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28 Giving Back Galloway Ridge residents spent summer days together with kids from the Siler City Boys and Girls Club 30 Meet, Pray, Love Where Chatham congregates for fellowship and worship 40 An Open Hand When St. Bart’s Church launched a major renovation, one of Pittsboro’s oldest communities came together to help 42 Gather Round Chatham designers created seasonal tables and settings using an array of local items 52 Survivor Stories We found hope, joy, love – plus plenty of courage – in these three families who refuse to be defined by a diagnosis 66 Marriage Matters Your most pressing wedding questions, answered by the professionals 72 Now Trending What we’re seeing this year from builders featured in the Parade of Homes

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6 Letter from the Editor 22 5 Events Not to Miss 24 Noted 88 On the Table Capp’s Pizzeria & Trattoria 90 Dining Guide 95 Wedding Hannah Hayes & Josh Spivey Justin Foy & Ashley Wood

PEOPLE & PLACES 8 Abundance NC’s 11th annual Pepperfest

16 Pittsboro Street Fair

10 Briar Chapel’s Encore neighbors at Carolina Tiger Rescue

17 A celebration of artist Murry Handler

12 Pups in the Briar Chapel pool 14 El Vínculo Hispano’s Hispanic Heritage Fiesta

18 Grand openings of Central Carolina Community Family Care and Ellis Family Law

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As 2018 gives way to 2019, I’ll have been the editor here at Chatham Magazine a full year. I have so much to look back on, yet I feel like we’ve barely begun.

We’re winding down one year and kickstarting a new one by taking a step back to appreciate the things that make the holiday season in Chatham unique – including a few amazing tables set up to gather family and friends around. We start with three tablescapes presented by local designers (page 42) – we hope you’ll use them as inspiration for your own festive table settings.

We also visited six different churches in Chatham (page 30) to see the wide breadth of community and fellowship we share here, from the soaring ceilings of St. Julia Catholic Church on Highway 64, where 85% of members are Spanish speakers, to the first woman to serve as pastor at Hamlet Chapel C.M.E. Church in its 150-year history. We even stop by the House of Hops to check in on The Local Church, which is growing its membership one small gathering at a time.

And don’t miss the stories beginning on page 52 about a group of people who have each faced upsetting medical news – the kind you hope never finds your own family – with courage and grace.

I hope your 2018 ends joyously and leaves you as excited for 2019 as we are here at Chatham Magazine. CM

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More than a thousand food fans challenged their taste buds to dozens of peppery treats at Abundance NC’s 11th annual Pepperfest. Close to 100 vendors lined Great Meadow Park in Briar Chapel with samples of specially prepared peppercentric dishes, drinks and samples, from pepper beer and bourbon to soup and barbecue. This year was Pepperfest’s last at Briar Chapel, where it has been held for eight years.

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1 Food bloggers Sriram Sridhar and Sree Pattabiraman (ThatVegetarianCouple), Linda Nguyen (LindaEatsWorld), Amy Sentementes (GradSchoolFoodie) and Nancy Thapa (FoodieTeee).

2 Kristen Scheckelhoff and Jason Butler of Red Roots Farm.

3 Jessica Collins, Sophia Reynolds, 11, and Farzona Usmanova.

4 Judy Warren, Mandy White, Robin Dennis and Carin Vigil.

5 Pepperfest Queen and King Mackenzie and Tucker Withington of Lilly Den Farm with Meredith Leight of Granite Springs Farm (center).

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The pool at Briar Chapel went to the dogs in late September.

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1 1 (Kneeling) Grecia Hernandez and Cesia Hernandez. (Standing) Yamil Parroquin Herrera, Yuritzi Ocampo, Mariana Cruz, Elizabeth Plata, Nathaly Balderas, Genesis Ramirez, Sheila Hernandez and Daisy Gaspar Samayoa.

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5 Maria Soto and Jasmin Mendoza Sosa.

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After a hurricane-prompted cancellation, El Vínculo Hispano (The Hispanic Liaison), a Latino-focused community organization in Siler City, held its Hispanic Heritage Fiesta in late September. Along with vendors, the event featured live music and traditional folk dancers. Acts included Encuesta Norteña of Silk Hope, the Magetsi 4H Club and the Clapping Hands Farm Ukulele Band. A parade featuring traditional Latin American outfits included a group of girls in colorful quinceañera dresses. CM

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A cold snap hit just in time for autumn’s Pittsboro Street Fair, but the chilly temperatures didn’t stop a crowd of more than 1,000 from browsing the dozens of vendors, food trucks, local and regional artists and nonprofits who set up shop for Pittsboro’s longest-running annual street event.

Visitors also enjoyed live music and dancing on two stages while kids got to play games and hop around in a bouncy castle. CM

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1 Cub Scout Pack 93: (back) Woody Burgert, Lisa Washington and Tony Bilzi. (front), Everett Burgert, 10, Matthew Washington, 10, Kylee Moore, 6, Warren Washington, 10, and Grant Knoll, 10. 2 John Wells and Lucy, 3. 3 Geneva and Sagar Nagilla with Oliver, 1. 4 Britt and Erin Collins with Peyton, 11, and Lyla, 10. 5 Anne and Doug Ens with Ava, 6, and Nora, 9, designers of the Goofawit board game.

6 Grand Trees of Chatham volunteers J.C. and Sharon Garbutt.

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1 Bold Construction’s Anna Amick and Lisa Adams.

2 Michael Cunningham, Kim Matson, Andy Davidson and Mireille Vargas in front of a piece from Murry’s series, “Quintiles.”

3 The Handlers’ sons: Lowell, a New York-based photographer, and Evan, who is an actor and has starred on TV shows like “Californication” and “Sex and the City,” with their parents, Murry and Enid.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TAYLOR MABREY

A retrospective at the Bold Building in Governors Village celebrated the work of Murry Handler, a Pittsboro artist whose work has been displayed around the world. Murry’s paintings lined the walls of the first floor of the building, with sketches and prints upstairs. Guests sipped wine, enjoyed snacks, listened to live music and mingled. Murry and his wife, Enid, spoke with guests about his life and his work. CM

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Purchases at Chatham Business Services help Camp Royall Purchases at Circle City Books help Chatham Literacy Purchases at Deep River Mercantile help CORA Purchases at Joyful Jewel help Chatham Arts Council Purchases at Liquidambar help Carolina Tiger Rescue Purchases at M2 Graphics help Jamie’s Vision Purchases at New Horizons Downtown help Chatham County Historical Association Purchases at Pittsboro Roadhouse help Northwood High Music Department Purchases at Pittsboro Toys help Chatham Partnership for Children Purchases at Reclamations help the Haw River Assembly Purchases at Screaming For Vintage help Habitat for Humanity

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PEO PL E & P L A C E S 1 Ellis Family Law’s grand opening: Chasity Pope, Rebecca Poole, Jillian Mack, Tiffany Jackson, Amanda Chatman, Carmen Love, Autumn Osbourne, Gray Ellis and Mayor Cindy Perry.

