Chatham Magazine Summer 2017

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Plan Bee John Strickland is on a mission to protect the secret life of bees

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Why We’re Here 15 neighbors share what they love about Chatham County

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The Globalists The Making of French Connections

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Ready or Not, Chatham is in Motion Matt White explores our changing community

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The Porches of Chatham County Pour a glass of something cold, grab a rocking chair and take in the best of our community from these shaded havens

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Retirement, Southern Style Acclaimed journalists Walter and Fran Mears share why they retired to our special slice of North Carolina

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Retirement Guide

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Letter from the Publisher

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AROUND TOWN 8 “Anytown, USA” screening at Oasis 10 Abundance NC’s Climate Carnival 12 Relay for Life of Chatham County 13 Spring for Literacy luncheon 14 Veterans Memorial ceremony 15 Make-A-Wish Trailblaze Challenge

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In just 96 pages, we’ve tried to capture the beauty, charm, and unique character that is Chatham County.

Of course, no single issue can accomplish that ambitious goal, but please take a moment to read “Why We’re Here” (p. 41). This collection of insights reflects on the reasons our neighbors live here, with an insightful companion article written by Matt White (p. 58) about where we were, where we are and where our communities are headed. And I particularly enjoyed our photo essay (p. 68) picturing the wonderful Chatham porches and our neighbors enjoying them. Who doesn’t love summertime?

If we at Chatham Magazine do our job right, we hope that you’ll rush to read each new edition of the magazine because it will evoke in you the comfortable feeling of being home… combined with a sense of excitement when you learn of new things that await you in our community.

Please let us know what you think – the best ideas always come from our readers.

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The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University debuted its documentary “Anytown, USA� focusing on Siler City in May at Oasis Open Air Market. Laura Jane Vincent and Jeff German kicked off the night with musical entertainment. The film is a product of a continuing education course taught at the Center for Documentary Studies where each year focuses on a new small town. CM 8

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1 Siler City Mayor John Grimes and Linda Lehman. 2 Tricia Gamber and Linda Person. 3 Dudley Padgett and Melissa Delbridge. 4 Siler City Town Manager Bryan Thompson and Art Jackson.

5 Ed Spence and Cecilia Budd Grimes.

6 Mitzi, Eric and Brittany Brooks.

7 Stephen and Marcia Grimes.

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Moving away from the traditional conference format, Abundance NC hosted a Climate Carnival at The Plant this year to talk about the significance of climate change. The weekend kicked off on Friday with an Amuse Bouche event, a panel discussion with five climate change experts. On Saturday, the event was in full swing with educational tables, hands-on workshops and live performances by Lobo Marino of Richmond, VA and local band The Oblations. The festivities continued with an after-party held at Fair Game Beverage Co. CM 10

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1 Jodi Lasseter and Gary Phillips.

2 Lyle Estill, Tami Schwerin, Michael Robertson and Hannah Eck. 3 Giovanna VanMeter. 4 Margaret Growe.

5 Hamish Jackson and Laney Sullivan.

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“Keep Hope Alive” was the theme for this year’s Relay For Life of Chatham County. Held at Bray Park in Siler City, the fundraiser attracted more than 200 participants, including cancer survivors, to walk for this cause. As the sun went down, over 300 luminaries were lit to honor lives lost to cancer.

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food for thought Chatham County Literacy Council hosted

its seventh annual Spring for Literacy luncheon in April at Governors Club.

The event, which 180 people turned out for, began with a social mixer after which Chatham Literacy’s Vice President Doug Emmons welcomed the crowd.

Nancy Jacobs, a tutor, and Vitalino Vaquez, her student, spoke about the challenges of gaining citizenship. After lunch, award-winning author Lee Smith recounted stories about her own work in adult literacy from her new memoir “Dimestore: A Writer’s Life.” Proceeds from the event went to the nonprofit’s free adult literacy program in Chatham County. CM

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60 local residents gathered on Armed Forces Day, May 20, to attend a ceremony held by the Joe Wagner Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7313 to dedicate a Veterans Memorial created on the grounds of the Post home on West Street. The ceremony included Post Commander Thomas J. “Doc” Wasileski and Post Chaplain Oakley Bennett, as well as guest speakers County Sheriff Mike Roberson and Jim Crawford of the County Board of Commissioners. CM

Floyd Baldwin, Archie Hackney, Gregory Flood, Thomas “Doc” Wasileski, Donald Huck, Philip Bienvenue, Morton Matheny, Eugene Davis and Billy Clark.

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hikes for wishes Locals Caroline Ginley and Kim Saffran took on the Trailblaze Challenge, a 26.5 mile hike from Hanging Rock to Pilot Mountain to raise money for Make-AWish Eastern North Carolina, which grants wishes to children diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition. Ole Johnson, from Pittsboro, has a lifethreatening condition called Marfan Syndrome and is a Make-A-Wish recipient. During the last mileand-a-half of the trek, hikers saw Ole’s story written on signs and were greeted by Ole himself at the end, where he awarded the hikers medals for completing the challenge. Kim and Caroline raised more than $5,000 in support of the Make-A-Wish foundation, and a celebration event was held with Ole at the Pittsboro Roadhouse. CM

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what we’ve heard around the county On The Move Randi Greffeuille of Belle Fleur Design and Photography has

joined Mobipaid as visual design and communications manager.

Jordan-Matthews High School’s Jasmine Brower competed as a finalist

at the Triangle Rising Stars, held in May at the Durham Performing Arts Center, for her performance as Tevye in her school’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Alyssa Byrd is the

new director of communication and strategic projects for the Chatham Economic Development Corporation (Chatham

EDC). Alyssa most recently served NAI Carolantic Realty as the marketing assistant and was a communications specialist for the Chatham EDC before that.

Chateaux Realty, now in its second year

serving the Chapel Hill and Chatham markets, has added Nora Sienra to the team.

What an Honor Northwood High School student Sarah Helen Shepherd has committed to

Davidson College for swimming.

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20 members of Northwood High School’s Pitch Please ensemble group traveled to New York City with teacher Matt Hanson to perform at Carnegie Hall in “Total Vocal” with Deke Sharon. Singers from across the U.S., Germany, Mexico and China also participated in the event.

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Jack is at home when he’s tinkering. He always has a new project around his house (or the neighbor’s). His perfect day would involve building a chair with his hands, then si ing down in the backyard with Be y to read a book or do some bird watching. Briar Chapel is definitely made for Jack—see how it’s made for you at B����C�����NC.com.

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY • NNP-Briar Chapel, LLC (“Fee Ownerâ€?) is the owner and developer of the Briar Chapel Community (“Communityâ€?). Certain homebuilders unaffiliated with the Fee Owner or its related entities are building homes in the Community (“Builder(s)â€?). Fee Owner has retained Newland Communities solely as the property manager for the Community. North America Sekisui House has an interest in one of the members in Fee Owner. See www.briarchapelnc.com for full terms of use. Actual development may vary from developer’s vision. No guarantee can be made that development will proceed as described.

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Yoga Garden PBO opened on East Street

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in June. The studio is owned by Lexie Wolf in collaboration with Dharma Richards of Yoga Garden of Apex.

The center will offer a variety of yoga classes for all levels, as well as yoga teacher training, workshops and special events.

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and service director, was chosen as one of five winners across the country of the Court of Master Sommeliers Ruinart Challenge, where she competed with more than 100 U.S. sommeliers.

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Fearrington House

Joy Hewett has published a novel

Chatham County Schools received

“Blue Water White Sand” with Silk Hope Press.

the School District Cup for mediumsized districts at the North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities (NCASA) 2017 meeting, and Dr. Kelly Batten was named the 2017 NCASA Administrator of the Year.

The SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home of UNC Health Care has been offering local patients end-of-life care at its 11,000-square-foot facility on Roundtree Way in Pittsboro since April.

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North Carolina spice mix, sauces and beer, moved its wholesale office and warehouse to the Alpha Center in Pittsboro.

Chimneys Plus Inc., owned by Charlie

and Wendy Quaile, is entering its 30th year in business and celebrating “The Next 30 Years” with a new logo and special events.

With over 50 local and international bands and artists, the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance held

its 15th annual spring 2017 festival earlier in May. Presented by the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center, the fourday festival showcased the beauty of grassroots music.

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Business Briefs

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The Triangle’s Carolina Women’s Show, a two-day networking event, is coming to the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center the weekend of November 10-11.

A Medical Practice that Breaks The Mold

Giving Back Chatham Reads has been awarded a

grant from the Women of Fearrington, Inc. to fund a summer bookmobile program to help Virginia Cross and Siler City elementary school students keep up their reading skills.

Another initiative led by Chatham Reads in partnership with Chatham County Schools and the Chatham Education Foundation is the county’s “Little Libraries,” which have been installed at Northeast, Northwest and Southwest district parks, Governors Village Shopping Center, Town Lake Park, Bennett Elementary School, Sprott Youth Center and Chatham Literacy’s Siler City office.

Formerly Chapel Hill Women’s Medicine, the compassionate team of providers and staff at Mosaic Comprehensive Care have broadened their spectrum of medical care.

Dr. Louise D. Metz, Dr. Stacey B. Bean, and Erica G. Howard, WHNP provide innovative and collaborative care tailored to each unique individual in a welcoming environment.

