried basic items for the millstone employees’ needs. The Grand Hotel, aptly named, was a three-story building constructed of heart pine which was chosen for its beauty and durability. The hotel had 14 rooms with fireplaces and views of a lake. The owners stocked the lake with Chinese carp and brought in pairs of white swans, “the like of which had never been seen in this part of the country,” according to local historian Katherine Shields Melvin. The lake was created by damming up a stream and diverting the water. The stream bed of conglomerate rock, which was blue granite with chips of hard white flint, became the source of rock for the millstones.

The entire town of Parkewood operated without electrical power. Two boilers provided steam for engines to run pumps that extracted surface water from the quarry and used it to power drills

that bore into the rock. “It took three days and nearly all the mules in the county to transport the boilers from the Cameron, NC, railroad depot to Parkewood,” according to Lawrence Koester, author of The Story of Parkewood.

It is thought that the quarry was 80 feet deep. Workers used dynamite to blast the rock into sections, and a tall derrick lifted sections of stone from the quarry. Then they were cut and processed into millstones by skilled stone cutters who used chisels, steel drills and hammers to shape the stone. Blacksmiths kept tools sharp for the stone cutters. Wages for stone cutters were said to have been between 50 and 70 cents for a 10-hour day.

In 1881, Grimm installed the first telephone system in the county. He ran a telephone line from Parkewood to the G.C. Graves Store in Carthage, and then to the railroad depot in Cameron. (Southern Pines had no telephone service until 1898, and the town of Carthage had none until 1902.) G.C. Graves

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Bond certificate and letterhead of the North Carolina Millstone Co. Bottom & Next Page: The only two photos of Parkewood that exist today, circa 1932.

was an important provider for this millstone business, since his Carthage store supplied merchandise for the small store in Parkewood. Graves’s livery hauled millstones via wagon from Parkewood to the Cameron depot 20 miles away for shipment around the country.

Grimm and the Taylors planned to quarry the millstone as others had done, but, in addition, to place the stones into sturdy wooden frames and sell them as portable corn mills that could be shipped, ready for installation. This ingenious corn mill product found a ready market. By 1885, the company was producing 45 to 50 portable corn mills a month. There were orders from many parts of the United States, as well as Canada, Australia and South America. Grimm and the Taylors made cash deposits as large as $8,000 at a time with a Charlotte bank. Producing corn mills was also helpful to the Taylor Manufacturing Company, since the company sold steam engines that could power the corn mills.

The Parkewood millstone company manufactured and sold their millstones in pairs. One stone was stationary, and the second stone would spin above or below it. Different patterns and groove depths were cut into the millstones based on the size of the grain or seed to be ground. The grain or seed was poured into a hole at the top of the stone. As the millstones turned, they would carry the material to the edge, turning it into meal or flour. Banded millstones were also available; those had a steel hoop that circled the outer edge and lessened damage during shipping. These paired millstones varied from 14 inches to 48 inches in diameter, and cost $25 to $185.

Grimm oversaw the design and building of the so-called “portable” corn mills. These had two different designs: the “Upper Runner” and the “Lower Runner.” On the Upper Runner, only the top millstone rotated, and on the Lower Runner, only the bottom millstone turned. Both types were produced in various sizes. Upper Runner Mills were larger, with 30-inch, 36-inch or 42-inch millstones priced from $230 to $370. Unlike their description, they were hardly portable, since they weighed from 2,200 to 4,600 pounds each. They were “portable” only in that they could be located anywhere there was a power source, usually a steam engine, to drive their belts. The Lower Runner was less costly, with 14-inch, 20-inch

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or 30-inch millstones available for $85 to $230. By 1885, the North Carolina Millstone Company was producing about 50 portable corn mills a month. The phrase, “Moore County Grit” was imprinted as a trademark, referring to those portable millstones quarried at Parkewood. Patents were pending on the “portable” corn mills.

When Ed Taylor arrived in Parkewood from Maryland, he took over the operation of the Grand Hotel and also became the general manager of the store. He enlarged the store to replace the smaller commissary that had served the needs of the workers, and stocked it with some of the finest merchandise of the day, much of it too costly for the paychecks of the 75 to 100 company workers. He brought in railroad carloads of store supplies including sewing machines, crockery, clothing, shoes, bolts of linen, silk and lace—all bought on credit. As the bills accumulated, the store had a cash flow problem.

Taylor’s mismanagement of the store caused financial problems and, in addition, there were fewer orders for millstones and corn mills. Because of the absolute quality of the conglomerate stone from the McCallum Fork creek bed, the stones did not wear out.