2 The ribbon cutting at Central Community Family Care: Spencer Thomas, Mayor Cindy Perry, Cindy Poindexter, Susan

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open for business Two new ventures arrived in downtown Pittsboro. Central Carolina Community Family Care opened its doors at 855 East St. Part of Duke LifePoint Central Carolina Hospital, Family Care offers services in pediatrics, adult medicine, women’s health, occupational medicine, geriatric and hospice care. Ellis Family Law also opened at 27 Hillsboro St. The office will have two lawyers practicing family law. It is the Durham-based firm’s second office. CM

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14th Annual Reindeer Run 5K & Rudolph’s Fun Run

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Father Christmas pays a visit to downtown Pittsboro.

2018 Chatham Artists Guild Studio Tour DECEMBER 1-2 & 8-9

Visit over 50 different artists at their studios from Moncure to Governors Village during this once-a-year, free self-guided tour presented by Chatham Artists Guild. Explore the work of local painters, jewelers, potters, photographers, quilters and more.

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Giving Night DECEMBER 6 5–8:30 P.M.

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Stretch your legs to benefit the Chatham County Partnership for Children. The 5K course begins at Central Carolina Community College, traverses hilly neighborhoods and ends near downtown Pittsboro. Rudolph’s Fun Run is a free 1-miler for kids 12 and younger. chathamkids.org

Miracle on Hillsboro Street DECEMBER 15 2 P.M. AND 4 P.M.

See Santa Claus on trial at the Chatham County Historic Courthouse, and enjoy audience participation, local actors and the real Kris Kringle. Admission is a $5 donation to benefit Jamie’s Vision.

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Habitat for Humanity MLK Day Build JANUARY 19 8:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.

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neighborhoods, connecting hard-to-reach parents with school resources. A $10,000 grant from the CAHEC Foundation – the charitable arm of a Raleigh-based affordable housing nonprofit – will fund two programs. CEF will use $7,000 to fund scholarships for college-bound students enrolled in AVID, a college-prep course for low-income students, while $3,000 will update a Chatham Reads-sponsored bookmobile with new books and general maintenance. The Bookmobile serves elementary students in Siler City during the summer.

Chatham Charter Color Run finishers: (front) Thomas O’Hara, 14, Olivia Sellers, 15, Sarah Smith, 14, Brandon McKoy, 14; (rear) Merle Kreiss, 15, Ellie Zinn, 15, Fisher Sellers, 10, Tyson White, 11, Weston Phillips, 11, and Leah Jones, 14.

In Our Schools Chatham Charter School in Siler City

held a family weekend, with a barbeque dinner sponsored by the PTSA, a talent show, fireworks and a 5K “Color Run.” The high school’s cheerleaders doused participants with bright colored paint as they ran the course.

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The parents of Bennett School outpaced every PTA in the county in volunteering hours to Chatham PTA Thrift Shops. Bennett’s PTA recorded 16,508 hours, generating $85,841 in the 2017-18 school year. It was the third straight year Bennett’s hours led all local schools. Across the district, parents put in nearly 78,000 hours, raising $570,000 for local PTAs. Most funding will be used for technology, reading resources, arts programming, field trips and physical classroom needs.

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Chatham PTA Thrift Shop President Robin Hudson with Bennett volunteers Margaret Smith, Audrey Douglass, Bennett School Principal Dr. Carla Neal and Sabrina Sheffield.

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In Memoriam news to Carlos when he came for tutoring the Monday after Carol Tomason, a Governors Club her death. “He kind of walked around and went over to the resident and longtime educator, room where we tutor, and he looked in” as if expecting to lost her life in a pedestrian accident see Carol, Suzanne says. “He just couldn’t believe it.” That in Washington, D.C., in October. night, Suzanne says, “He cried and told his mother that his She and her husband, Bruce, were chest hurt, that his heart hurt.” in the city to visit their daughters, But, Carlos later told Suzanne, as he did his homework, “I Audrey Tomason Ward and remembered her voice, and it helped me.”

Meredith Tomason, and their Four Learning Trail students have gone on to be accepted grandchildren. into AVID at Northwood High School, a selective college Since 2010, Carol had led the The Learning Trail, a tutoring readiness program aimed at low-income students. Carol had and literacy program that provides free tutoring, day care also recently hired a bilingual preschool director to reach and summer camps to students in the Nature Trail Mobile younger children.

Home Community, a small, working class neighborhood off “She was very proud of that,” Suzanne says. “She really Mt. Carmel Church Road, adjacent to Governors Club. The wanted the kids to have the best chance to succeed. That was neighborhood has many Spanish-speaking households with her goal for all the kids.” children that attend North Chatham Elementary or Margaret North Chatham principal Carla Murray said news of B. Pollard Middle School, including Carol’s passing “broke my heart.” eighth-grader Carlos Villatoro Carol’s work with The Learning Herrara. When Carlos started The Trail, Carla says, reached dozens Learning Trail program in seventh of her students. “You could see the grade, Carol was his pesonal tutor. impact she had on our students “She was like a mom to me,” and families in their progress with Carlos says. literacy and math, which has helped Suzanne Morris helped Carol run students have more confidence.”

The Learning Trail and broke the Carlos Herrara, center, at The Learning Trail – Hannah Lee Dr. Larry Savage of Siler City Elementary

School was named Chatham County Schools’ Principal of the Year. Siler City’s results on state-standardized evaluations improved under Dr. Savage, rising from a “D” to a “C” for 2016-17, just three points shy of earning a “B.” The school’s overall test scores also exceeded expectations for growth the past two years.

Cressida Cowell, the author of the “How to Train Your Dragon” book series, visited Siler City Elementary School to

promote her latest series, “The Wizards of Once.”

The author spoke to students about the importance of reading and drawing and using their imagination.

She also signed copies of her work.

an educator, including 12 as principal at Chatham Central.

Business Briefs The Chatham Chamber of Commerce

announced its annual award winners: • Small Business of the Year – Sanders Automotive

Dr. Karla Eanes was named principal

• Citizenship and Service Award –

of Chatham Central High School. Karla took over November 1 following the retirement of longtime principal Mitchell Stensland, who retired after 30 years as

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Main Street Pittsboro launched Boomerang Bags, a program to encourage

shoppers to spend their money downtown while reducing the use of environmentally unsound plastic bags. Shoppers can pick up reusable cloth bags at local shops, and then reuse them at other downtown businesses. The bags are handmade by Pittsboro residents from fabric scraps

donated by local shops like French Connections, Screaming for Vintage and Reclamations Home Furnishings.

Royal Grace Academy of Dance and Pilates at Studio 8 opened a joint studio

in Chatham Downs in September and will hold an open house for both December 20. Owner Julie Charrison hopes the

“Your home should reflect you and your personality.”

third time is the charm – she scheduled separate grand openings for the studios in September and October, only to see Hurricanes Florence and Michael hit Chatham on those days. The school offers classes for children in ballet, jazz, tap and other disciplines as well as ballet and tap for adults. Studio 8 will offer barre, Zumba, Pilates and more.

Gathered Home Décor opened at 697 Hillsboro St. in Pittsboro. The retail store

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Chatham’s two weekly newspapers – The Chatham Record in Pittsboro and The Chatham News in Siler City – were purchased by a group of investors with local business ties and newspaper experience. One is Bill Horner, a former publisher of The Sanford Herald, which his family published for more than 70 years. The other two partners – Kirk Bradley and Governors Club resident Chris Ehrenfeld – are real estate developers.

Kirk is building Mosaic, an early-stage commercial section of Chatham Park, and Chris’ Bold Construction builds custom homes throughout the region.