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50 women from local organizations like UPLIFT Chatham and Walter Ciucevich’s State Farm office among others, volunteered in May at Chatham Habitat for Humanity’s current construction site in Siler City. CM

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five events

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SUMMERFEST July 2, 2-8 p.m. shoppittsboro.com Celebrate summer in downtown Pittsboro with delicious food, games, contests (be sure to practice your watermelon seed spitting and pie throwing) and live music.

Don’t forget to deck out your bike, scooter or wagon for the bicycle parade.

Free.

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Pack your lawn chairs for Briar Chapel’s Music in the Meadow concert series this summer.

BARBOURSVILLE WINERY DINNER June 22, 6 p.m. fearrington.com Join Fearrington Restaurant’s Executive Chef Colin Bedford and Beverage and Service Director Paula de Pano as they host Barboursville Vineyards’ Luca Paschina for nine mouthwatering, wine-paired courses. Tickets: $175.

MUSIC IN THE MEADOW June 24, July 22, August 26, 6-9 p.m. briarchapelnc.com Grab a craft beer and kick back with the family at Briar Chapel’s concert series featuring a mix of great music from the region’s top bands. Food trucks will also be on hand. Free.

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August 5, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; August 6, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. pittsboroyouththeater.com Support community middle and high schoolers as they perform with Pittsboro Youth Theater in this uplifting play about nine-year-old B, a girl who is convinced a mysterious stranger is Amelia Earhart herself. Tickets: $8

NC STARS IN THE ROUND August 26, 7 p.m. shakorihills.org Spend your evening with North Carolina singers and songwriters like Dr. Bacon, Rebekah Todd, Charly Lowry and Ashley Heath at Shakori Hills. Grab dinner, brews and ice cream onsite from food trucks and local breweries. Tickets: $12 in advance and $17 at the gate. Kids 12 and under are free. CM

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his neighbor. “[My neighbor] had a hive of bees and was getting up in age,” he recalls. “He told me one day in the late 1970s that if he ever had to leave and couldn’t come back, he wanted me to take his bees.”

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John Strickland doesn’t wear a protective suit when he goes to tend his 23 hives at Busy Bee Farm.

It gets way too hot, he says, and he doesn’t mind bee stings.

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THE B EE K EEP E R

“BEES WILL TEACH YOU THAT YOU DON’T KNOW NOTHING. I STILL DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT BEES. THEY AMAZE ME EVERY TIME I GO INTO MY HIVE. THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.”

over and got his bees and brought them here, and that’s how I got started.”

Now, nearly four decades later, the lanky, 74-year-old with a head full of snow-white hair and shaggy beard is known around town as the “Bee Man.” On most days, he can be found in a white T-shirt and jeans, tending to his hives at his Busy Bee Farm, just off Dewitt Smith Road in rural Pittsboro.

He’s also one of the driving forces behind the Chatham County Beekeepers’ Association (CCBA) which has been working to support local beekeeping since 1976. He once served a 10-year stint as its president.

Back at the beginning, John, who joined the group a few years after it formed, remembers beekeeping as a relatively straightforward business or hobby. But things have changed. continued on page 29 24

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T HE BE E KE E PE R

Life on Busy Bee Farm is not limited to our buzzing neighbors.

John also keeps turkeys and peacocks.

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With the threat critical, the nearly 200-strong CCBA group has been doubling down on efforts to rebuild the local bee population. Its first front: educating the community. It holds monthly meetings with guest speakers, an 8-week “beekeeping school” every other year and regular demonstrations at schools and farmers markets.

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why we’re here the pull of Chatham County is powerful and enduring.

A few neighbors sum up just what it is about this special place that draws – and keeps – them here.

NAME Yvette Simmons COMMUNITY Downtown Pittsboro ORIGINALLY FROM Kingston, Jamaica CAREER Owner of both the Cary-based

employment agency STSS Inc. and Pittsboro’s Simmons Hospitality School WHY I’M HERE I live in Chatham County

because I researched the school systems back in 2000 [for my two young sons] and found that this school system was more in line with what I was looking for. Also, at the same time my real estate representative took me to Cary, Raleigh and Durham, and that was not what I was looking for. When they got to Chatham County, it was, “Bingo.” I had just about enough traffic and congestion in both New York and Georgia. I have been living here since 2000 and will remain here.

NAME Becca Rover COMMUNITY Pittsboro ORIGINALLY FROM Chatham County CAREER Galloway Ridge home health

assistant; face of Angelina’s Kitchen at Fearrington Farmers Market and substitute at Pittsboro Baptist Preschool.

WHY I’M HERE I love Chatham County because it’s a place where

you know everyone, and it seems like everyone knows you or your family. It’s also a diverse place, which is nice because you get to experience a lot of different things and meet a lot of really awesome people. The small towns in Chatham make it so special, especially Pittsboro, where there are wonderful small shops – it’s always nice to shop local. Chatham is also home to many amazing farmers and farmers markets, which make it a pretty amazing place to live.

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NAME

Angela Anderson COMMUNITY

Powell Place ORIGINALLY FROM

Virginia Beach CAREER Agape Pet

Services in Siler City WHY I’M HERE I have

described our community to my friends as a modern-day Mayberry ... it really is! So quaint, so lovely, so friendly! How could you not love this area?

NAME Ken Harris COMMUNITY Moncure ORIGINALLY FROM Goldston CAREER Territory manager, Ply Gem in

Cary WHY I’M HERE First and foremost is family.

NAME Liz Ferm COMMUNITY North Chatham, near Jordan Lake ORIGINALLY FROM White Plains, New York CAREER Stay-at-home mom of three young children. I serve on the Triad Math and Science Academy charter school board in Greensboro and the advisory board for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Pediatric Hematology-Oncology program in Chapel Hill.

WHY I’M HERE I’ve loved living in Chatham County [since 2005] because it has a small town feel where I can run into someone I know at the grocery store or restaurants. And it’s close enough to the major universities, medical centers, theaters, shopping and restaurants of the larger cities in the Triangle.

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I am Chatham County born-and-bred, and I married a Chatham County bornand-bred girl. We are blessed to have both sides of the family so close.

Second, I appreciate real community involvement and caring for our neighbors. Having grown up in

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Goldston, I challenge anyone to find a community of that size that gives more to those in need. From an individual’s medical bills to school and civic needs, the residents of Goldston have come together for chicken dinners and auctions and given hundreds of thousands of dollars in time and money over the years. Likewise, now that I live on the other side of the county, I see that sense of philanthropy in spring flings to take care of needs at Northwood, the Lions Club vision initiatives and my church men’s group donating thousands of dollars to underprivileged children at Christmas. This is true Christian charity. It’s not political; it’s not protesting under the guise of the common good; it’s taking care of our fellow man and counting our blessings while doing so.

Finally, I love the people, beauty and history of Chatham County. As a child, I had the great fortune to find arrowheads and fossilized plants and animal bones here. I spent Halloween at the Devil’s Tramping Ground and swam and fished in the lakes, ponds and rivers. I went to Chatham Central High School where my dad’s baseball coach was my baseball coach and now, later in life, I have had few greater blessings than to coach my daughters and son along with hundreds of our Chatham County youth. From there I have gotten to know so many more of our county residents, the multi-generational and newcomers alike, and I am enriched for it.

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Northeast of Terrells Mountain,

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for Federal Relations Chatham County and I share common values. This is the ideal place to raise a family. I love the open spaces, farmland scenery and laid-back living. I love that the Pittsboro “town square” embodies our community spirit.

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Chatham feels local and authentic. I love steak night at Virlie’s Grill and pint night at Carolina Brewery. I love my neighbors and the people of Chatham. We are a community of blended differences, and we are bound by our love for this place.

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South Chatham

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Ten years ago, my wife, toddler and I lucked into a piece of land down a gravel road, across a single lane WHY I’M HERE

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bridge, way back in the woods in south Chatham.

Having been born and raised in the suburbs outside of D.C., I fell in love with rural North Carolina at an early age during summer trips to see extended family. Chatham is [at] the heart of my love for a place, its people, its biology.

In Chatham, we have the confluence of tradition and innovation, old-timey ways and open-mindedness. Connecting the disparate together [is] the strong value to be neighborly.

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ORIGINALLY FROM Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg CAREER Local food and farm program coordinator, North Carolina A&T State University, Cooperative Extension WHY I’M HERE I moved to Chatham County when I relocated the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association office from Carrboro to Pittsboro in 1996. The move was inspired by Chatham County’s commitment to agriculture. We are one of the few counties in the nation with growing farms, and that commitment continues today with the strategic planning process confirming our community support for agriculture as an economic driver with favorable landuse plans and a commitment to the Cooperative Extension. I love the small town feel, and my kids enjoyed playing recreational ball [and going to] summer camps with the county recreation department and 4-H programs. Today, as high schoolers, they help lead some of those programs.

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Senior medical office assistant, UNC Family Medicine at Pittsboro There are several reasons I love living in Chatham, but the most important is family. I spent my childhood summers in Pittsboro visiting my grandparents and family. I moved to Pittsboro in 1988.

My grandparents, Isaiah and Laura Taylor, raised four children right here in town and worked in the school system.

My many cousins, my church family and my friends are the glue that also keeps me happy here. I enjoy Pittsboro, WHY I’M HERE

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Walking through town and possibly running into one of my mother’s high school teachers or classmates and listening to great stories about my granddaddy always gives me a sense of pride that just can’t be described.