At the same time, larger mills across the country began using steel rollers to grind grain and corn, making quarried millstones obsolete.

Some historians thought that the Taylors engineered their own bankruptcy by buying supplies in railroad car lots, charging the goods to the company and then selling the items later, but this was never proved.

Whatever the cause, the company could not pay its bills.

On Nov. 8, 1887, creditors filed suit against the North Carolina Millstone Company and, a month later, receivers were appointed to dispose of the property. A private sale and several public auctions were held. T.W. Stemmler of Madison, New Jersey, bought the real estate, hotel furnishings and equipment, but never operated the quarry.

All activity in the town of Parkewood ceased. Workers moved elsewhere in search of jobs, and the forest grew to cover disintegrating buildings and rusty equipment. A deep quarry, now filled with water, is the only remaining vestige of Parkewood and the North Carolina Millstone Company. PL

Jean Barron Walker is a member of the Moore County Historical Association.

For more information on the association, visit moorehistory.com.

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Book Review

Lose to Win

By Robert Gable

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obody likes to lose. It’s as American as baseball and apple pie. Most of us go to great lengths to win, and if we’re not careful, this “win at all costs” thinking can become all-consuming. There is, however, another mindset that believes you can learn from losing.

Sam Weinman explores the idea that some good can come from our inevitable setbacks in his book, Win at Losing.

Weinman had the idea for this book from seeing how his sons dealt with losing. He started to notice they hated losing as much as he did. In an “if life gives you lemons, make lemonade” moment, he thought if he could explore other people’s reactions to losing, he could teach his sons to better accept defeats—and to be better human beings in the process.

He notes in the first chapter, “What I’ve found is that the people who’ve approached their failures honestly and constructively are often able to point to tangible benefits of those losses. The impact of this can be profound: The more we can embrace the upside of losing, the healthier our perspective toward whatever is in front of us, the less encumbered we are by fear.”

Weinman makes his case over the course of ten chapters.

Currently an editor for Golf Digest, he was previously a sports writer covering the PGA Tour and the NHL. He knows how to keep the narrative interesting and his sentences crisp. He gives a quick epigram at the start of each chapter and then he tells the story of a person who got tantalizingly close to a big victory, yet somehow— painfully—happened to lose.

There’s a sentiment in our culture that says, “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser.” Weinman answers, “I’ve come to abhor that sentiment to the point that I now think being a good loser is exactly what we should aspire to be. ... It implies perspective and resilience and the quiet confidence that the world will not crumble around you just because of a f leeting setback.” He points to the advice of Dr. Jim Loehr, a sports psychologist, who has said, “Losing is simply a fact. Failure is your interpretation of what happened.”

Weinman draws on an interesting, wide-ranging source of ideas and research. There is psychologist Carol Dweck, who notices the difference between a “growth” mindset and a “fixed” mindset. If you define life more as a process,

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Win at Losing: How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains Sam Weinman 242 pages, TarcherPerigee / $26.00

you’re able to recover and cope better than those who think “I’m as far as I’m going to get and that’s it for me.” This connects to “counterfactual thinking,” which is what the author defines as “focusing on what might have been as opposed to what actually happened.”

Weinman excels with his even-handed portrayal of people who have weathered some soul-crushing defeats. He has a chapter on Greg Norman’s loss at the 1996 Masters.

Norman put himself out there, poised to win, but instead had a gut-wrenching meltdown. He learned humility and gained a legion of supporters from how well he handled himself afterward.

Weinman’s final chapter, “So What Have We Learned,” deftly ties together the various themes in the book. He’s not preachy, but you need something to keep you going as you deal with a bitter defeat. He points to the example of Ralph Cox, the last man cut from the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, who went on to win the gold medal in miraculous fashion. Cox missed all the fun, but he came to realize it was not the last chapter in his life. It’s about keeping things in perspective, knowing it’s possible to bounce back in due time. Most likely there’s no single answer for what happened, but it does help to look for some sort of answer, elusive though it may be. Oftentimes it’s sheer “stick-toitivness,” like that sage advice from a Chinese fortune cookie: “The secret to life: fall down seven times, get up eight.” PL

Robert Gable worked in book publishing for 18 years before going into the golf industry. He lived and worked in Pinehurst for five years and still misses it. He currently lives in Queens and works as an assistant golf pro at Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, New York.

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On the Buckle

A Three Tears Day

By Toby Raymond

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’m in between horses right now, so I’ve been riding my friend’s project off-track thoroughbred.

She’s busy with her competition horse and has sort of left him to me, which works out for us both. He’s big and beautiful, but, unfortunately, I can’t add brave to the list, which is curious, because after his lackluster 17-race career ended, he was scooped up to become an event horse.

