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Jul/Aug/Sept 2018
Issue No. 131
The Knollwood Fairways' PGA team, Fred VanSteen, Dale Briggs, & Melissa Greene.
For the Love of Golf
The Knollwood / Midland Story
by Rebekah King
Established on Midland Road, Knollwood
Fairways and Midland Country Club welcome
all to the center of golf in the Sandhills. Whether
you have 15 minutes for a quick putt between
appointments or some time for a round of
9 holes, you are invited to spend the day at
Knollwood. Supplying what golfers need in all
capacities from the clubs, to the balls, to a place
to practice—Knollwood offers all that and more!
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Looking for Legacy
by Rebekah King
Long before James Tufts, Donald Ross, John
Patrick, James Boyd, Charles Shaw, and other
founding patriarchs, others graced our long leaf
pine preserve for thousands of years. Remnants
of their lives still captivate locals who seek the
legacy. Walk down a sandy path and look along
the borders lining the worn, recessed trails.
Go out after a rain as the showers uncover
treasures in the ever-changing landscape. Take
a closer look, and you’ll discover the history
of our earliest forefathers when you see the
point emerging amongst the tall grasses, the
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Real Estate Update,
“Highest and Best”
by Jim Murray
For a long time the press, media and your
close associates have been lamenting the
effects of the past several years on the value of
real estate. Our area did not suffer the trauma
that other locales did, but it wasn’t completely
without wrinkles either.
As far back as two years ago, any MLS search
would bring up a list of REO’s (that is the term
banks and lenders apply to properties that did
not sell at foreclosure sales, Real Estate Owned).
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Goodness Grows
The Highlanders Farm Story
by Rebekah King
Fields of strawberry plants grow across the
way from the orchard of blossoming peach
trees. Garden rows of summer vegetables
and greenhouses of tomatoes, peppers
and cucumbers await the summer picking.
Blueberries, blackberries, and cantaloupe, join
the yellow squash, zucchini, sweet corn and
potatoes of Highlanders Farm where goodness
grows. Some of the goodness even gets swirled
into homemade ice cream and delivered to locals
from the little shop window of Sam’s Creamery.
Want a cone of peach ice cream? What about a
milkshake to cool the heat of our summer days of
sunshine? Such are the rewards of Highlanders
Farm and Sam’s Creamery welcoming locals five
days a week. John and Vickie Blue along with
their son Sam own and operate the family farm
at the crossing of Number 22, River Daniel Road,
and Blue Siding in Carthage.
John and Vickie Blue of Highlanders Farm.
Moved from Blue Siding Road, up the hill
to the produce stand, the Little Country Store
originally was the Carthage & Pinehurst Railroad
train depot serving the train that crisscrossed
the county from 1907 to 1922. Over the years,
it has housed the depot, a little post office,
and now offers an abundance of preserves
and pickles, vinaigrettes, salsas and relishes.
Along with the expected treats of blackberry,
strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry preserves,
By L.S. Crain, S.Pines resident 1989-2017,
now lives in Taylors, SC, his birthplace.
Cinder, a Good Dog
by L.S. Steve Crain
We found “Cinder” caged alongside various
yapping dogs. She appeared shy . . . a quiet,
sad-eyed black canine (still a puppy) looking for
someone to adopt her from a Greenville, S.C.,
shelter in early 1972. She was part Labrador
Retriever and part “something else,” probably a
mix of Lab and small hound of some kind.
“I think her face will haunt me if we don’t
take her,” I told my wife Carol after we looked at
other young dogs.
I named her “Cinder” because she was black,
except for a small white spot on her chest. A
cinder is “a small piece of partly burned coal
The Moore County
Chamber of Commerce
Evolves
by Linda M. Parsons, IOM, CCEC
President and CEO
Moore County Chamber of Commerce
As Moore County has continued to grow and
evolve in the last decade, so too has your local
Chamber of Commerce. Why is this important?
Because a vibrant local chamber results in a
vibrant local business community. We have
served this community for over 50 years, and
we continue to evolve to ensure our members
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