To me, Pittsboro is like a safety net, especially since becoming a mother. I know that if my daughter is somewhere in town and I’m not there, I can feel secure that someone is looking out for her best interests simply because they know me or a member of my family.

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NAME Lisbeth Tengono Hickey COMMUNITY

Chatham Forest

ORIGINALLY FROM Bogotá, Colombia

Chatham County Schools, Spanish teacher in dual language program; student in Department of Elementary Education at Fayetteville State University CAREER

I love Chatham County because it is unique, peaceful and a colorful county.

As a folkloric Latin dancer in the group Takiri Folklore Latino, I see that Chatham County WHY I’M HERE

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“I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE OF CHATHAM. WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF BLENDED DIFFERENCES, AND WE ARE BOUND

BY OUR LOVE FOR THIS PLACE.”

opens its arms to appreciate and learn about Latin folkloric dance and Latin culture. I love that my group has been invited to perform in different schools.

Also, the group performs every year at ClydeFEST in Bynum. The peace that Chatham County brings to me is just incomparable. I love to go for a bike ride after work in the rural areas of Siler City and in Pittsboro, too. I enjoy the changes of the scenery during different seasons.

I love to kayak on the beautiful Jordan Lake during the late spring to beginning of fall. Chatham County has a unique character that I have not seen in other places that I have lived, [including] a wide array of artists in pottery, paintings, sculpture, metalwork and jewelry. We have the Carolina Tiger Rescue, different wineries and so many farms.

NAME Debbie Cameron COMMUNITY

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WHY I’M HERE My family loves the

Pittsboro community events like Summerfest and the Christmas tree lighting! On Saturdays, we enjoy having breakfast at Chatham Marketplace co-op and shopping at the farmers market. Chatham is home to many wonderful artists, farmers and small businesses.

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NAME Penny Thompson COMMUNITY

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ORIGINALLY FROM Davidson CAREER Retired from a career

in nursing and public health WHY I’M HERE In 2009, I moved to

Fearrington Village to be near my granddaughter, Kara, who was at UNC. My husband died in 2006, and I was looking for a new lifestyle. Did I ever find it in this quaint little village with its Galloway cows, Tennessee fainting goats and beautiful pastures. I loved the pretty white fences, sidewalks, streetlights and the small flower beds in the village.

McIntyre’s Books, the Village Beauty Salon and places to eat outside are all within walking distance. [It] quickly became a marvelous way of life for me, as well as the Duke Center for Living for personal training and exercise.

Pittsboro is a favorite to visit with the soda shop, bakery, orchid greenhouses and shopping. The library is one of my favorite places with its incredible selection of books, programs and helpful staff. Their website is so user friendly that even I could download an e-book. Jordan Lake is nearby for picnics and boat rides. The best compliment for Chatham County is that my family and friends love to visit me here. CM

the globalists The making of Wendy and Jacques Dufour’s eclectic home goods store, French Connections

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“I finally decided which rooster to buy,” says Sheryl Forbis from Carrboro, holding a large, colorful one made of metal.

Another piece of outdoor whimsy from the hundreds on display outside French Connections in Pittsboro has found a new home.

“It’s my second one from here,” she says.

“Roosters and flying pigs are our best sellers,” owner Wendy Dufour states. “Never thought there would be so many people wanting flying pigs.”

Shiny metal frogs on bicycles, 12foot giraffes and flamingoes, flowers, catfish and more merely set the stage.

Inside the house, built circa 1900, are more eye-popping treasures.

French Connections is one of the area’s top destination shopping experiences, combining Mexican metal sculptures with French and African fabrics, baskets and art in a sensory overload of colors, textures and scents.

Filmmaker Bill Hayes has driven 20 miles to find large baskets. He visits a couple times a year. “It’s not just a shop. It’s culture.”

Wendy and Jacques Dufour’s marriage has always been an international union. They met in South Africa in 1985. Salisburynative Wendy then completed her master’s in education from UNC and French-born Jacques earned his business degree. They married, moved to France and then to Dakar, Senegal, where Jacques managed a textile mill. After ten years—and the births of four children—they bought 50 acres of Pittsboro land over the Internet as the first step in realizing Jacques’ dream of owning his own business.

“We lived in a double-wide while we put in a pond and built the house,” remembers Jacques. “There were 12 antique stores in Pittsboro. We were going to be 13.”

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Jacques scooped up antiques in Normandy to sell here and French Connections was born October 10, 2000. The walls were so empty, they added their own Senegalese masks and artwork. Customers wanted to buy them. That led to bringing in more African art as well as fabric—and surviving a sharp downturn in antique stores. Over 20 African countries are now represented.

“If someone has visited Kenya, they want to buy anything Kenyan,” says Jacques.

People loved the fabric they sold at quilt shows (as far away as California) but wondered why a company called French Connections had no French fabrics. The importation of authentic textiles from the South of France followed, many of them the hard-to-find 108-inch-wide bolts.

A man representing Monterrey, Mexico artists who made metal outdoor art prodded them to sell his roosters—a symbol of France. Reluctantly, they agreed. They sold quickly. More were added. A lot more.

The town has been very understanding, says Wendy. “We bring a lot of good press to Pittsboro.”

Jacques says the best part has been “seeing the whole spectrum of American society.” One loyal customer is a local man who owns a chicken farm, always wears overalls and can’t get enough of anything Moroccan. “You never know what someone will be interested in. L’habit ne fait pas le moine!” The clothes don’t make the man. CM

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Snapshots, left to right: The Barbee family; Karen’s father, Carl Thompson, was the first African-American Chatham County Commissioner; Karen and husband Derrick; Karen’s son Dylan.

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would run past our house several times a day. My brother [Carl Thompson Jr.], my sister [Carla Mechelle Smith] and I, along with our cousins, would get in trouble with our grandmother for putting pennies or quarters on the track. Some of my cousins would hold on to the side of the train, ride it and then jump off.

We had so much fun! My family has a lot of history with the chicken plants [in Siler City]. They provided so many jobs.

There was the ever-present smell of chicken feed. That was everyday life for us.  My father [Reverend Carl E. Thompson Sr.] became the first African-American to be elected as a Chatham County Commissioner in 1978. He was serving as a commissioner the day the Chatham County Courthouse caught fire. The

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commissioners had a meeting that day. Meetings were typically held at the courthouse. However, on that particular day they met across the street. They watched the whole thing happen. What a relief and strange coincidence.

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Growing up, between politics and being a preacher’s kid, let’s just say, there wasn’t much room for error [laughter].  I lived in Guilford County for eight years and then my husband [Dr. Derrick Barbee] and I moved to Fuquay-Varina for a couple years, and now we’re in the Legacy at Jordan Lake with our 1-yearold son, Dylan. My husband is an instructor at Northwood High School and a dissertation coach.  It’s amazing how, when you’re a child, you want to leave an area so bad and experience other things.

Then you end up falling in love with what you’re trying to get away from. I see it now under a different lens. My parents are still here and so are my brother and sister. It feels good to be back.

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I have plans to open an office in Siler City.  Now that I’ve come back to Chatham County, I feel like I’m following in my dad’s footsteps in wanting to serve the community and doing what I can to get involved. People in this community know my dad.

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The Parkses – Campbell, 8, Rick, Jessica and Ruby, 6 – at their home in downtown Pittsboro.

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ready or not, Chatham is in motion ‘And everywhere, signs of more to come – more people, more houses, more businesses.’

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oxfire Trace

is a forgotten dead end now, a pebbly strip of asphalt past scrubby pines and tall oaks and where a turtle might bake on its roadway for half a day without any worries. Though just a few minutes drive from the surging traffic and booming construction around Pittsboro, Foxfire Trace is like nearly all of

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“GOING TO CHAPEL HILL WAS THE BIG TIME,” SHE SAYS. “IT TOOK 30 OR 40 MINUTES FOR US TO GET THERE. IT WAS STILL TWO LANES, BUT I DON’T THINK THERE WERE ANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS THE WHOLE WAY.”

Chatham County’s 682 square miles: rural, quiet and mainly out of the way.

But if you peel back a few decades and venture down a few nearby side roads, the story of Foxfire Trace turns out to be a story about where Chatham County has been and where it’s going.

Though a sleepy dead end today, Foxfire Trace was once one of Chatham County’s busiest roads, the central artery in and out of Chatham. Before the state built the four-lane bypass for Highway 64 that today circles Pittsboro in 2001, Foxfire Trace was Route 64’s original path.

Any traveler headed in or out of Chatham towards Raleigh or Jordan Lake had to pass by the route’s pines, oaks and houses. And one of those houses, just off a tricky, unmarked bend, was where Jessica Parks grew up.

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living on a major highway to [living on] a dead end.”

Growing up on Chatham’s main drag, says Jessica, was rarely dull, particularly with that tricky curve. “I remember several times being late to school because a tractor trailer would tip over right in front of my house.” Sometimes it was a load of lumber blocking the road. Or a solo driver might be wandering about, dazed but unhurt. Occasionally, Jessica would walk out onto her front porch to find live chickens making a run for it into the pines.

For a time when she was a girl, Jessica’s mom ran a consignment store, the Strawberry Patch, in one of the storefronts along the brick sidewalk of Pittsboro’s pictureperfect downtown. The next store over sold and fixed appliances, and she’d run between their back entrances for candy from the repairman who ran it.