He has an intelligent eye and an inquisitive nature on top of his size and good looks, the things that drew my friend to him. But it became very clear, very quickly, that he also is very sensitive, and, as is the way with horses, performance under pressure before they are ready simply doesn’t work—at least it hasn’t for this guy so far.

In fact, just tacking him up was my first challenge; I had trouble getting him to stand still. A veritable giraffe, not to mention so snarky, he only would lower his head for a nipping opportunity, together with ears pinned f lat, and OMG was he going to stop pawing? Ever?

I’m sure there are those of us who have been there at one time or another, but it doesn’t make it any less painful when it’s your turn, which got my

friend and me to wondering, was this errant behavior from his track days or afterward, when he was in retraining for his new job? Whatever the reasons, in the end it came down to one thing: This horse was stressed.

Since there was no urgency, he and I embarked on a go “slow like turtles – be light like feathers” journey, which sometimes lasted over an hour before he’d calm down enough for me to put on the saddle. Suffice it to say, it’s not linear with these guys.

Anyway, when we finally were good to go, he thankfully came along like a trooper and stood still as a stone at the mounting block, but nevertheless there was always a cookie to reward ... “such a good boy.” And then we’d be off to loosen up (I use the term optimistically) and stretch his legs around the easement, which included passing a very scary metal gate and cows who are marginally frightening unless they are somewhat hidden from view (total justification for planting his feet and looking). Of course, if anything is out of place like a rail is down, well, it can be cause for serious concern—head up to the sky with eyes like saucers. Or when it’s really a monster, like a mailbox (really???), he’s been known to bring

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out the big guns, motoring backwards and even up in the air ... Hi-Ho Silver.

But through it all, my friend and I would assure each other most every day that he was not crazy, was he? He just had holes in his education and needed to build up his confidence, which is where the three tears come in.

Having gone back to basics, and I mean, at the walk, starting-fromscratch basics, my goal was to get him to relax. Even though he has a happy-mouth bit, he still was quite nervous—constantly chewing and resisting along with taking short hollow steps. Until one day—only a couple of weeks into it, but I must confess it felt like forever—he lowered his head and reached for the bit. Just like that. I even saw his eye soften as he loosened his jaw ever so slightly. I must say, my eyes filled with tears.

That’s when I noticed a neighbor across the fence doing groundwork with her young mare. Later, as we made our way around the easement for our cool-down walk, she stopped to exclaim that her horse had had a breakthrough too. It was only for an instant but she confessed to having tears in her eyes as well.

And that’s how it started.

Since then we’ve been comparing

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notes regularly. If her mare turns on the haunches with a definitive step or my guy is quiet in his mouth with relaxed friendly ears, it can signify a one, two or three tears moment. That said, I’ll admit there still are some bad hair days, yet for the most part, it seems we’ve crossed an invisible line.

He now practically falls asleep on the cross-ties, and enters the dressage ring like he means it. And, when I ask for more, he almost always tries instead of shutting down. I get misty just thinking about it. It’s those little victories that carry me through the rough patches, and where the magic truly lives. PL

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Healthy Choices

Circadian Rhythm

by Robert Nason

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he coffee and soda industries may not want you to hear this, but there’s a biological reason many of us feel like taking a nap after lunch or some of us find we’re most productive early in the morning. It isn’t that second latte that’s really keeping you going, it’s your body’s natural internal clock.

“Circadian rhythm in humans refers to the approximately 24-hour ‘internal clock’ that regulates our daily sleep-wake cycle,” explains Matthew R. Grafenberg, a physician at FirstHealth. “This internal clock is slightly longer than 24 hours and requires daily synchronization from environmental factors—mainly light, but also social schedules and physical activity.

These external factors regulate the secretion of melatonin, which is the main agent synchronizing the internal clock in our body.”

Circadian rhythm, from the Latin words circa meaning “around” and dies meaning “day,” is a cycle that tells our bodies when to sleep, wake and eat.

When that process is disrupted, sleeping and eating patterns are impacted and health problems can arise. In fact, scientific research is finding that irregular circadian rhythm can increase chances of cardiovascular disease, depression, obesity and other neurological issues.

“Circadian rhythm disorders refer to those class of maladies that affect our internal clock such as shift work sleep disorder, jet lag and advanced/delayed

sleep phase disorders,” says Grafenberg.

“They commonly affect people who work strange hours, travel frequently, as well as the elderly. For example, elderly frequently suffer from ‘advanced sleep phase disorder,’ where they typically become tired early in the evening (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.) and then experience insomnia early in the morning (between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.). Simple light therapy in the evening is frequently used to treat this specific type of disorder.”