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Pittsboro’s Richard Parr attended the Carolina BalloonFest in late October hoping to fly his hot air balloon, Racing Venture. The winds around Statesville, North Carolina, did not cooperate, but that did not stop Quentin Vick of Charleston, South Carolina, from using Racing Venture’s basket as the setting to propose to his girlfriend, Lyndsey Fralix. Richard, who does most of his flying out of Silk Hope, says that he, Quentin and Lyndsey’s mom conspired to make the moment happen.

He set up the balloon and let Lyndsey inside so Quentin could pop the question while she was in the basket (winds were too strong for flying). Richard said it’s the second time a couple has gotten engaged in his balloon.

Golden Anniversary

Witches event at The Plant on Lorax

Governors Club Realty celebrated its fifth

Lane in Pittsboro. Dozens of dogs and

anniversary with owners Jill and Chris Ehrenfeld in November. More than 100 friends and residents attended the party to see their newly expanded building and renovated facility on Governors Drive.

their owners enjoyed a scavenger hunt, face painting, a photo booth and a costume contest judged by Girl Scout Troop 365.

The Chatham County Council on Aging received a $40,000 grant

On the Small Screen A Costa Rican TV crew filmed at North

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on the school’s duallanguage program.

The show will highlight the work of multiple bilingual teachers, focusing on North Chatham teacher Joan Carazo

from GlaxoSmithKline and Triangle Community Foundation (TCF). The Council provides a wide range of services to area seniors, from Meals on Wheels for senior centers to hosting the Senior Games. The Council was one of 10 area nonprofits to receive a grant, and its choir performed at the TCF banquet. CM

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kids at the Ridge Summer camp without a swimming pool? Galloway Ridge residents step in with Siler City’s Boys and Girls Club

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he “Growing Together” camps at Galloway Ridge last summer connected residents with kids and teenagers from Siler City. The idea started when Galloway residents with ties to the Boys and Girls Club of Central Carolina at the Wren Family Center realized the club had no place in town to swim. “How do you go to summer camp and

ABOVE Don Watkins helps one of the Boys and Girls Club students steer a boat on Jordan Lake. RIGHT Ed Spence assists a few of the boys as they decorate Pinewood Derby cars.

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not swim?” says Bob Holton, the coordinator of “Growing Together.”

After several years without a public pool, Siler City opened one last summer after the camps ended.

Galloway residents Ed and Becky

Shaping minds, hearts and souls since 1964.

Spence, both former longtime Siler

City residents, helped jumpstart the program. “We’ve been involved with the Boys and Girls Club longer than we’ve been at Galloway,” Becky says. They helped launch the Club in 2008, and both have served on the Wren Center’s advisory board. The couple served as the go-betweens for Galloway and the Club to lay the groundwork for the camps, which brought kids to the Pittsboro community for full days of activities.

About 30 residents and 20 staffers volunteered for the camp, Bob says, as part of Galloway Ridge’s expansive community service initiatives. In 2018, residents put in close to 30,000 volunteer hours and raised $85,000 for Chatham-based charities.

Campers swam at the Duke Center For Living’s pool, made Pinewood Derby cars, took art classes and learned basic food preparation from Galloway Ridge’s cooking staff.

Campers made a taco bar, parfait desserts and, on the final day, cooked their own hot dogs and hamburgers.

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meet, pray, love Where our community congregates for fellowship and worship

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hen Rev. Julio Martinez was 8 years old, his family fled Cuba, settling in Connecticut, far from the upheaval of their home country but also far from a large Latino population.

“I’m surprised at all I remember,” Julio says.

“Some of those experiences, they affect a child.

In some ways, my innocence ended at age 8.

Because we were different all of a sudden.”

In November, Julio was installed as the priest of St. Julia Catholic Church in Siler City, one of Chatham’s largest churches, and most diverse. Located just off Highway 64, St. Julia’s low-slung roofs, tan walls and simple steeple look like a Franciscan abbey transported from Tuscany to the rolling hills of Chatham horse country. The sprawling church is a far cry from the small parish founded by a handful of families on West Third Street in 1950s Siler City. As Chatham’s immigrant population has swollen, so have St. Julia’s pews. Today, St. Julia’s congregation is 85% Latino.

“There’s a great collaboration between our English and Spanish-speaking communities,” Julio says. “There’s a great openness to that. I want to see that cooperation lead to a greater knowledge and appreciation of each other.”

The church held its first Spanish mass in 1989 and moved to St. Julia in 2001. At Father Julio’s installment, every seat in the church’s 595-person sanctuary was taken, with dozens more spilling out the rear doors.

Like all services at St. Julia, the service was in both English and Spanish.

“I’m a U.S. citizen,” Julio says. “I’m an immigrant. The great majority of immigrants immigrate not because it’s what we really want to do, to leave family and friends, to leave the world that you know, to all of a sudden be branded as ‘illegal.’ That’s a very difficult thing to do in life, and the reason people do it is to create a better life. I want all people to feel welcome here.”

AT LEFT The pews at St. Julia Catholic Church can hold nearly 600 but overflowed in early November for the installation of Rev. Julio Martinez (BELOW embracing a congregant) as the church’s new pastor.

ABOVE A mariachi band played for the celebration.

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‘we’re alive’

ABOVE, AT RIGHT People have worshipped at Hamlet Chapel C.M.E. for more than 150 years. Venessa Hughes is the church’s 41st – and first female – pastor. BELOW Since arriving in 2017, Venessa has made it a priority to reach out to younger families.

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very morning, cars creep past Hamlet Chapel C.M.E. Church

on Hamlets Chapel Road.

School kids, waiting to be dropped off next door at Perry Harrison Elementary School, gaze out at the church’s tombstones and, over time, grow to know the names: Goin.

Cotton. Burnette.

“The cemetery has our founding fathers, some of the pastors and a lot of the people of the first 50 years,” says Pastor Venessa Hughes, who took over as the church’s pastor in 2017. “But I always tell them, that’s a remembrance of the dead. The church isn’t dead. We’re alive.”

Founded in 1866 as a Colored Methodist Episcopal congregation, Hamlet Chapel’s members were usually sharecroppers, farmers, former slaves or their descendants.

One of the most active families was the Cottons, including Mildred, who grew to be known as Mama Dip. The longtime Chapel Hill cook and restaurant owner wrote in her books about learning to cook for Hamlet Chapel celebrations.

Members built the current brick church in the 1940s and 1950s, the denomination’s name dropped “Colored” for “Christian.” Venessa is the church’s 41st pastor and the first woman to hold the position. She previously pastored a small Beaufort County church for a decade and spent 30 years at Levolor Blinds in High Point, building computer systems as programmer.

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Now she wants to build Hamlet Chapel’s congregation. With 300 on its membership rolls, Venessa says she sees about 60 on most Sundays. But many are aging – six members are older than 90 – and others have moved.

“My question to God was, ‘Is the church out of season, or did we get weary and drop the ball?’” she says. “I was in corporate America for 30 years. I know what it means for the brain to be tired. But come on to Bible study. Put something in you that’s going to help you.”

In the past year, she says, younger families are returning, bringing children.

And she wants to reach out to the families who pass by the them each day.