Jessica’s husband, Rick, also grew up in Chatham, and the two dated through high school. Today they live just north of downtown in a home built in 1938. On Rick and Jessica’s first date, they went where everyone went: Chapel Hill. “Going to Chapel Hill was the big time,” she says. “It took 30 or 40 minutes for us to get there. It was still two lanes, but I don’t think there were any traffic lights the whole way.”

Jessica went to Northwood in Pittsboro, while a family move put Rick in the zone for Jordan-Matthews in Siler City. When school let out, he’d race back to Pittsboro to see her before speeding back to baseball practice.

“You know, just being teenagers,” he laughs. Today, that trip would be down the four lanes of Highway 64. Not then. “It was two lanes the whole way to her house.”

On a two lane road, you see the face of every driver you pass, including, Rick discovered, his mom, who would leave her Pittsboro job about the same time. “When he would come over when he wasn’t supposed to, he would always pass his mom [going the other way],” says Jessica with a laugh.

“You couldn’t dodge that,” says Rick. “A two-lane road makes it very hard.”

Today, the Parkses live just north of downtown Pittsboro, where they recently remodeled their 1938 home. Jessica works at UNC in Chapel Hill, while Rick is the head baseball coach

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When Jessica graduated high school in 2000, the census counted 49,812 residents in Chatham. In 2016, there were 73,176, the second fastest growth of any county in the state.

Whenever they make the five-minute walk downtown, whether to Virlie’s Grill for dinner, which a relative owns, or for ice cream with their kids at S&T’s Soda Shoppe, they see new faces.

“When I’m here in the afternoon, I see people I know,” says Jessica.

“But on Saturday mornings, you can tell people just rode in from out of town.”

Chatham’s first ‘newcomers’ were Quakers in the mid-1750s, who established a colony near Siler City in land long traversed by native people.

It was there that a woman in her 20s named Hannah White died in 1774 – the oldest date on any tombstone in Chatham. The county’s name is from the 18th century’s Earl of Chatham, William Pitt. Pittsboro takes its name from his son. Farming and mill work followed, and, by 1880, 42 commercial mills lined Chatham’s

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three rivers, the Haw, Deep and Rocky, which connected to form the Cape Fear River before Jordan Lake.

Growing, crops or livestock, has always been at the heart of Chatham.

Through World War I, whitetail Chatham rabbits were a delicacy on menus in New York and Baltimore.

Today, Chatham farms are fourth in North Carolina in sheep, third in horses, second in cattle and top the list in pheasants.

It’s no surprise, then, that Chatham has deep traditions in arts that connect closely to the earth – sculpture, folk music and perhaps most famously, pottery.

Just off Foxfire Trace is another deadend street that empties onto a postcardperfect farm. Old gray barns sit above a moss-covered pond, and a rope swing hangs from a towering oak next to a large farmhouse. It’s where Mark Hewitt has practiced traditional Carolina pottery for 30 years.

“Central Carolina, from Pittsboro down to South Carolina, is famed for distinctive pottery,” says Mark, whose work, including large, distinguished urns and grave markers, has been featured in museums as far off as London and adorn the lobby of The Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary. “My reasons for coming here were the material, the local clays and local glazes, which are still largely made in the same way old 19th century pots were made. And Chatham County had the additional advantage of being close to the market.”

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‘I REMEMBER WHEN I COULD DRIVE THROUGH THE BACK ROADS TO 64 IN NO TIME. THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.’

Mark crafts each piece in a workshop converted from a stable, using rich local and regional clay. He creates mugs, pots, plates and showpiece urns five or more feet tall, finishing each with a salt glaze that leaves a dreamy hue. He fires them in a 40-cubic-foot, wood-fired kiln under a nearby shed, baking them at 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.

Chatham has long been a hive for artists, from writers to musicians to painters and sculptors. “People come to the South or Chatham County, and they know about the history of music we have here – jazz, blues, gospel and country,” he says. “They might not know that the same influences have produced the same kind of traditions in the decorative arts – painting, textiles or pottery.”

Mark retains a soft English accent, one of many traces of growing up in England (on his studio wall, he keeps a team picture of 1972’s Stoke City soccer club, known as “The Potters”). When he arrived, he says, the Carolina pottery community around Seagrove, just south of Asheboro, held an international reputation but might have been just eight artists.

Today, he says, there are around 85, including three of his former apprentices.

“Obviously, 33 years ago Pittsboro was much more of a town,” he says. “The town has changed and the county has changed, but it has brought more customers and more people who appreciate art and local businesses are flourishing. On the flip side, it’s not as quiet, takes longer to get places, but you’ve got better restaurants and cultural activity closer by.”

“All blessings are mixed blessings,” he says.

When blessings of any kind have arrived in Chatham in recent years, they’ve tended to come on one of the big expressways. Just a few minutes back down Mark’s road, traffic

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on Highway 64 whizzes by, quickly intersecting 15-501, now a four-lane freeway all the way to Chapel Hill.

Both highways, built in the first decade of the new century, cut paths through Chatham’s natural forests as wide and smooth as an RDU runway. Westward, 64 sweeps off toward Siler City and Silk

of the Great Recession in 2007, Briar Chapel now has more than 1,200 homes and more sell each day in the 1,589-acre community.

After years of relative isolation down a winding entrance road to the Briar Chapel residences, the Veranda, a 42,500-squarefoot cluster of upscale restaurants, medical offices, hair salons and the like, opened at the neighborhood’s entrance. In each restaurant, four different chefs, each with local ties, are taking

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a chance that Chatham can be a destination not just for commuters but diners.

Capp’s Pizzeria is the culmination of five years of John and Wendy Cappelletti towing a mobile brick-fired pizza oven around Chatham to build a fan base. Alberello, a café with artisan-style sandwiches, is the northern expansion for Brendan and Leslie Cox, whose nearby upscale Oakleaf restaurant is a dining staple in Pittsboro’s redeveloped Chatham Mills.

And Breakaway Café is a comfy gathering spot opened by Andy Pignatora and Amy Coughlin, a Briar Chapel couple who met working in a coffee shop.

Between them is Town Hall Burger and Beer, the fifth Triangle restaurant opened by David Sadeghi, but his first in the county he has called home for 20 years. Born and raised in Iran, David came to the U.S. as a 15-year-old, just prior to the 1978 revolution, and worked his way through college at various restaurants in Florida. He moved into Governors Park in the late ‘90s for a job with Ruth’s Chris Steak House and 10 years ago opened the first of four Town Hall Grills around the Triangle, including in Durham and Southern Village. “My territory was in Raleigh and Durham so I knew the area,” he says. “I remember when I could drive through the backroads to 64 in no time. There was nobody there.”

For his Veranda restaurant, you might say he was recruited.

In 2015, UNC football coach Larry Fedora brought his staff to Town Hall’s Southern Village location. Several of his assistants live in Briar Chapel. “[Coach Fedora] said, ‘You know what, they are doing some construction there,” David recalls. “All these guys are moving there, you might want to [look into] this.”

Within a week, says David, he signed a lease at the Veranda.

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But if Briar Chapel is the face of Chatham’s growth today, all future roads lead back to the west side of Pittsboro, where the Chatham Park megadevelopment is beginning to take shape, led by Preston Development Company owners Tim Smith and Julian “Bubba” Rawl. In 1991, the partners bought a bankrupt golf course just outside Raleigh and spent three decades building much of Cary around it. Chatham Park, says Tim, will follow the same pattern. “In many ways, it is the same as Cary was when I arrived in 1970,” he says, noting that Cary had 4,000 residents and today it’s more than 150,000.

But while Chatham Park is a massive undertaking – already zoned for 22,000 residences across 7,000 acres, 2,000 acres of parks and open spaces, 50-plus miles of walking and biking trails – with many neighborhoods and huge retail and commercial centers. Keeping the flavor of Chatham, says Tim, is at the heart of the project. “We envision downtown being vibrant like Apex is now. The people are friendly, downtown [Pittsboro] is very quaint, and it’s a very family-oriented place to live.”

He says he envisions downtown Pittsboro in the future much like the historic downtowns of Apex or Cary – surrounded by modern developments and neighborhoods, but still the cultural heart that ties the community to its past. Moreover, he says, Pittsboro has a distinct advantage that downtown Apex and Cary never did. While both Wake County downtowns have been well 66

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preserved by local governments, neither are truly at the center of their cities. Both require detours away from major highways.

Not so in Pittsboro, where the roundabout of the historic courthouse is a true crossroads of the county’s primary highways.

In fact, Tim has believed in Chatham County for a long time.

He started the process to permit and build Chatham Park in the early 2000s. “We thought it would be great 13 years ago, and here we are 13 years later.”

In fact, Chatham Park has had a winding path to approval, as some Chatham residents see its sheer mass as a threat to the lifestyle they love and clearly all residents have a vested interest in how it rolls out. When finished, Chatham Park may have as many as 60,000 residents, almost enough to double today’s population. And it will dwarf today’s Pittsboro (pop: 4,266).

But that day isn’t close. It will take, Tim says, at least 30 years to build it all. “It will last longer than I will,” he says.