Other treatment options for circadian rhythm disorders, adds Grafenberg, include maintaining strict sleep-wake schedules, blue-light therapy, melatonin, and judicious use of wake- and sleep-promoting medications.

In October, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three American scientists “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm” of all organisms. The scientists, Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young, used fruit flies to isolate a gene that controls the normal daily biological rhythm, showing that the gene encodes a protein that accumulates in the cell during the night and then degrades during the day. In other words, they’ve proven our biological clock at work.

The hypothalamus controls circadian rhythm, and according to the National Sleep Foundation, for most adults, the biggest dip in energy happens in the middle of the night (between 2 a.m. and 4

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a.m.) and just after lunchtime (between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.). Other factors, like sleep deprivation, light and whether you’re a morning person or a night person can also impact your circadian rhythm intensity.

“When it’s dark at night, your eyes send a signal to the hypothalamus that it’s time to feel tired,” notes the National Sleep Foundation website. “Your brain, in turn, sends a signal to your body to release melatonin, which makes your body tired.

That’s why your circadian rhythm tends to coincide with the cycle of daytime and nighttime (and why it’s so hard for shift workers to sleep during the day and stay awake at night).”

And with all the other stimulants available to us—from your phone and TV to caffeine and alcohol— that could negatively impact our “sleep-wake cycle,” it’s no surprise Rosbash believes Western society as a whole is suffering from an epidemic of sleep deprivation.

“It’s been overlooked for a long time as a real public health problem,” says Rosbash in an interview with The Guardian. “All of Western society is a little bit sleep deprived and, when I say a little bit, I mean chronically.”

It’s important, therefore, to find balance in your daily life that keeps your circadian rhythm at a steady tempo. Here are a few tips for healthy “sleep hygiene”: Limit daytime naps to 30 minutes. A short, early nap of 20-30 minutes can

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Establishing a regular relaxing bedtime routine. It may be boring, but your body likes boring, so try to get to sleep at the same time every night and establish a “getting to bed” routine to let your body know it’s time to rest. PL

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The Tour Giving Back

by Helen Ross

Surgery to his left hip in July of 2014, coupled with a revision the following year, kept Bobby Gates sidelined for the next two PGA Tour campaigns. And when he did finally get back in action this summer, the transplanted Texan only got to make five starts, missing the cut in four of them.

Turns out, the time he spent back in Houston after playing in his last event in July became what Gates called a “blessing in disguise.” He was there when Hurricane Harvey hit, and witnessed first-hand the devastating floods brought on by the relentless rain that pummeled southeast Texas for more than five days.

Gates’ home at The Woodlands was on relatively high ground.

But many of his neighbors weren’t as lucky. He spent days helping strip sheetrock out of homes that had flooded, including that of a fellow Tour pro, Dawie van der Walt, who had more than four feet of water invade his house.

“So I traded a driver for a sledgehammer for a few days and it was good—but it’s very humbling,” Gates said.

Chris Stroud also lives in Houston, and the native Texan’s career was on a different arc than his friend. He had won the Barracuda Championship in July and played in the final group on Sunday at the PGA a week later, so he made the difficult decision to ride out the hot streak even as Harvey descended on his home.

Turns out, his home was on a hill, and the water stopped a few hundred feet from his door. Several years earlier, he had put in a generator, too, so the Stroud home became a shelter of sorts—at one point he said there were eight or nine adults, 11 kids and seven dogs who took refuge there.

“We had an 85-year-old woman walk through chest-high water to get to the boat so she could get to our house,” Stroud said.

His wife’s grandmother wasn’t so lucky. She had nine feet of water in her home and lost everything, including 60 years of treasured photographs. Everything up to the ceiling was destroyed.

“They have nothing but beams left and they’ve got to dry out the wood,” Stroud said. “The wood has got to get to a certain moisture level before they can reapply the sheetrock.

“It’s just layers and layers and hours and hours of work, and that’s going to take a lot of money.”

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Those are just a few personal accounts of the devastation Harvey inflicted on Houston, a town where many Tour pros have settled and countless more have made friends while playing in the Houston Open.

Stroud’s immediate response was to donate money for the birdies and eagles he made at the Dell Technologies Championship, the FedExCup Playoff event contested the week after Harvey hit. But he wanted to do more, so he and Gates have partnered with the Houston Golf Association, Pro Links Sports and Bluejack National, a Tiger Woods design, to host a fundraiser and pro-am Dec. 11-12.