“I don’t want to be the church on the side of the road,” she says. “I don’t want people to drive by the church on the way to the school. I want them to know us, and say that we are a blessing to the community.”

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small-town treasure

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or much of 2018, Bonlee Baptist Church has been looking for a new pastor, inviting a range of candidates to come preach, usually more than once.

“Most pastors have two or three good sermons in them,” says Pat Murrow, a deacon in the church. He’s been a member at Bonlee since he was 12. “So you have to see them more times than that.”

One good candidate took a different job. Others were just so-so. In November, the members were, well, Holy Ghost-ed by a preacher who was scheduled to speak and simply didn’t show up. But those who do make the trip to the small town 10 miles south of Siler City, Pat says, all have the same reaction: “They say, ‘You don’t ever see anything like this place.’”

Even for those used to spending time in historic churches, Bonlee Baptist’s stained-wood interior can feel like a revelation. Every inch of wall and ceiling is clad in dark pine, cut as individual boards. The deep tones and age-old craftsmanship is visible in the arches and lattice work over the pulpit, the door and window frames and even across the ceiling, which is laced with intricate, handcut diagonal patterns. The church’s stained glass windows are subdued, almost marbled, and throw golden light across the woodwork without distracting from it.

As near as Pat or anyone at the church can tell, it’s all most likely South Carolina pine. The church went up in 1914, and several Bonlee homes built in the same period, including Pat’s, used South Carolina lumber. As a nearlifelong member, Pat says he doesn’t recall the wood ever being replaced or even repainted or restained. Members, he says, have just kept it spotless.

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ABOVE A church doesn’t slow down just because it’s missing a pastor. The deacons at Bonlee Baptist Church – Jason Watkins, Mark Matthews, Ricky Hill, Pat Murrow, Jack Meadows, Jeff Beavers and Kerry Smith – have led the services as they seek a new leader.

AT LEFT Few buildings in Chatham retain as much direct history as Bonlee’s historic sanctuary. The dark-stained, handcut pine that covers its walls and ceiling date to the church’s construction in 1914.

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latter-day saints, starting early

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t’s barely 6 a.m., but about 20 teenagers are seated in a classroom at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meetinghouse on Old Rock Spring Cemetery Road. Within a few hours, they will have scattered to six different high schools across

“It’s an early start for kids to begin their day with good values and with gospel study that prepares them for the world,” says Blake Jones, the Pittsboro church’s bishop.

“They go to school renewed and refreshed for the challenges at hand.”

The Pittsboro Ward is the only Mormon congregation in Chatham and dates back just over a decade. Launched in 2007 by close to 20 members, the church held meetings at Horton Middle School and then in downtown Pittsboro, including in the spot now occupied by the Chatham YMCA. Blake moved to Chatham in 2015 and took over as Bishop the next year. Now with more than 300 members, the church moved into its new building in 2017.

Expansion plans are underway for 2019.

At the rear of the classroom are two trays of homemade cinnamon rolls, brought by a family of a student in the class, which is known as Seminary.

“It’s a sacrifice on the kids’ part and a sacrifice on the parents part, but every kid you talk to says its worth it,” Blake says. “They say

it’s hard waking up, but they’d do it again and again.”

Early morning Seminary students with Bishop Blake Jones (far right) and their teacher, Connections among families Aaron Smith (rear, white shirt), outside their Pittsboro Meetinghouse, which opened are at the heart of the Mormon in late 2017 on Old Rock Spring Cemetery Road. church’s identity. Blake and Aaron served together in the Air Force Chatham, from Bear Creek to Briar then moved their families to Pittsboro to open a dental Chapel, but as most of their classmates clinic, Royal Oak Dental Group, which now has several offices are at home getting a few more minutes in the region, including in Siler City. of sleep, the students listen to Aaron “We started brainstorming where we wanted to raise a Smith review a passage from the family and practice dentistry,” Blake says. “It’s exciting to Doctrine and Covenants, one of the see that in the South, so many people have so much faith in church’s central texts.

Jesus Christ. … We are just grateful.” 

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The Local Church’s Rev. Brent Levy (on right stool) at a Local Table gathering around a patio firepit outside The House of Hops.

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s Rev. Brent Levy has gone about shaping The Local Church, he’s taken to giving out wristbands with a message on them: “Love Where You Are.” It’s a simple expression that Brent thinks is the quickest way to understand the small groups and unlikely locations where he holds The Local Church’s gatherings. A church, he says, can be almost anywhere people love to be and where they can practice love for one another.

“People put so much effort into a lot of churches’ Sunday morning services being the end-all, be-all,” Brent says. “The sheer amount of

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the week.”

Local Tables are the rolling series of meetings at the heart of the Local Church, held in homes or public spots like House of Hops in Penguin Place. Volunteers open their homes, the church provides dinner, and Brent mixes traditional Bible study with discussion of cultural issues, like poverty, social strife and modern loneliness. Leaders of public service organizations or community activists sometimes join the meetings as guest speakers.

“The very nature of God is community,” Brent says. “The Trinity – Father, Son, Holy Spirit – is the essence of a community. It is part of who God is.”

Supported by Christ United Methodist Church in Southern Village, Local Tables reflect the small group gatherings known as “class meetings,” which grew the original Methodist church.

“Class meetings were where the question was asked, ‘How is it with your soul?’” Brent says. “They talked about deep stuff.”

About 60 people, Brent says, now regularly come to four recurring Local Table gatherings, from Pittsboro to Governors Club. Growth, he says, is slow but steady.

“I tell my team often,” Brent says, “Jesus moved at three miles per hour.” CM PHOTO COURTESY BRENT LEVY

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St. Bart’s, as most people in Pittsboro call it, is not my church, but I live just a few houses away, and the congregation’s long-running Community Lunch is as much a part of the rhythm of our downtown neighborhood as the ringing of the church’s bells on Sunday. When the doors open at noon every Thursday, farmers, lawyers, construction workers, tradespeople, musicians and artists, business people and government workers all mingle together. Lay Minister Karen Ladd launched the idea 10 years ago, and volunteers run it each week.

“You bump elbows with people you don’t usually talk to,” says Snuffy Smith, a real estate investor and bluegrass musician. “It’s a great thing.”

The Rev. Dr. Wilberforce “Wilber” Mundia says Community Lunch shows For the last 10 years, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Pittsboro has held Community Lunch every Thursday, open to everyone. “the paradox of no agenda. Showing love, creating time for people to relate. All are welcome.”

St. Bart’s sanctuary was completed and consecrated in 1833. The parish house dates to 1938 and was last updated in 1982. Last summer the hall got a long-needed renovation with support from all over town. St. Bart’s regular services moved to the Pittsboro Seventh Day Adventist Church on West

BY STE P H ANIE BASS | PHOTO BY MATT WHITE Street (which holds its weekly services on Saturdays, leaving Sundays available). n the parish hall of St. Bartholomew’s Community Lunch moved to the Pittsboro Kiwanis Club. There Episcopal Church in Pittsboro, a was no thought of canceling – too many people count on it. stained-glass window portrays a The renovation expanded handicap access and added serene barefoot St. Francis with a satisfied green-and-white decor over oak floors. The kitchen and look on his face. Relegated for decades dining hall were expanded, which meant an exterior wall had to a rarely seen backroom, the friar’s to move, along with the stained-glass window of St. Francis. image now oversees the bustle of food Now, instead of hiding in a passageway, the St. Francis window and fellowship of the church’s weekly presides over the parish hall; Wilber is considering making it a Community Lunch. With an open hand, focal point for contemporary services. he seems to be inviting visitors: Come, “This is a powerful thing,” Wilber says. “This is where real have more cake! There are four kinds! ministry goes on because it is where love is expressed.” CM

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Holidays atHome

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t H&B Furniture Legacy Co. in Siler City, Christmas is a traditional time for gathering family and friends around a full, happy table. Gayla Stephens, the store’s manager and on-staff designer, created

Gayla built the table’s centerpiece around a handmade Christmas garland.