As it happens, the boundaries of Chatham Park are adjacent to Jordan Lake and downtown Pittsboro. It will pass Foxfire Trace and Jessica Parks’ old house. Once again, change will fly right by Foxfire Trace, but still might miss it all together. That’s fine with the Parkses who think those who’ve lived in Chatham longest are often the most ready for change. “It’s almost like once new people get here, they realize how cool it is,” says Rick. “The traditional Pittsboro people I talk to, they know change is inevitable and they know it’s coming. So let’s embrace it,” he adds.

Jessica finishes his thought: “But save what we can.” CM

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Pour a glass of something cold, grab a rocking chair and take in the best of our community from these shaded havens

BY L A U R A Z O L M A N K IRK

wave the day away P H O T O B Y B RIA N A BROUGH

When Walter and Linda Harris first moved into their historic home in downtown Pittsboro in the early 1970s, Walter’s mom, Louise Harris, went to check out the front porch. She was back in a few minutes. “I got tired of waving,” she reported.

Her sentiment has not held true for Linda and Walter, however. Forty-plus years in the home and they still haven’t tired of afternoons spent sipping pink lemonade on the porch, chatting with neighbors like Sophie Johnson, 9, and Mayor Cindy Perry and waving to passersby on Hillsboro Street. “Walter says we come outside to see the parade every afternoon,” laughs Linda. “Coming down the road, people from our church see us and stop. I don’t think we would get as many visitors if we sat inside.”

The couple’s wraparound porch is marked by wind chimes, a near-constant gentle breeze and late-blooming azaleas. A stoic magnolia shades the back end, and a Clyde Jones original is front and center for guests to marvel at. Who wouldn’t want to pass time out there?

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Sophie Johnson, 9, and Mayor Cindy Perry do the wave with Linda and Walter Harris from their porch on Hillsboro Street.

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out to pasture, happily

P HOTOS BY AN N A GOODSON PHOTOGRAPHY

ICED TEA, JAZZED UP Greek Kouzina steeps their iced tea with cut pineapple and lemon for a summery hint of Mediterranean flare.

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Climbing up Jackie Adams and Christina Fisher’s drive in Siler City on any given day, at any given time, you can find the couple and daughter Abby Fisher-Adams, 9, on their porch, with pups Angel, Lady and Brutus not too far away. “We work from the porch, converse on the porch and have family meals on the porch,” says Jackie. “It is a centerpiece of our time together and individual alone time for all of us, [too].”

Jackie and Christina first settled in the New Hill area of Chatham, near Jordan Lake, when they worked in the Research Triangle Park. For 20 years, their farm became the place to recharge from their hectic corporate jobs. They kept horses, grew vegetables and took in the green landscapes. When the western part of the county beckoned in 2007, Jackie and Christina purchased land in Silk Hope. The couple built a house on their new property, transporting and revitalizing a 1960s cabin with simple mission-style features and a front porch meant to live on. In 2012, the couple moved in. The next year brought Abby, then 5, to live with them, and 2015 marked Christina’s retirement with Jackie’s following suit in 2016.

Now, along with raising Abby, the women focus on passion projects. They own Zone Fitness and Tan together, as well as the new Oasis Open Air Market. “Both of us feel it is important to give back to the community we live in,” Jackie says.

Their commitment to the county is showcased in their porch’s view. From the Oakmont Nursery plants growing in the vegetable garden, to the Silk Hope white quartz walkway sourced from a nearby creek and the Greek Kouzina pineapple iced tea they offer to visitors, Christina, Jackie and Abby are all local, all the time. “You have to take advantage of all the advantages of living in the country,” says Christina.

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P H O T O S B Y A N N A GOODSON P H OTOGRAP H Y

“There is plenty of room for our large family,” says Holly Rickman of the porch she shares with husband David, mother Susan Cowette, nephew Jay Raymond and children Reid, 16, Adelia, 13, Jocelyn, 11, Sophie, 9, and Weston, 7.

When working with Jerry Bryant Builders to add square footage for their growing family four years ago, Holly – who owns Still Waters Spa-lon – and David – primary owner of Chatham Carpets & Interiors – conceived of a stately two-tier front porch. Now, all nine family members can spread out and enjoy the serenity of Silk Hope in the summertime, iced tea and mimosas in hand.

“We drink our coffee in the morning here, sit at night, listen to the water [in the fountain out front] and just decompress,” Holly says. “We stay pretty busy,” she adds, thus the need for this “nook of peace.”

The Rickmans’ two-story dream porch offers plenty of room for Weston, 7, Adelia, 16, Sophie, 9, Jocelyn, 11 and new puppy Fluff (bottom) to relax, alongside Holly and David (top).

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PHOTOS BY BRIAN A BROU GH

Ten years ago, when Cheryl Conrad and Houston Blair purchased the home that is now 458 West Bed and Breakfast, there was not one floorboard on the expansive wraparound porch. It took three-and-a-half years to create the three-sided, 1,000-squarefoot masterpiece – and the rest of the inn – into the shape it is in today, but Houston and Cheryl say it is worth it.

“I love porches,” Cheryl says, looking back through an album of pre-construction photos. With the help of Stambach Heating and Air and Holt’s Floor Refinishing, Houston constructed the structure to highlight its original Craftsman style, now perfect for guests of the five-bedroom inn to enjoy.

“Guests love the porch; you can get wifi out there,” says Cheryl. And the town is appreciative of the restoration, too, as the couple saved this historic home from being bulldozed over and a storage facility built in its place.

Now, the pecan-tree-shaded porch is perfect for gatherings.

Cheryl and Houston served up tapas – watermelon pizza, tomato tarts, kale chips, pickled shrimp and strawberry basil sorbet – when daughter Anna Blair and friends Robin and Kiler Hamilton visited one warm spring evening. Hors d’oeuvres were accompanied, fittingly, with a splash of white wine sourced from Vino!! Wine Shop down the street.

Now that Houston has retired from Moncure United Methodist and Jones Chapel United Methodist in Sanford as pastor and Cheryl from a career in computer software, they are especially grateful for these serene small-town evenings.

Cheryl’s Strawberry Basil Sorbet 1 lb. (approx. 3 ½ cups) whole strawberries ½ cup sugar, plus more if needed ¼ cup fresh basil, sliced Splash of lemon juice Clean and slice berries, then toss with sugar and let stand for one hour. In a food processor, blend the strawberries with basil and lemon juice, then refrigerate mixture for at least two hours. Freeze mixture in an ice cream maker, according to the maker’s instructions.

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Above Family, left to right: Bob and Pam (back), son Dennis and daughter-in-law Laurie (middle) and grandchildren Sadie, 11, Sara, 14, and Dylan, 9 (front).

Right Dog Maxton relaxes with Pam and Bob on the back porch.

work and play PH O T O S B Y N IN A ME RK LINA

“It’s our warm weather living room,” says Pam Schaecher of the Briar Chapel back porch she shares with husband Bob. “We use the back porch more, because it’s screened-in and we have a dining table and sofa there,” she says.

But their front porch is nice, too, “for sitting when the sun goes down.”

Together, the Schaechers get the best of both worlds: “Our front porch looks at our neighbors who have lovely, well-kept homes. The back has a lot of greenery and privacy.”

The extra outdoor space is especially appreciated when family like son Dennis, daughter-in-law Laurie and grandchildren Sara, 14, Sadie, 11, and Dylan, 9, come to visit.

“We moved here because of our son and his family,” Pam says, “but chose Chatham because of the more open spaces and country feel.”

Plus, with a wholesale clothing business – Amaya Textiles – to run out of their home, Briar Chapel is “a very nice environment to work from,” Pam adds. “We love our friends here in the community and stay busy.” CM 78

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southern style Acclaimed journalists Walter and Fran Mears share why they retired from the D.C. area to this special slice of North Carolina

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to Governors Club in 2005 and consider ourselves fortunate to have found the Chapel Hill area as our home.

After careers in journalism in Washington, D.C. – Walter for more than 40 years, Fran for five after a 20-year news career in other cities – we sought a more relaxed lifestyle and a refuge from the congested traffic of the nation’s capital.

Family visits introduced us to North Carolina and the Triangle, and when we narrowed our search, the Chatham side of Chapel Hill was it for us.

Golf, fine restaurants without the high prices of metro areas and the fact that we would be six miles from the University of Summer 2017

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Walter Mears worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., for more than 40 years as a reporter, administrator, bureau chief and columnist, and in New York for five years as executive editor responsible for AP’s worldwide news coverage. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the 1976 presidential campaign. He has written and edited several books, including “Deadlines Past,” about the 11 presidential campaigns he covered.

Fran Mears was an Associated Press reporter and administrator in Indianapolis, Kansas City and Baltimore before becoming managing editor of Gannett Co. Inc.’s Washington, D.C. news bureau. She and Walter have three daughters and seven grandchildren.

North Carolina and about 11 from Duke University all added to the attraction.

And it all has worked as we’d hoped.

We sold our townhouse a mile from the Potomac River at a lucky moment – real estate prices were soaring, and we came away with more than enough money to build the house we wanted here. (One tip for other people looking at retirement in new homes: We invested in an elevator, a luxury at the time we built and a real asset as we age. It will enable us to stay put if climbing stairs becomes a challenge.) Our place overlooks the golf course to the west and a wooded area to the east, so we are very comfortable just being home.

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Governors Club’s Lakeview Room and Club Room, of course, plus Pazzo in Southern Village, Tarantini Italian Restaurant and Oakleaf in Chatham County and Kitchen and Jujube in Chapel Hill – a list that continues to grow.