“It will be good to kind of help later in the year when people have just finished with Thanksgiving, getting ready for the Christmas and holiday season,” Gates say. “Hopefully we can put some smiles on their faces, like Chris’ family and people that lost pictures and their whole life was in these homes. Anything the flood waters touched, they had to be thrown away.”

The saying goes that giving back is at the heart of the PGA Tour, and after working there for 20 years I can attest that is true.

More than a record $166 million was donated to various causes by the PGA Tour and its tournaments last year. That brings the Tour’s total charitable contributions to $2.46 billion since the first donation of $10,000 by the Palm Beach Invitational in 1938.

Think about those numbers and all the good the money has done. But the spirit goes beyond the business of the PGA Tour and is ingrained in the hearts of its players, as well. Many have

“... I tr aded a driver for a sledgehammer for a few days and it was good—but it’s very humbling.”

- Bobby Gates

their own foundations, and nearly all have individual charities they support—you can find information on your favorite player’s favorites, and even make donations, at pgatour.com/together.

Sometimes stories like those of Gates and Stroud get lost in the shuffle. Ditto for that of Chesson Hadley and Scott Brown, two former champions of the Puerto Rico Open, and their families who are trying to raise money for a country laid bare by Hurricane Maria just last month.

Think, too, about Bubba Watson and his wife, Angie, helping distribute lifesaving supplies in the days after the floods last year at The Greenbrier, where they have a home.

Or, Davis Love III getting in his boat and heading home to St. Simons Island, Georgia, before the bridge was even open, to crank up his tractor and help clear debris in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

The stories go on and on. People helping people. This is the heart of the PGA Tour. PL

Helen Ross is a freelance golf writer, who spent 20 years working for the PGA Tour and 18 more at the Greensboro News & Record. A UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, she has won multiple awards from the Golf Writers Association of America.

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Longleaf Golf & Family Club

Par 4, 330 yards Designer: Dan Maples When the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation purchased Longleaf Golf & Family Club, they did so with the intent to make this course “a living lab”—being innovative and smart about making golf fun for all players.

The 17th hole at Longleaf was a long par 3, but a strategic design tweak from architect Bill Bergin has made it one of the area’s most interesting and fun par 4s. Playing 330 yards from the championship tees, the hole can be drivable for some or allows for several options and challenges—including the iconic racetrack railing that pays homage to Longleaf ’s equine history—making this a great risk/reward hole.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Dates and times subject to change. Check directly with event organizers before making plans.

November 11.2.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.2.2017 Alzheimer’s Workshops Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.3.2017 Fun in the Fall (for Wee Ones) Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 10 a.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov 11.3-4.2017 Fall Studio Sale Linda Dalton Pottery | 250 Oakhurst Vista | West End Cost: FREE | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: 910.947.5325, lindadaltonpottery.com 11.3-4.2017 White Elephant Sale Sacred Heart Church | N.C. 211 | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | Fri., 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Sat., 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.0704

11.3.2017 Walking Tours with Audrey Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m.

Contact: 910.295.3642, giventufts.org 11.3.2017 Night Hike - Night Sounds Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 6:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov 11.3.2017 Get Right Band Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $10 | 6:45 p.m.

Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife.org 11.4.2017 Make Your Own Glass Pumpkin STARworks | 100 Russell Drive | Star Cost: $75 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Contact: 910-428-9001, starworksnc.org 11.4.2017 Given Kids - Winter Birds & Animals Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.4.2017 17th Annual Sunrise Blues Crawl Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad St. | So. Pines Cost: $25 | 7 - 11:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com 11.5.2017 Pinehurst Village Lecture by Audrey Moriarty Southern Pines Civic Club | 105 S. Ashe St. | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 2 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2051, moorehistory.com

11.3-5.2017 100 + Years of Progress 11th Annual Train and Tractor Show Ederville | 644 Niagara-Carthage Road| Carthage Cost: $10/ one day, $15/ two days, $25/three days | 8 a.m. 5:30 p.m.

Contact: 919.708.8665, edervillenc.com

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11.5.2017 Fall Migration with Susan Campbell Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 3 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov 11.5.2017 Weymouth Chamber Music Series - Boylan Brass Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Avenue | So. Pines Cost: Members/$10, Nonmembers/$20 | 3 - 5 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org

11.5.2017 Catharsis Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15 | 6:45 p.m.

Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife. org 11.9.2017 2017 Tufts Archives Hickory Pro-Am Pinehurst No. 3 | 1 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst Cost: Amateurs/$125, Pros/$100 | 9 a.m. shotgun start Contact: 910.235.8140, tournaments@pinehurst.com 11.9.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.9.2017 Alzheimer’s Workshops Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.9.2017 Gathering at Given - Celebrating Veteran-owned Businesses Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 3:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.9.2017 Gathering at Given - Celebrating Veteran-owned Businesses Given Outpost | 495 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 7 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.10-12.2017 14th Annual Mid Pines Hickory Open Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club | 1010 Midland Road | So. Pines Cost: $300 per player | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: 910.692. 9362, pineneedles-midpines.com 11.10.2017 Jeremy Pinnell Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15 | 6:45 p.m.

Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife.org

11.11-12.2017 Magnolia Home Furniture Expo Little River Resort | 500 Little River Farm Blvd. | Carthage Cost: contact venue | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.4411 11.11.2017 SCC Jazz Band Veterans Day Concert Owens Auditorium, SCC | 3395 Airport Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 7 - 9 p.m.

Contact: mccune-7lakes.home.mindspring.com 11.12.2017 Friends Wanted Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 3 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov 11.12.2017 Bumper Jacksons Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15 | 6:45 p.m.

Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife.org 11.16.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.16.2017 Alzheimer’s Workshops Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.17.2017 10th Annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters Historic Lucks Cannery | 798 NC Pottery Highway 705 | Seagrove Cost: FREE | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: 336.879.4145, discoverseagrove.com/celebration 11.17.2017 National “Take a Hike” Day Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 10 a.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov 11.18.2017 37th Annual Turkey Trot Village Arboretum | 395 Magnolia Road | Pinehurst Cost:$15 - $60 | 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Contact: setupevents.com

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

11.18.2017 Wildlings: Owls of the Sandhills Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 10 a.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov

11.23.2017 Thanksgiving Day Discovery Hike Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 10 a.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov

11.18.2017 Adès’ The Exterminating Angel - Met Opera Live Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad St. | So. Pines Cost: $27 | 12:55 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com

11.25.2017 Breakfast with Santa Little River Resort | 500 Little River Farm Blvd. | Carthage Cost: $10 | Contact venue for times Contact: 910.692.4411

11.18-19.2017 36th Annual Seagrove Pottery Festival Seagrove Elementary School | 528 Old Plank Road | Seagrove Cost: $5 | 9 - 5 p.m.

Contact: 336.873.7887

11.26.2017 The Taming of the Shrew Bolshoi Ballet Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad St. | So. Pines Cost: $15 - $25 | 12:55 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com

11.19.2017 Beaver Habitat Hike Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 3 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov 11.19.2017 John Cowan, Darin & Brooke Aldridge Poplar Knight Spot | 114 Knight St. | Aberdeen Cost: $30 | 6:45 p.m.

Contact: 910.944.7502, theroosterswife.org

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11.22 & 25.2017 Holiday Pops featuring a Broadway Star Pinehurst Resort | 80 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst Cost: $11 - $60 | 22: 8 - 10 p.m., 25: 3 - 5 p.m.

Contact: 910.687.0287, carolinaphil.org

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11.26.2017 Winter is on its Way Weymouth Woods | 1024 Fort Bragg Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 3 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2167, ncparks.gov 11.29-12.3.2017 21st Annual Festival of Trees Pinehurst Resort | 80 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst Cost: By donation | 10 a.m.

- 8 p.m.

Contact: 919.692.3323, sandhillschildrenscenter.org/trees 11.30.2017 Story Time Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 10:30 a.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org 11.30.2017 Alzheimer’s Workshops Given Memorial Library | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.295.6022, giventufts.org

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As the official training partner of the Reindeer Fun Run, FirstHealth Fitness offers training classes to help you run your first 5K or set your personal record. For more information, call (910) 715-1800. *Mention this ad and receive a free week pass to any FirstHealth Fitness facility.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

December 12.1.2017 Christmas Tree Lighting in the Village of Pinehurst Tufts Memorial Park | 150 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Contact: vopnc.org

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12.2.2017 Reindeer Fun Run Downtown Aberdeen | 100 E. Main St. | Aberdeen Cost: $15 - $25 | 7:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Contact: 910.693.3045 | reindeerfunrun. com 12.2.2017 A Village Christmas/Holiday Open House Village of Pinehurst Cost: FREE | 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Contact: Visit Village shops for details 12.2.2017 Holiday Ornament Sale STARworks | 100 Russell Drive | Star Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910-428-9001, starworksnc.org 12.2.2017 Make Your Own Glass Ornament STARworks | 100 Russell Drive | Star Cost: $50 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Contact: 910-428-9001, starworksnc.org 12.2-23.2017 Holiday Open House in Seagrove Potteries of Seagrove - Pottery Highway 705 | Seagrove Cost: FREE | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: 336.707.9124, discoverseagrove.com 12.3.2017 Christmas Open House at the Bryant House Bryant House | 3361 Mount Carmel Road | Carthage Cost: FREE | 1 - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2051, moorehistory.com 12.6.2017 Christmas House Gala: “A Love Story a Century Old” Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Avenue | So. Pines Cost: TBD | 6 - 9 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org