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a classic holiday scene that offers simple pleasures with occasional pops of color.

Bright green ribbons and ornaments pair with darkerhued garland. Shiny gold accents draw out the deeper brass of three old-world lanterns. A shared copper theme connects the modern wall art to three throwback serving trays – a Christmas both old and new!

Gayla collected all furniture items from H&B and staged the setting in the company’s downtown showroom.

Reflecting a North Carolina “cottage-meets-coastal” theme, she utilized the 10-foot Sandcastle dining table (with leaves) from Hooker Furniture and a gray-and-white server console with copper accents by Coast to Coast. The server is flanked by Bassett Custom Upholstery dining chairs on the wall. The flatware, china, garland, ornaments and lanterns come from Gayla’s personal collection.

The brass of the table lanterns complements the wall art seen below.

The galvanized containers with copper trim on the console provide both utility and a shared aesthetic with the rest of the setting.

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c ABOVE Cheryl-Ann of Kast Events & Co. utilized linens and a table provided by Party Tables in Durham to build her vision. ABOVE RIGHT Menus and place cards were created

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old days and cozy nights are the perfect excuse to host a festive winter soiree. Cheryl-Ann Kast of Kast Events & Co. created a simple winter table at The Parlour at Manns Chapel with an arrangement of classic table settings, hand-picked flowers and candles. And, of course, a touch of the modern with transparent armchairs!

Chapel Hill-based Mason Dixon Designs created the custom calligraphy menus and place cards, and Party Tables in Durham supplied the linens and table. To reproduce a similar style and

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Cheryl’s location at The Parlour at Manns Chapel complemented the bucolic feel. Once a quaint country church, the space was renovated into an event venue by co-owners Aimee Flynn and Yvette Navarro and now hosts weddings and other gatherings. The gold trim and buttery light from the windows pair nicely with the gold centerpiece bowl and candles for a timeless look. 

Kast Events & Co. designed the floral arrangements.

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Cheers to theNewYear!

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or this Governors Club New Year’s Eve tablescape, designer Pam Case-Gustafson took the traditional New Year’s Champagne toast a step further by putting personal bottles of bubbly in mini coolers at each place setting – just enough for every guest to pop their own celebratory cork and toast to “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight!

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You can find these delightful, colorful wine glasses and Champagne flutes by Vietri, as well as the glass and gold taper candle holders and candles at Southern Season. The tablecloth, napkins, gold-trimmed chargers, gold dot salad plates and flatware were supplied by American Party Rentals in Durham while the dimpled glass vases, gold pilsner vase, flower containers and candle votives came from Table of Contents in Raleigh.

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I thought I lost it all.’ For 15 years, a mysterious illness took a toll on Dr. Jim Gunipero, his heart and his family. Then he got a second chance.

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hen Dr. Jim Gunipero woke up in the intensive care unit at Duke Hospital in March 2012, he saw a crowd of strangers.

“Congratulations,” said a man he didn’t know. “You’re on the list.”

Dazed and in pain, Jim blurted: “Who are you, and what are you talking about?”

The man was a cardiologist. The crowd was comprised of the doctor’s students. “You’re on the list for a new heart,” he said.

“I had this blank look,” Jim remembers.

“I said, ‘I don’t want it. I’ve been sick for 15 years, and I don’t want to go through that.’”

Jim was in the final stages of decline after living for more than a decade with ehrlichiosis, a bacterial disease he’d gotten

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moved to Pittsboro in 2007, after he’d left medicine – the disease had put a tremor in his hands and clouded his mind in the operating room.

“I was worthless and hopeless and couldn’t think through a paper bag,” he says.

Then on that March morning in 2012, over breakfast, he found he couldn’t breathe. Rushed to a Fayetteville hospital, he passed out. When he awoke, he discovered he’d been moved 90 miles north to Durham where doctors had found his heart was working at less than 10 percent efficiency (normal is at least 55).

But after all those years of suffering, surgery was the last thing he wanted.

“Then my wife walked in the room and my kids,” he says. Eileen Gunipero gave her husband a look he recognized. Jim rolls his eyes remembering: “I said, ‘I guess I’m getting a new heart.’”

Four months later, on July 12, a 46-year-old Army chaplain at Fort Bragg went for an early morning run near his home and was struck by an SUV. The man was mortally injured, but when he arrived at the local hospital, his heart was still viable.

“I got the heart within four or five hours,” Jim says.

In the years since, Jim has felt his strength return, and with it, his spirit. He’s taught anatomy and physiology at Central Carolina Community College, and he and Eileen raise Icelandic horses on their farm off Pittsboro Goldston Road, though they’ve stopped taking them in recently.

“We’re kind of keeping the ones we have, living up to our responsibilities until they go,” Jim says. “They can live up to 40 years.”

A few years after the surgery, Jim felt strong Jim and Eileen Gunipero keep Icelandic horses on their Pittsboro farm. enough to join a local softball team. After so many Eileen makes saddles for the breed, which are smaller than many horses. years with an illness caused by a tick bite, the name took him by surprise: the Chiggers. He still wears the from a tick bite in 1998. The disease T-shirt around the farm. felt like an inextinguishable flu. Worse, “I tried to tell the team,” Jim says, grinning. it also slowly chipped at away at his “I’m lucky,” he says. “I thought I lost it all. I wasn’t a internal organs and his mind. Jim, good father [during my sickness], I could barely do things. a podiatric surgeon, and his family And my wife … it was all one way. She did everything.”

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Mackenzie and sister Kelsie, 7, wear these vests for 30 minutes of percussive physical therapy – chest PT, they call it – at least twice and sometimes three times per day. Their mom, Kim Houston, would prefer the girls read or play quietly, but the air compressors are loud – at least as loud as a household vacuum, and they each have one – and the vests are confining. And it’s Halloween season, so Mackenzie has candy on her mind.

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commonly called CF, is genetic, chronic and requires multiple daily treatments that spread across several hours.

“At first you think, ‘I’m gonna keep them in a bubble and protect them from all these horrible germs!’” Kim says. “But it didn’t take long before we thought, ‘We are just going to let them live.’ I used to be the mom who carried hand sanitizer and wiped down every spoon, every ketchup bottle they touched. And now I just …” Kim pauses and shakes her head, smiles and finishes her thought, “... don’t.”

The Houstons, who live in the Horizon neighborhood off Hamlets Chapel Road, go to children’s museums, birthday parties and play sports. Kelsie’s extracurriculars have covered soccer, softball, basketball and even swimming. Both girls

lollipops,” Kim says. “It’s hard to keep a 3-year-old sitting still for 30 minutes.”

The Houston family lives a life that is at once both unique and utterly normal.