And it’s only a short drive to see a Durham Bulls baseball game, to attend plays or concerts at the performing arts centers in Durham and Raleigh or to take in one of the world-class art, science or history museums.

When the grandkids visit, we all enjoy UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, the Carolina Tiger Rescue in Pittsboro, Durham’s Museum of Life and Science and Duke Lemur Center and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Then there are all of the great parks and outdoor spaces throughout the area.

Walter has spoken to service and educational organizations about his career covering Washington and politics for The Associated Press. He has taught continuing education classes for seniors at OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke.

Fran has chosen to volunteer her time with charities and service groups. She’s worked for more than a decade with the Chatham County Literacy Council, which helps adults reach their full potential; has been involved with service projects through Christ United Methodist Church in Southern Village and has tutored at-risk children at The Learning Trail Collaborative.

No matter your interests and talents, you can find a variety of satisfying volunteer opportunities in the Triangle.

Walter is a golfer, and Chapel Hill is the perfect spot for it.

He’s a regular at Governors Club and also has played at other courses around the area. With Pinehurst and Southern Pines about an hour away, few places offer more options for golf.

Walter, who retired from the AP in 2001, continues to write when there are opportunities. He has done pieces for the AP – and for Chapel Hill Magazine – among other outlets. For two years after his retirement, he worked on his book “Deadlines Past,” about the presidential campaigns he covered. It was published in 2004. He also organized, edited and wrote chapters of a history of The Associated Press, “Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else.”

- Walter and Fran Mears CM

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THE 2017 DIRECTORY OF CONTINUING CARE, ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES

ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITIES

CHATHAM RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE 114 Polk’s Village Ln., Chapel Hill

CAMBRIDGE HILLS ASSISTED LIVING 140 Brookstone Ln., Pittsboro

Entrance Fee One month’s rent as deposit.

Entrance Fee Community fee of $1,000 Monthly Fee Range $3,750 – $5,500 Contract Options None. Requires 14-day notice prior to moving out.

Refund Options Pro-rated on the first month if resident moves in at the beginning of the month; pro-rated in the last month if resident leaves before the end of the month.

Medicare Certified No Long-term Care Insurance Accepted, not required

Monthly Fee Range $3,795 – $6,995 Contract Options Month-to-month Refund Options None Medicare Certified No Long-term Care Insurance Accepted, not required.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 55 Contact Information 919-918-7872; ridgecare.com

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 65

MEBANE RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE 1999 South N.C. Hwy. 119, Mebane

Contact Information Ronda Stubbs; 919-545-9573 or ronda@silver-thread.com; cambridgehillsal.com

Entrance Fee One month’s rent as deposit.

CARILLON ASSISTED LIVING OF DURHAM 4713 Garrett Rd., Durham Entrance Fee None; $1,000 Application fee required.

Monthly Fee Call for pricing.

Contract Options All-inclusive monthly rate includes care, dining, activities, laundry and housekeeping.

Refund Options 14-day notice required.

Medicare Certified Not Applicable Long-term Care Insurance Required No Min. Age to Obtain Residence 60 Contact Information 919-401-1101; carillonassistedliving.com CARILLON ASSISTED LIVING OF HILLSBOROUGH 1911 Orange Grove Rd., Hillsborough Entrance Fee None; $1,000 application fee required.

Monthly Fee Call for pricing.

Contract Options All-inclusive monthly rate includes care, dining, activities, laundry and housekeeping.

Refund Options 14-day notice required.

Medicare Certified Not Applicable Long-term Care Insurance Required No Min. Age to Obtain Residence 60 Contact Information 919-732-9040; carillonassistedliving.com

Monthly Fee Range $2,995 – $7,500 Contract Options Month-to-month.

Refund Options None Medicare Certified No Long-term Care Insurance Accepted, not required.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 55 Contact Information 919-568-0083; mebaneridge.com

CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES (CCRC) CAROLINA MEADOWS 100 Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill Entrance Fee Range $124,700 – $549,900 Monthly Fee Range $2,741 – $4,090 Contract Options Fee for Service: Housing, residential services and guaranteed access to health-related services in exchange for entrance fee and monthly fee. Health-related services are provided at per-diem rates, which vary. Equity: See Refund Options for Carolina Meadows.

Refund Options Equity; Occupancy Right; upon departure, resident/estate receives refund based on Entry Fee calculation and if applicable additional 50% of equity in the residence; calculation is current Entry Fee minus remarketing and refurbishing fees compared to original Entry Fee then potentially sharing in appreciation of unit if new balance exceeds original payment.

Medicare Certified Yes, Medicare Part B Long-term Care Insurance Not required, but welcome.

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Min. Age to Obtain Residence 55 Contact Information 919-942-4014; 800-458-6756; carolinameadows.org

GALLOWAY RIDGE 3000 Galloway Ridge Rd., Pittsboro Entrance Fee Range $215,000 – $1,257,000 Monthly Fee Range $2,903 – $6,755

CAROL WOODS 750 Weaver Dairy Rd., Chapel Hill Entrance Fee Range $93,800 – $428,800 Monthly Fee Range $2,466 – $5,160 Contract Options Modified: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping and some health-related services. Healthrelated services are provided at subsidized rate or are free for specified number of days.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Pay entry fee; full refund in first 90 days; refund declines at rate of 2% each additional month; after 50 months, no refund.

Contract Options Extensive: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping and unlimited assisted and skilled nursing.

Little or no additional fees required as one moves from one level of care to another.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Time-Sensitive – Pay lower entry fee; refund declines at rate of 4% in first month; 2% each additional month; after 4 years, no refund.

Option 2: 90% Refund, Not Time-Sensitive – Pay higher entry fee; receive 90% of what you paid in. Option 3: 75% Refund, Not Time-Sensitive – Pay higher entry fee; receive 75% of what you paid in.

Medicare Certified Yes

Medicare Certified Yes

Long-term Care Insurance Not required.

Long-term Care Insurance Not required; could help pay for discounted per diems.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 65 (co-applicant must be at least 55) Contact Information 919-968-4511; 800-518-9333; carolwoods.org CROASDAILE VILLAGE 2600 Croasdaile Farm Pkwy., Durham Entrance Fee Range $54,800 – $357,309* (includes new residences now under construction) Monthly Fee Range $1,801 – $4,119* (includes new residences now under construction) Contract Options Fee for Service: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping and some health-related services. Advanced levels of health services are provided at per-diem rates.

Utilities bundled.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Pay lower entry fee; refund declines at rate of 2% per month; after 50 months, no refund. Option 2: 50% Refund – pay higher entry fee; refund declines at a rate of 2% per month until 50% of residence fee is accrued; refund limited to 50%. Option 3: 90% Refund – pay higher entry fee; refund declines at a rate of 2% per month until 10% of fee is accrued; refund limited to 90%.

Contact Information 919-545-2647; 888-763-9600; gallowayridge.com GLENAIRE 4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary Entrance Fee Range $63,000 – $353,000 Monthly Fee Range $2,316 – $4,219 Contract Options Modified: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping and some health-related services. Healthrelated services are provided at subsidized rate or are free for specified number of days.

Refund Options Option 1: Declining Refund – refund declines at rate of 2% per month for 48 months. Option 2: 50% refundable. Option 3: 90% refundable.

Medicare Certified Yes Long-term Care Insurance Not required.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62 (co-applicant must be at least 55) Contact Information 919-460-8095; 800-225-9573; glenaire.org

Medicare Certified Yes

SEARSTONE 17001 Searstone Dr., Cary

Long-term Care Insurance Not required, but welcome.

Entrance Fee Range $350,000 – $791,250

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62

Monthly Fee Range $2,600 – $6,205; Second Person Fee – $1,070

Contact Information 919-384-2475; 800-960-7737 *Prices effective through September 30, 2017.

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Contract Options Type A LifeCare contract. Residents pay a one-time LifeCare fee to cover costs of assisted living, skilled nurses and/or memory care. The LifeCare program has

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significant tax advantages and works well with long-term care policies.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 60 (co-applicant must be at least 50)

Refund Options Entrance fee is 100% refundable.

Contact Information 919-259-7000; 877-433-3669; cedarsofchapelhill.com

Medicare Certified No Long-term Care Insurance Yes Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62

THE FOREST AT DUKE 2701 Pickett Rd., Durham

Contact Information 919-234-0339; info@searstone.com; searstone.com

Monthly Fee Range $2,990 – $6,960

SPRINGMOOR 1500 Sawmill Rd., Raleigh Entrance Fee Range Call for pricing.

Monthly Fee Range Call for pricing.

Contract Options Modified: Housing, residential services and specified amount of health-related services in exchange for entrance fee and monthly fee, which includes 30 days of free health care (with a maximum balance of 90 days), then available at a discounted rate.

Entrance Fee Range $89,700 – $546,200 Contract Options Modified: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping and some health-related services. Healthrelated services are provided at a greatly discounted rate and are free for a specified number of days.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Pay lower entry fee; refund declines at rate of 2% per month; after 50 months, no refund. Option 2: 50% Refund – refund declines at a rate of 2% per month until 50% of residence fee is accrued. Option 3: 90% Refund – pay higher entry fee; refund declines at rate of 2% per month until 10% of fee is accrued.