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12.6.2017 Holiday Craft Fair Sandhills Community College | Dempsey Student Center Cost: FREE | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Contact: 910.695.3784

Christmas in the Pines Nine L essons & Carols

December 7, 2017 Fair Barn | 200 Beulah Hill Road |Pinehurst Cost: $50 | 6:30 p.m. cider & cookie reception to follow service For more information, or to reserve your seat, contact MCLC at 910-692-5954 or visit www.mcliteracy.org.

12.7.2017 Christmas House: Carols at Weymouth Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Avenue | So. Pines Cost: FREE | all day Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org 12.7-9-2017 Sandhills Teen Challenge 31st Annual Christmas Banquet STC Center | 444 Farm Life School Road | Carthage Cost: $75/per table, $10 per person | 6:30 p.m.

Contact: Jamie at 910.947.2944 12.7-10.2017 Christmas House: Open House at Weymouth Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Avenue | So. Pines Cost: TBD | 7 - 9/10 am - 3 p.m., 10/1 - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org 12.8-10.2017 Christmas Open House at the Shaw House Shaw House | 110 W. Morganton Road | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 1 - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.2051, moorehistory.com 12.9.2017 Christmas Open House at the Horseshoe 2017 House in the Horseshoe | 288 Alston House Road | Sanford Cost: FREE | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910.947.2051

12.9.2017 Christmas House: Candlelight Wine & Cheese Evening Weymouth Center | 555 E. Connecticut Avenue | So. Pines Cost: TBD | 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.6261, weymouthcenter.org 12.9.2017 Christmas Carriage Parade 125 SE Broad St. | So. Pines Cost: FREE | 1 - 2 p.m.

Contact: 910.639.2359, moorecountydrivingclub.net

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12.10.2017 40th Annual Candlelight Tour of Homes Episcopal Day School | 340 E. Massachusetts Avenue | So. Pines Cost: $20/advance, $25/day of event, 1 - 5 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.3492, episcopalday.org

Moore County Historical Association 110 West Morganton Road • Southern Pines

12.10.2017 Moore County Choral Society Holiday Concert Owens Auditorium, SCC | 3395 Airport Road | So. Pines Cost: $15 | 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Contact: 919.920.4621, moorecountychoralsociety.org

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12.10.2017 Murphy Family Christmas Show Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad St. | So. Pines Cost: contact organization | 3 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com 12.12.2017 Light Up the Night with Dolores Muller & Joyce Reehling Given Outpost | 95 Cherokee Road | Pinehurst Cost: $25 | 5:30 p.m. hor d’oeuvres/wine; 6:30 p.m. program Contact: 910.585.4820, giventufts.org 12.14.2017 23rd Annual Fall Show Exhibit and Sale Artists League of the Sandhills | 129 Exchange St. | Aberdeen Cost: FREE | 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Contact: 910.944.3979, artistleague.org 12.17.2017 Make Your Own Glass Ornament STARworks | 100 Russell Drive | Star Cost: $50 | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Contact: 910-428-9001, starworksnc.org 12.17.2017 The Nutcracker - Bolshoi Ballet Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad St. | So. Pines Cost: $15 - $25 | 12:55 p.m.

Contact: 910.692.8501, sunrisetheater.com

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SAVE THE DATE! Thursday November 9th | Pinehurst No. 3

2017 Tufts Archives Hickory Pro-Am Sanctioned by the Carolinas PGA

Entry fee: Includes golf fees, cart, range,

prizes, luncheon and percentage of purse donated to Tufts Archives and rental hickory golf equipment provided at no additional cost.

$125 - Amateurs $100 - Carolina Hickory Golf Association, Society of Hickory Golfers, Pinehurst Country Club Members, Professionals.

Equipment: Pre-1935 woods, original

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Starting Time: 9:00 AM Shotgun Reception & Raffle: Following the

tournament at Pinehurst Country Club

Direct questions to Dr. Jay Harris 910.235.8140 | Tournaments@pinehurst.com

Play where the greats have played.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

12.19.2017 Handel’s Messiah Owens Audiotorium | 3395 Airport Road | So. Pines Cost: $11 - $60| 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Contact: 910.687.0287, carolinaphil.org 12.21.2017 NC Symphony presents A Classic Holiday Pops R.E. Lee Auditorium | 50 Voit Gilmore Lane | So. Pines Cost: $18 - $49 | 8 - 10 p.m.