The unique part was thrust on them when Kelsie, and later Mackenzie, were both diagnosed with cystic fibrosis within days of being born. The disease,

dance at 7 Dance Centre. Last spring at the annual Great Strides Walk, where Kim organized a team that raised $14,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Raleigh, the girls marched through soaking rain.

“There were times I dropped Kelsie at preschool, and her best friend was coughing. I kept thinking, ‘I should go get her,’” Kim says. “I called my husband and I kept saying, ‘She’s going to come home coughing.’ And she didn’t!”

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Nathan works at LORD Corporation in Cary, while Kim left her job as a nurse at UNC Hospitals to homeschool the girls and now works part-time at KidzCare Pediatrics in Siler City. Kelsie attended Perry Harrison Elementary School for kindergarten and first grade, but the demands of treatment were too much.

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“If she is sick, we can fit in more of her treatments during the day,” Kim says. “That was really complicated in school. We’d have to rush her off to practice or dance, and then she’d come home, we’d have to do a treatment and a bath and then not be in bed until late.”

Kelsie now attends a part-time school in Apex that caters to homeschool families.

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In the end, they went for it; Mackenzie was diagnosed a few days after she was born.

It was, Kim says, devastating news. But she and Nathan say that their faith has pulled them through doubt both about their own choices and the road ahead for the girls. The girls now do treatments together. Along with chest PT, they take synthetic enzyme pills at every meal to help digestion. They go for regular checkups with CF specialists, the most recent of which was in October.

Both girls checked out with normal growth and lung function.

During chest PT, Kelsie wears a facemask that delivers a hypertonic mist.

The salty air helps hydrate her lungs, which can then clear out the mucus that CF builds up. Salty air is such an effective treatment that Kelsie once had a persistent cough for a month before an impromptu beach trip seemed to help.

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Mackenzie jumps, dances and plays – and likes candy – like any 3-year-old.

Wrightsville Beach through an event with the Mauli Ola Foundation, which offers free surf experiences to patients with genetic diseases, focusing on CF in particular.

“We have a lot of motivation to get to the beach more,” Kim says.

For decades, life expectancy for CF patients topped out at around 20 years old. But medical progress on the disease has been rapid with treatments like chest therapy and nutrition supplements, plus promising genetic research. Lives are getting longer, and better.

“Our physician tells us that what we can hope for them now is that CF is not going to be what takes their lives,” Kim says. “It’s going to be old age or something else. Life expectancy is in the upper 30s and is continuing to go up every year.”

But Kim refuses to dwell on what might be.

“We give them as many experiences as we can and just let them live a healthy life as long as they are here and healthy enough to enjoy it. Every week, I’m like, ‘What are we going to do that’s fun this week?’”

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hen Ole Johnson was 5, his teacher noticed he was holding books too close to his eyes and recommended he get his vision checked. But a veteran opthalmologist could not even get a reading on his eyes, a rarity she’d only read about in textbooks. She told his mother, Heather Johnson, the strange result indicated that he might have Marfan syndrome.

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“I thought I was going to an eye appointment,” says Heather, who is Chatham Magazine’s associate publisher.

“I come out [with] a life-threatening, progressive, degenerative illness. I’m like, ‘What?’”

As Heather met more doctors, her meetings took on an eerie theme. “Every specialist asked if anyone was really

tall, or if anyone in the family died young and unexpectedly,” Heather says. “That’s what scared the crap out of me.”

By middle school, Ole was growing taller with long, thin arms, legs, hands and feet typical of those with Marfan syndrome. Now an otherwise typical 14-year-old, he has a very teenage-like joke about it.

“Well, the bad news is that I’m ready for October all the time,” Ole says. “I’m a skeleton!”

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“There were dark times,” Heather says. “The kids would be laying outside, and they’d be catching fireflies and looking up at constellations, and one time Ole just went to his room.

He was crying and said, ‘I can’t see the stars.’”

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“When he put them on, he could see stars in the sky, leaves in the trees, dirt on the ground,” Heather says. “I mean, we were all crying all the time.”

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I book out 12 to 18 months before the wedding date. You want a photographer that makes you feel comfortable but also has a style that resonates with you. – Krystal Kast, Krystal Kast Photography One year is typical. Photographers are one of the first vendors booked after securing the venue. Spring and fall are popular seasons in North Carolina and tend to fill up quickly.

To ensure you book the photographer you want, book sooner rather than later. – Nicole Whitman, Nicole Danielle Photography I start booking weddings about 18 months out. If photography is important to you, I would find the photographer, find the dates they are available, then find your venue. The images, after all is said and done, are everything you will have left to remember your day.

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Our favorite details, and the ones that truly put a couple’s stamp on a wedding, are those that are reflective of the couple and personal to them. We’ve done everything – from our executive chef recreating a five-generations-old family recipe to a surprise visit from UNC mascot Rameses to a backdrop of 1,000 hand-folded paper cranes honoring the family’s Japanese heritage. It’s these details that turn into lasting memories not only for the couple and their guests, but for us as planners as well!

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Rather than falling into current wedding trends, consider how you live as a couple and what truly tells your story. If you both love grabbing a bite at your favorite food truck, hire them to provide the food and act as the inspired backdrop to your dinner setting. If you meet each week for big family dinners, incorporate this into your wedding day setup with long farm tables and family-style seating and dining. Incorporate personal items into the design, like your grandmother’s favorite linen or dishes and meaningful family photos. Welcome guests with a special, personal message, and make them feel like they’ve arrived at your home for an intimate gathering.

– Aimee Flynn and Yvette Navarro, owners, The Parlour at Manns Chapel Incorporate personal touches. Select florals that have a backstory or specific memory attached – it also makes a great added note on programs.

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Work with a professional caterer who hears and understands that you have a budget and want to stick with it. You may need to call six caterers before you find one who can work within your budget. But they are out there.

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A bit of both; we have sample menus showing popular items but can create a custom menu as well.

We like to talk with our couples to learn their likes and dislikes and their vision, and then can offer suggestions to create something special. – Kristen Roberts, sales & catering director, Chapel Hill Restaurant Group

is there a preset menu, or can you create a custom menu?

We always create a custom menu for the event, but usually give some suggestions based on the type of food that they are looking for, dietary restrictions and cost. Our barbecue is our specialty, but we also like to get outside of the box, and we have done steaks, salmon and vegetarian items.

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what is an average floral budget?

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We use a preset menu. But, we are always available to discuss what you want at your event, and we are willing to make just about anything. We usually only do a buffet set up and have done events as family-style. We think that buffet and family-style are the best options, because the guest has full control over what they are eating and

care of. We guide our couples through the wedding planning process from start to finish, which includes keeping them on track with tasks that should and need to be accomplished within an appropriate time frame. This ultimately relieves stress from the bride and groom and that feeling that they are missing something. You are marrying the love of your life. That should be your main focus! – Cheryl-Anne Kast, owner, Kast Events & Co.

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Preparation! Visiting a board-certified dermatologist at least six months prior to the wedding day to make a plan is ideal, so there are no surprises on the big day! Avoid tanning. Additionally, there is growing data that shows how an anti-inflammatory diet can decrease edema (swelling) around the eyes and under the chin, and improve chronic conditions such as acne and rosacea. – Dr. Chris Adigun, M.D., Dermatology & Laser Center of Chapel Hill I think, hands-down, a couple’s massage is the way to go before the wedding day. With all the last minute to-do lists, taking an hour or so to truly relax and disconnect is such a precious gift. – Verlinda Barnett, spa manager, The Spa at Fearrington

Many of our injectable, laser and body contouring treatments are non-invasive and have minimal downtimes.