Refund Options Option 1: Life Occupancy – Residence & Care refund declines at 4% a month for 25 months, then no refund.

Option 2: 50% Life Equity – refund declines at 2% a month for 25 months. The remaining 50% is returned to the resident or estate after residency is terminated and within 30 days of re-occupancy of the residential unit. Option 3: 100% Life Equity – 100% of the Residence & Care fee is returned to the resident or estate after residency is terminated. The refund is available, once residency is terminated, six years after initial move-in date, or 30 days after re-occupancy of the residential unit, if six years has already passed.

Medicare Certified Yes

Medicare Certified No

Entrance Fee Range $87,100 – $503,100

Long-term Care Insurance Not required.

Monthly Fee Range $1,845 – $4,021

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62

Contract Options Option 1: Extensive – LifeCare Residential Living: Garden Homes & Apartments, bundled services, campus amenities, complete maintenance and future health care all covered by the entrance fee and monthly fee. When moving from one level of care to another, the monthly fee reflects a 60% reduction of the daily skilled nursing rate.

Option 2: Fee for Service – Garden Homes & Apartments, campus amenities, maintenance fee and access to future health care are provided in exchange for entrance fee and monthly fee. Health-related services are provided at the perdiem rate.

Contact Information 919-848-7000; springmoor.org THE CEDARS OF CHAPEL HILL 100 Cedar Club Circle (Meadowmont), Chapel Hill Entrance Fee Range $265,000 – $750,000* Monthly Fee Range $2,760 – $6,855 Contract Options *Equity: Actual real estate purchase, with transfer of ownership of the unit (deed and title). If resident moves to health center, no added amount except two meals per day. After 90 days, member pays discounted rate.

Refund Options Not applicable because of ownership.

Medicare Certified Yes Long-term Care Insurance Not required.

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Long-term Care Insurance Not required, but welcome.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 65 (co-applicant must be at least 62) Contact Information 919-490-8000; 800-474-0258; forestduke.org THE VILLAGE AT BROOKWOOD 1860 Brookwood Ave., Burlington

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Extensive – Standard Refund is declining over 47 months, with 100% guaranteed refund in the first 60 days for any reason. 50% and 90% Refund plans also available. Option 2: Fee for Service – Standard Refund declines over 47 months, with guaranteed refund in the first 60 days for any reason. 50% Refund plans also available.

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Medicare Certified Yes Long-term Care Insurance Not required, but can help with costs related to Assisted Living, Memory Care or Skilled Care for Fee-for-Service or LifeCare plans.

INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING ATRIA 5705 Fayetteville Rd., Durham

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62 (co-applicant must be at least 55.)

Entrance Fee Range Call for pricing.

Contact Information 336-570-8440; 800-282-2053; villageatbrookwood.org

Contract Options Independent Living: No lease term, no buy-in, month-to-month rental with 60-day move-out notice.

Assisted Living: No lease term, no buy-in, month-to-month rental with 14-day move-out notice.

TWIN LAKES 3701 Wade Coble Dr., Burlington

Monthly Fee Range Call for pricing.

Refund Options Sixty-day notice to terminate lease.

Entrance Fee Range $55,000 – $358,000

Medicare Certified No, except for therapy services.

Monthly Fee Range $1,433 – $2,723

Long-term Care Insurance Accepted if the resident meets the criteria of the policy.

Contract Options Fee-for-service contract only.

Refund Options Thirty-month declining refund and 50% refund available (50% available on Garden Home only).

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62 Contact Information 919-666-2624; atriasouthpointwalk.com

Medicare Certified Yes Long-term Care Insurance Not required Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62 (co-applicant must be at least 62) Contact Information 336-538-1572; twinlakescomm.org WINDSOR POINT 1221 Broad St., Fuquay-Varina

BARTLETT RESERVE 300 Meredith Dr., Durham Entrance Fee $3,000 Monthly Fee Range $2,750 – $3,450 Contract Options Sign a year lease, but can give 60 days -notice to leave.

Refund Options Non-refundable.

Entrance Fee Range $58,000 – $233,000

Medicare Certified Therapy services are covered by Medicare

Monthly Fee Range $2,149 – $4,068 for independent living; $3,383 – $6,086 with health-related services

Long-term Care Insurance Accepted for personal care and veteran’s benefits.

Contract Options Modified: Housing, residential services and specified amount of health-related services in exchange for entrance fee and monthly fee. Health-related services are provided at subsidized rate or are free for specified number of days.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 55

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Life occupancy entrance fee; pay up front and 2% taken out each month over 50-month period, after 50 months there is no refund; before then, prorated refund available. Option 2: 50% Refund; refund declines at a rate of 2% per month for 25 months until 50% of residence fee is accrued; refund received only after resident passes away or moves.

DURHAM REGENT 3007 Pickett Rd., Durham

Medicare Certified Yes

Contact Information 919-361-1234; Laura Martin, Certified Senior Advisor, lmartin@bartlettreserve.com; bartlettreserve.com

Entrance Fee Range $2,900 – $4,450 Monthly Fee Range $2,450 – $3,399 based on single occupancy, second-person fee.

Contract Options Month-to-month leases.

All independent living.

Long-term Care Insurance Not required, but helpful

Medicare Certified No, because no medical services included.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62 (co-applicant no younger than 55)

Long-term Care Insurance N/A Min. Age to Obtain Residence 55

Contact Information 919-552-4580; 800-552-0213; windsorpoint.com

Contact Information 919-490-6224; durhamregent.com

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DEPENDABLE and KNOWLEDGEABLE agent seeks customers looking for real PROTECTION and long term RELATIONSHIP. SINGLE, ARTSY LADY SEEKS SINGLE ARTSY GUY. If you love painting, decorating, baking and knitting, we are a match. Please be over 30 and willing to take art classes.

Pam Herndon LUTCF CLU ChFC, Agent 11470 US 15 501 N Suite 105 Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Bus: 919-265-0702 pam.herndon.dec8@statefarm.com

FATHER OF EIGHT seeks energetic lady. Must love kids, be fit and ready to jump in and join the fun. Military training would be helpful.

ADVENTUROUS CAT LOVER seeks adventurous cat owner. Please be employed and willing to relocate. Especially fond of black and white tuxedo cats. All responses will be answered. Looking for that Purrr-fect match.

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RETI REMENT

EMERALD POND 205 Emerald Pond Ln., Durham Entrance Fee Range Community fee of $2,750 – $3,650 Monthly Fee Range $2,274 – $5,950 Contract Options Month-to-month leases. No buy-in fees.

Refund Options A partial refund of community fee if resident stays less than three months.

EXTRAORDINARY.

Medicare Certified No, because no medical services included.

Long-term Care Insurance N/A Min. Age to Obtain Residence 55 Contact Information 919-493-4713; emeraldpond.net PRESTON POINTE 1995 NW Cary Pkwy., Morrisville Entrance Fee Community fee of $3,000 Monthly Fee Range $3,995 – $4,810 Contract Options 12-month lease term. Some supportive services onsite. No buy-in fees.

Refund Options No refund options Medicare Certified No, because no medical services included.

Long-term Care Insurance Not required

T H E R E ’ S N O P L AC E Q U I T E L I K E I T. ( W E ’ V E C H EC K E D. ) No other retirement community comes close to Carolina Meadows. Not in lifestyle, not in service–and not in price. That’s because of our exclusive Equity Advantage™. And if it’s amenities you’re looking for, look no further. There are elegant homes, world-class health clinics and exceptional educational, cultural and wellness programs, just to name a few. Find out more today.

Min. Age to Obtain Residence 62 Contact Information 919-935-0138; prestonpointe.com TWIN RIVERS INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING 25 Rectory St., Pittsboro Entrance Fee Community fee of $2,000 Monthly Fee Range $2,000 – 3,000 Contract Options None. Requires one month’s notice prior to moving out.

Refund Options Pro-rated on the first month if resident moves in at the beginning of the month; pro-rated in the last month if resident leaves before the end of the month.

Medicare Certified No Long-term Care Insurance Not accepted Min. Age to Obtain Residence 65

For more information about our vibrant, independent community, book your tour today.

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Restaurants, delis and bistros in Chatham County advertisers highlighted in boxes

CHAPEL HILL Southern Village La Vita Dolce Café Pastries, sorbet, gelato. 610 Market St.; 919-968-1635; lavitadolcecafe.com Pazzo! Italian cuisine, takeout pizza.

700 Market St.; 919-929-9984; pazzo-restaurant.com Rasa Malaysia Authentic Malaysian dishes. 410 Market St.; 984-234-0256; rasamalaysiach.com

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ALBERELLO CAFE & MARKET Florentine sandwiches, housemade pastas, from scratch desserts and more.

72 Chapelton Ct.; 984-234-3017; alberellonc.com

North Chatham Village/ Cole Park Plaza Captain John’s Dockside Fish & Crab House American seafood dishes.