Contact: 877.627.6724, ncsymphony.org 12.27-30.2017 70th Donald Ross Junior Championship Pinehurst Resort Club | 1 Carolina Vista Drive | Pinehurst Cost: contact organization | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: 910.235.8140

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12.31.2017 First Eve Downtown Southern Pines Cost: FREE | 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

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Hosted by the Sandhills Horticultural Society Pinehurst August 26

From top, clockwise: Emerson, Eloise & Emory Gibbons; Evan Edwards and Bruce Fensley planting; Cayden, Colby, Caleigh, Michelle & Chris Shepard; Ranger Nancy Williamson teaching about snakes; and Event Organizer Hilarie Blevins with Jay Bradley.

Sandhills Photography Club Exhibit: Favorites Sandhills Community College September 7

From top, clockwise: Guest speakers Matt Smith, Donna Ford and John German; Jayley Hendrickson and Lindsey Lovelace; Jim Smith’s photo “Devil’s Garden, UT”; Susan Capstick and Lori Lorin; and Marti Derleth with her photo “Delicate Beauty.”

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Sandhills Sightings Live After 5

Tufts Memorial Park Pinehurst September 8

From top right, clockwise: Kirk & Carole Soxman and Raelynn & Steve Ziegler; Live After 5 crowd; Alisa & Mike Meier; Angela, Lillian, Cecilia & Jackson Ball; and Rebecca, Justin & Cameron Ettere and Rachel, Ben & Logan Turgeon.

Supper on the Grounds Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, Southern Pines September 14

From top right, clockwise: Dale Jennings, Ellen Burke and Leslie Caronia; Nancy Mack and Carol Weiss; Tate & Julia Brokmeyer; Mark & Karen Goudy and Karla & John Ceraso; and Alex Klalo and Cathy Jones.

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Sandhills Sightings Eats, Beats & Brews The Village Arboretum Pinehurst September 16

From top right, clockwise: Larissa & Luka O’Loughlin, Whitney Haskell & Tasha Gaglioti; Jim Pearson and Mary Brigham; Drexler Jasien, Brittney Mooney and Bo & Paige Mcgee; Vladimir & Kinsley Bautista; and Jim Koch, Pat Hagan and Barbara & Mike McKitrick.

Moore County Kennel Club Dog Show Harness Track Pinehurst September 16-17

From top right, clockwise: Cory Harrison and Corie Haylett with Jasmine and Zip; Lydia Credle, Madelyn Weldy and Zoe Wall; Whitney & Lynne Weeks with Kensie & Gamble; Pet Responsibility Committee members: Deb Fitzgerald, Christie Hartlove, Ruth Craig, Jackie Meyer and Bonnie; Lauren Seagraves grooms Annabelle; and Alice.

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Sandhills Sightings Village Heritage Foundation Historic Plaque Awards Fair Barn Pinehurst September 20

From top right, clockwise: Village Heritage Foundation president Beth Stevens, Jim & Jane Lewis “Thistle House” and Stuart Mills; Leo & Char Magiera, Jim & Char Rohr and Cav & Chuck Peterson; Beth Stevens, Victoria & Kirk Adkins “Red Gables” and Laura Byers; Wes & Carolyn Smith; and members of the Village Heritage Foundation Board, Historic Plaque committee and historic plaque recipients.

Given Tufts Presents: Celebrating the Life of General George Marshall Carolina Hotel Pinehurst September 21

From top right, clockwise: Cav & Chuck Peterson, Lou Foye, Jane Jackson, Ron Muller & Anne Howell; Anthony Powell with guest speaker Brig. General Michael Meese; Audrey Moriarty and guest speaker Rachel Thompson; Maury Donnelly, John & Liz McClain, Jack Wells and John Bouldry; and Jim & Pat Peterson.

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Sandhills Sightings Carolina Philharmonic 8th Annual Gala Carolina Hotel Pinehurst October 6

From top right, clockwise: Summer & Chip Gentry and Benjamin Farrell; John and Evelyn Dempsey; Carolina Phil Conductor and Artistic Director David Michael Wolff with Alycia-May Bunch; Mark & Kathie Parson; and James & Doris Cunningham and Rae Lynn Ziegler.

Shaw House Vintage Fair Southern Pines October 14

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Last Impression

Out for a Stroll photograph and caption courtesy of The Moore County Historical Association

Harry Knott “Roading” the hounds near the entrance of the Belvedere Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in the late 1920s. The hotel opened in 1917.

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