Some treatments, like Dermaplaning and HydraFacial, could even be done the day before a wedding to help makeup go on smoother and make the skin appear brighter and more hydrated. We suggest that brides plan accordingly and try to schedule a consultation as far from their big day as possible, so they have time to review all their options. – Sue Ellen Cox, M.D., Aesthetic Solutions should a couple have waxing treatments done before the wedding?

Yes, 100%! The benefits of waxing not only include smoother skin, softer and sparse hair growth, but waxing also helps diminish ingrown hair issues and razor bumps.

We recommend couples to start waxing two to three months before their big day to ensure all hair grows at the same cycle as well as treat any prior ingrown and razor bump concerns. – Amal Zonca, owner, Waxing the City what are some last-minute details we should consider?

We always have a plan-B should there be any weather that appears in the forecast, especially the ones who are getting married in the fall or winter. In the final days leading up to their wedding weather, surprises can and often do happen. These adjustments could be as simple as relocating the ceremony or reception to an indoor location if there is heavy rain coming, or purchasing blankets and renting heaters if there is an extreme cold front coming in for an outdoor event. – Cheryl-Anne Kast, Kast Events & Co.

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t’s not every day you can jump in the car and go see more than 20 homes in the area to discover the latest trends and designs in homebuilding. But, luckily, I can and do! As a local Realtor and owner of Terra Nova Global Properties, I’ve been in the Durham, Orange and Chatham market selling homes for 20 years now. While most folks have to wait for the Parade of Homes every October, I make it my job to see homes nearly every day. I also help clients prep their homes for sale or give advice to friends for paint colors and cabinet choices. I’ve built and renovated nearly a dozen homes on the side and look forward to doing more in the future.

ABOVE The board-and-batten siding on this Blue Heron Signature home in Colvard Farms is a trendy exterior look.

ABOVE RIGHT The kitchen of this house also features tile set in a stylish pattern and a stand-alone hood vent.

RIGHT The office in this house benefits from both a statementmaking light fixture and a large wall of windows.

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Sliding barn doors, like the one in this Briar Chapel home, are a fun and functional way to divide spaces.

But let me tell you, there’s something special about the Parade, which is organized by The Home Builders Association (HBA) of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties. Builders bring out their best – their best floor plans, their best subcontractors, their best designers, decorators, you name it. It’s a lively 74

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competition among fellow homebuilders to see who ends up a ribbon winner every fall. Even though I’m in and out of houses daily, I also love a Parade! Based on this year’s batch of homes, here’s what’s new and what’s tried-and-true for home building and decorating in 2018.

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modern farmhouse A glance through the Parade of Homes guide book leaves the impression that builders want to get us back to the farm. Maybe we all need a taste of that seemingly tranquil lifestyle. (But if you’ve ever met a real farmer, they’ll tell you otherwise!) On the inside, homes are forgoing formal spaces like living rooms and dining rooms, and home exteriors are also becoming less formal with these farmhouse-inspired styles.

At all price points, we’re seeing larger porches than before. Wide enough for a good day’s porch sitting, Saussy Burbank’s porch in the new South Durham neighborhood, 751 South, wraps around so you can catch up with neighbors on all sides.

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Board and batten was also spotted in the inside of this Blue Heron Signature home in Colvard Farms.

Signature Homes has mastered this

simplistic style on a much larger home in Durham’s Colvard Farms.

Thanks to HGTV and Joanna Gaines’ favorite design feature, inside we’re seeing accents of shiplap throughout many Parade homes this year. J. Fuller Homes went a step further and decked out an entire downstairs bath in shiplap. It’s simple, yet so beautiful.

And you can’t miss the sliding barn doors these days. They’re great for pantries and closets. Garman Homes does a great job in setting them off with fun accent colors. You’ll love the smoky blue one found in their Parade home in Chatham’s Briar Chapel. Want to update your own home and add a barn door?

Head to Fitch Lumber & Hardware in Carrboro. Believe me, you’ll want quality hardware for this job, and they have one of the best selections of doors around.

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ABOVE The counter-to-ceiling herringbone tile pattern in this Homes by Dickerson kitchen is both striking and sophisticated.

RIGHT The kitchen and master bathroom in this David Weekley townhome show the variety in cabinet colors that we’re seeing today.

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What’s new in the kitchen world? White cabinets are still a classic and remain on the scene, but there’s more variety in cabinet color today. Subtle grays are coming on strong. In David Weekley Homes’ Durham townhome in Chapel Run, I found a new icy mint color that was light and airy.

Stand-alone hood vents are taking center stage and providing a nice space to show off some creative backsplashes.

I saw everything from the now-standard subway tile to marble, herringbone patterns and fun penny tiles. (Best Tile in Durham is a good place to source for your own kitchen or bath!)

My new favorite is mixing metals in the kitchen. Black kitchen faucets and drawer pulls stand out in sharp contrast to lighter and whiter countertops. The folks at Wilkinson Supply Co. can help you update your faucets anywhere in the house.

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The fireplace in this Lennar home’s screened-in porch is double-sided for extra coziness.

outdoor entertaining Going along with that notion of a more relaxed lifestyle, builders are giving us great outdoor spaces to unwind and entertain. I’ve seen more outdoor kitchens this year than ever before. In Corbinton Commons, Hillsborough’s 55 and older community, you’ll find that an outdoor patio with built-in grill is an option.

Lucky for those homeowners, the exterior maintenance and landscaping is provided.

So all you need is a few friends and some patio furniture.

A screened-in porch tops my wish list, as I love to be outside nearly year-round.

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PA R A D E OF HO M E S An eye-catching light fixture like the one in this Henderson Place dining room can make all the difference when updating a space.

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Category 2: $290,000 - $325,000 GOLD: D16, Columbia, Eastwood Homes (Longview Townhomes, Durham) SILVER: C7, Strowd FW, Saussy Burbank (Briar Chapel, Chatham) BRONZE: D15, Norman, Eastwood Homes (Longview Townhomes, Durham) Category 3: $369,000 - $425,000 GOLD: C4, The Marigold IB, Terramor Homes (The Pines at Westfall, Chatham) SILVER: D20, Cypress, Tobin Construction Company (Northern Way, Durham) BRONZE: O4, Dogwood Traditional, Blue Heel Communities (Corbinton Commons, Orange)