11550 U.S. 15-501 N.; 919-968-7955; captainjohnsdockside.com Moon Asian Bistro Asian fusion restaurant offering sushi, Chinese dishes like sweet-and-sour chicken, Thai curry dishes, rice and noodles. 111 Knox Way. Ste. 100; 919-869-7894

The Town Hall Grill Sandwiches, steak, seafood. 410 Market St.; 919-960-8696; thetownhallgrill.com

Breakaway Cafe A casual “cyclinginspired” cafe serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and small plates, along with Counter Culture coffee, beer, wine and Maple View ice cream. 58 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 100; 984-234-3010; breakawaync.co

Weaver Street Market Hot bar and salad bar for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 716 Market St.; 919-929-2009; weaverstreetmarket.coop

Capp’s Pizzeria Artisan pizzas that are hand-crafted and wood-fired, utilizing local ingredients. 79 Falling Springs Dr., Ste. 140; 919-240-4104; cappspizzeria.com

Guanajuato Mexican Restaurant Mexican dishes with vegetarian options; 11552 US 15-501 N, Ste. 205; 919-9298012; guanajuatomexicanrestaurant.net

Town Hall Burger & Beer Gourmet burgers, plus shared plates, tacos, wings and salads. 58 Chapelton Ct.; Ste. 140; 984234-3504; townhallburgerandbeer.com

Village Pizza and Pasta A neighborhood pizza place serving up subs, calzones, pastas and salads, too. 11312 U.S. Hwy. 15-501, Ste. 300; 919-960-3232; villagepizzapasta.com

Briar Chapel 501 PHARMACY Scoops of Maple View Farm ice cream, plus malts and shakes. 98 Chapelton Court., Ste. 300; 984-9990501; 501rx.com

Governors Village Bean & Barrel Coffee shop, plus dinner, lunch and brunch menus.

50100 Governors Dr.; 919-967-9990; beanandbarrel.com China Chef Chinese food to eat in or take out. 50120 Governors Dr.; 919-967-5553 Tarantini Italian cuisine. 50160 Governors Dr.; 919-942-4240; tarantinirestaurant.com

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Panda Garden Chinese dishes like chow mein and egg foo young, dine in or take out; 11312 U.S. Highway 15-501 S., Ste. 303; 919-960-8000; pandagardenchapelhill.com

PITTSBORO U.S. 15-501/ Fearrington Village Allen & Son Barbecue N.C. barbecue.

5650 U.S 15-501; 919-542-2294; stubbsandsonbbq.com Carolina Brewery & Grill Pub-style fare made with local ingredients from places like Boxxcar Handmade Cheese and Lilly Den Farms. 120 Lowes Dr., Ste. 100; 919545-2330; carolinabrewery.com/pittsboro

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THE FEARRINGTON GRANARY Small plates, burgers and grill options.

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THE FEARRINGTON HOUSE RESTAURANT Fine-dining French cuisine offering a chef’s tasting menu.

Fearrington Village Center; 919-5422121; fearrington.com

THE GOAT Paninis, cheeses and pastries.

Fearrington Village Center; 919-5455717; fearrington. com/the-goat

New Japan Hibachi-style Japanese cooking, dine-in or carry-out. 90 Lowes Dr.; 919-542-4380

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Bella Donna Classic Italian dishes like bruschetta, lasagna and spaghetti carbonara. 440 East St.; 919-545-0900; belladonnaitalianrestaurant.com

Blue Dot Coffee Joe Van Gogh coffee, lattes, smoothies and pastries. 53 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-8064

China Inn Chinese dishes, dine-in or carry-out. 630 East St.; 919-545-0259 Greek Kouzina Made from scratch hummus, gyros, kebabs and more. 964 East St.; 919-542-9950; greekkouzina.com Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries Burgers, Cheesesteaks and frozen custard. 987 East St.; 919-542-1312; hwy55.com/ locations/pittsboro John’s Italian Pizza Restaurant Pizzas, pastas, wraps, calzones and strombolis; 122 Sanford Rd.; 919-542-5027; johnspizzarestaurant.com San Felipe Mexican dishes including fajitas, burritos and combo plates. 630 East St.; 919-542-1008; sanfelipenc.com Small B&B Cafe Farm to table breakfast and lunch; 219 East St.; 919-537-1909; smallbandbcafe.com

West Street Al’s Diner Traditional American classics for breakfast, lunch and supper; 535 West St.; 919-542-5800; alsdiner.net Angelina’s Kitchen Seasonal dishes of the Greek and southwestern variety including gyros, rice bowls and family dinners for pick up. 23 Rectory St.; 919545-5505; angelinaskitchenonline.com PITTSBORO ROADHOUSE Hearty American fare like smoke gouda mac n’ cheese, plus burgers and salads. 39 West St.; 919-542-2432; pittsbororoadhouse.com

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OAKLEAF Daily changing, farm-totable menu specializing in French and Italian cuisine.

Chatham Mills; 919-533-6303; oakleafnc.com

Café Diem Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee and espresso offerings, plus tea and alternative milk/sugar free options.

18B E. Salisbury St.; 919-704-4239; davenports-cafediem.com The City Tap Hoagie and grilled sandwiches, plus classic bar snacks. 89 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0562; thecitytap.com Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta.

160 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-9292; elizabethspizzapittsboro.com THE MODERN LIFE DELI & DRINKS Wood-fired pizza, salads, small plates and a full bar.

46 Sanford Rd.; 919-533-6883; themodernlifedeli. com

The Phoenix Bakery Small-batch, seasonal baked goods like apple pie doughnuts, caramel pecan rolls, scones, cookies and specialty cakes. 84 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-4452; thephoenixbakerync.com S&T’s Soda Shoppe Soda fountain, American fare. 85 Hillsboro St.; 919-5450007 Virlie’s Grill Breakfast, lunch and supper options like biscuits, salads, subs and barbecue. 58 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-0376; virliesgrill.com

Chatham Marketplace Buzz Cafe sandwiches, daily changing hot bar, sushi, salads and baked goods. Chatham Mills; 919-542-2643; chathammarketplace.coop STARRLIGHT MEAD Tastings of honey wines and honey.

Chatham Mills; 919-533-6314; starrlightmead. com

Siler City Bestfood Steakhouse and Cafeteria Southern comfort food; 220 E. 11th St.; 919-742-2475 (cafeteria), 919-742-6033 (steakhouse); bestfoodsilercity.com Brownie Lu’s Restaurant Southern comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner; 919 N. 2nd Ave.; 919-663-3913 Chris’ Drive-in Burgers, hot dogs and fries. 1329 N. 2nd Ave.; 919-663-2333 Courtyard Coffee and Soda Cafe Coffee, italian sodas, smoothies and bakery items. 223 N. Chatham Ave.; 919663-2152 Dry Dock Seafood A variety of seafood dishes and daily specials. 408 N. 2nd Ave.; 919-742-2177; drydockseafood.com

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Hayley Bales Steakhouse Americanstyle salads, steaks, chicken and seafood. 220 E. 11th St.; 919-742-6033; hayleybalessteakhouse.letseat.at Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta.

119 Siler Crossing; 919-663-5555; elizabethspizzaofsilercity.com

ALSO CHECK OUT THESE AREA RESTAURANTS ELEMENTS Cuisine combining classical and modern Asian and European cooking techniques; check out the wine bar with full menu next door. 2110 Environ Way, East 54 in Chapel Hill; 919-537-8780; elementsofchapelhill.com

Johnson’s Drive In Burgers, hot dogs and fries on Highway 64 since 1946; 1520 E. 11th St.

GLASSHALFULL Mediterranean inspired food and wine; outdoor dining; all ABC permits.

106 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro; 919-967-9784; glasshalfull.net

New China Inn Chinese dishes. Dinein or carry-out. 203 N. Chatham Ave.; 919-663-0889 San Felipe Mexican dishes including fajitas, burritos and combo plates. 102 Walmart Shopping Ctr.; 919-663-7333; sanfelipenc.com The Pickle Jar Cafe & Catering Fresh American classics with a twist; 3621 Silk Hope Rd.; 919-663-2757

STONEY RIVER STEAKHOUSE AND GRILL Southern favorites like deviled eggs meet steak house mainstays like the legendary 12 oz. filet. University Place, Chapel Hill; 919-914-6688; stoneyriver.com

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CANCELLED MEETINGS

Plans for a Chatham Park location of Bottle Rev, a bottle shop specializing in traditional beer, are underway – to open late 2017, early 2018.

Marco’s Pizza, an Ohio-based chain, plans to open in the former Fig & Honey location on 15-501.

Co-owners Sera Cuni and Susan White are opening a second location of Chapel Hill’s The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering in Penguin Place at Chatham Park.

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ilk Hope native Jessica Nunn met Phillip Gilfus two years ago when she hired

him to act in one of her murder mystery productions with The Phoenix Theatre Company.

The night before their April 2017 wedding, Jessica and Phillip hosted a Comic Conthemed murder mystery dinner show for their guests – who came dressed in costumes – to play off how they met.

Jessica, her family and her new in-laws were pampered by Lori Cook and Isabella McLeod at Still Waters Spa-Lon before the ceremony at Rocky River Baptist Church.

Surrounded by family and friends – including Jessica’s parents, Keith Nunn and Helen Nunn of Silk Hope, and Phillip’s parents, Lynn and Gwyn Gilfus from Fayetteville – Jessica and Phillip walked down the aisle together. The day was made perfect thanks to the help of Siler City’s Caviness Printing Services, Inc. and Friendly Florist. Their reception followed at the couple’s home in Snow Camp, where guests enjoyed a taco bar by Pittsboro Roadhouse’s catering company, 39 West, and cupcakes made by the bride’s sister, Betty McCartney. The reception ended with a bang: a huge fireworks show by Gary Nunn. CM

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