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Category 4: $429,000 - $450,000 GOLD: D10, Garland, Lennar (Fendol Farms, Durham) SILVER: C11, The Abigail B, Terramor Homes (Briar Chapel, Chatham) BRONZE: D9, Watauga, M/I Homes (Andrews Chapel, Durham) Category 5: $465,000 - $500,000 GOLD: C15, Beech, M/I Homes (Legacy at Jordan Lake, Chatham) SILVER: D17, Danbury, Lennar (Valley Springs, Durham) Category 6: $540,000 - $577,000 GOLD: C6, In The City, Homes by Dickerson (Briar Chapel, Chatham) SILVER: O9, Marston EWR, Saussy Burbank (Claremont South, Orange) BRONZE: C12, Annapolis, Capitol City Homes (Chapel Ridge Estates, Chatham) Category 7: $581,000 - $630,000 GOLD: C26, O6, The Harmony, Fielding Homes (Forest Ridge, Orange) SILVER: C1, Modern Farmhouse, Tuscan Group Inc. (Cedar Mountain, Chatham) BRONZE: C2, Crabtree, Robuck Homes Triangle (Briar Chapel, Chatham) Category 8: $634,000 - $715,000 GOLD: C16, Farmington, Halcyon Homes, LLC (Briar Chapel, Chatham) SILVER: O8, Montclair, J. Fuller Homes (Dunhill, Orange) BRONZE: C8, Chippy Chic, Homes by Dickerson (Legend Oaks, Chatham) Category 9: $750,000 - $800,000 GOLD: C14, Moody Modern, Homes by Dickerson (Henderson Place, Chatham) SILVER: C5, Watchtower, Garman Homes (Briar Chapel, Chatham) SILVER: C22, Lake View, Dunning Custom Homes (The Preserve at Jordan Lake, Chatham) BRONZE: C3, Broadleaf II, ICG Homes (Westfall, Chatham) Category 10: $1.2Million + GOLD: D4, The Modern Farmhouse, Blue Heron Signature Homes (Colvard Farms, Durham) CM

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ohn and Wendy Cappelletti traveled to

Rome last summer, a sort of sequel trip to a previous, too-short visit for their 20th anniversary. “That was more of whirlwind across Europe,” John says.

“We knew we wanted to go back and really explore.” They did so on foot, walking 76 miles in eight-and-half days, visiting food markets brimming with summer vegetables and some of the world’s most famous restaurants – though they’d inadvertently arrived in the city’s annual vacation season.

Hoping to visit La Campana, a worldfamous trattoria that’s been open for 500 years on the banks of the Tiber River, they found it closed for August. They had better luck at Roscioli, a deli and kitchen in central Rome that’s a bit newer, dating to 1872.

The fourth-generation owners welcomed their American guests with Cacio e Pepe, a Roman specialty of two cheeses, thick noodles and pepper. The dish is so basic, John jokes, it looks like “mac and cheese for adults.” For his own version, John starts with fresh spaghettoni from Capp’s in-house pasta maker, which uses brass dyes that leave cracks and ridges on the noodles, allowing sauces to cling more thickly.

Following Roscioli’s method, he melts in Parmigiano Reggiano and Pecorino Romano, with Vietnamese Kampot and Java black pepper. “It’s a very simple dish with excellent ingredients,” John says. CM

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La Vita Dolce Coffee and Gelato Café Pastries, sorbet, gelato. 610 Market St., Ste. 101-C; 919-968-1635; lavitadolcecafe.com

San Felipe Mexican dishes including fajitas, burritos and combo plates.

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elements Combines classic and modern Asian and European cooking; wine bar next door. 2110 Environ Way, Chapel Hill; 919-537-8780; elementsofchapelhill.com

Babalu Tapas and Tacos Gourmet Mexican. 1800 E. Franklin St., Ste. 16; 984-528-8030; eatbabalu.com

The Root Cellar Sandwiches, prepared salads, desserts and more. Beer and wine only; outdoor dining. 750 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-967-3663; rootcellarchapelhill.com

Breadmen’s A variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads and grilled meat, FO OD WORTH SHA R I N G .™with daily soup and specials. All-day breakfast; vegetarian options; catering. 324 W. Rosemary St.; 919-9677110; breadmens.com Find us in Eastgate Crossing, next to Steinmart

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news bites Pickle Jar Cafe’s key lime pie won best dessert at A Tasteful Affair, an annual fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill.

Judges included chefs and food writers from around the state.

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Food Lion in Pittsboro now offers a grocery pick-up service, “Food Lion To-Go,” at its 630 East St. location. All shoppers receive their first pickup for free.

openings Sadie’s Southern, serving southern comfort food, opened in the Veranda near Briar Chapel in the space formerly occupied

by Alberello. The new restaurant will continue to be run by Leslie and Brendan Cox, who own the Oakleaf in Carrboro.

Starrlight Mead opened at its new location at 130 Lorax Ln., adjacent to Fair Game Beverage Company and Chatham Cider Works in Pittsboro. The three bottlers hope to evolve Lorax Lane into the “Chatham Beverage District” with events, concerts and festivals centered around tastings. Fair Game also inked a deal to sell its apple brandy in area ABC stores.

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In Pittsboro, Sweet Bee Caffe opened in the Chatham Arts Center.

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Marco’s Pizza opened at 20 Lowes Dr., Pittsboro, in Penguin Place at the entrance to Chatham Park.

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Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop opened in the Chatham Crossing shopping center at the corner of Highway 15-501 and Manns Chapel Road.

In Siler City, Courtyard Coffee and Soda Cafe moved across the street to 138 N. Chatham Ave., while The Chatham Rabbit, a new shop serving specialty coffee drinks, opened in the NC Arts Incubator. CM

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osh Spivey and Hannah Hayes met as students at

Cary Christian School and started dating their junior year. They maintained a long-distance relationship through college, as Hannah attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, while Josh was at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. When Hannah graduated last December, Josh was there to cheer her on – and pop the question.

Their wedding was the very first held at the Chatham Community Church’s Pittsboro Campus in Chatham Mills, and church members did all the decorating. Hannah’s mom, Beth Hayes, created the floral arrangements.

Bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres were arranged with peach rose, hypericum berries and seeded eucalyptus.

Guest tables were draped with greenery highlighted with peach roses. Pickle Jar Cafe, just down the hall in Chatham Mills, catered.

As Hannah and Josh dated through their college years, they each made friends on their respective campuses. Though the couple knew them all, most of the groups had never met.

“The really special part to me was that our friends from each of our colleges could be part of our wedding,” Hannah says.

The wedding party included Josh’s parents, Darrin and Erica Spivey, who live in Apex, along with Hannah’s family: Beth, her father, Tim, and brother, Noah, whom she grew up with on the family’s Pittsboro farm, Bentwillow Bunnies, where the family raises chickens, turkeys, peacocks and pure-bred rabbits. CM December/January 2019

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he saying goes that dogs are man’s best friend, and Justin Foy would have to agree. It was Leila, Justin’s black lab, who not-so-formally introduced Justin to Ashley Wood at a concert in 2014. On an October day, while Justin and Leila took in a bluegrass festival in Raleigh, Leila spotted Ashley in the crowd and said, “Hi,” with a lick on Ashley’s leg. The couple started dating soon after the serendipitous meeting.

Two-and-a-half years later, Leila helped with another big moment. The couple was in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where Justin was living and working, when he suggested they take Leila for a walk through the city’s arboretum. When they reached the right spot, Justin dropped to his knee and popped the question.

Ashley grew up in Siler City, attending JordanMatthews High School, and her parents, Craig and Margaret Wood, still live in Chatham. Justin’s parents, David and Vickie Foy, live in Burlington.

The pair tied the knot June 16, 2018, at Fearrington’s Gardens in a ceremony that gathered all their family and friends – including Leila. Fearrington provided catering, floral arrangements and the cake.

They will live in Virginia for the near future, with plans to return to North Carolina. CM

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