Women's View Magazine, August 2018

VOLUME 12 AUGUSTISSUE 8 2018 for, by and about local women MAGAZINEWriting a book Learnin 2018: Local everythingauthor shares you’ve always wanted to about6 BecomingThe coaching an Outdoorsduo that madeCumberland WomanCounty history8Small-townrevitalizationthrough traditionalcraftsmanship20

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 Tips for writing a book in 2018 Local author Sarah Rothman shares what she’s learned 7 The high school coaching duo that made Cumberland County history Sebrina Wilson and Joseph Myrtle 8 White-hot art in Star, North Carolina The small town that’s revitalizing its economy by investing in traditional craftsmanship 11 Preparing our children for kindergarten 12 Becoming an Outdoors Woman COVER STORYThe nonprofit program offering hands-on workshops 16 Cumberland Community Foundation Helping those who want to help 19 “The Dark of the Island” by UNC-Wilmington professor Philip Gerard An intriguing mystery set in the Outer Banks 20 Freshman failures A personal essay on that pivotal first yearBuilding a lifetime of memories, Treat Yourself! One vacation at a time... Explore your surroundings & Shop Local Specializing in cruises, groups, weddings, family, AUGUST 2018 3 all-inclusives, adventure, Disney.Jill Merrill Owner/Travel Agent/ Hope Mills, N.C.910-423-2088 • [email protected] www.FavoriteTravelAgent.com

notes from the assistant editor VOLUME 12 ISSUE 8 10 questions PUBLISHER F & B PublicationsA s someone who does most of her processing internally, I sometimes have many things to say born from long periods of pondering. Sometimes, though, like EDITOR everyone, I do not have much to say. Sometimes, I have more questions than Stephanie Crider answers. [email protected] we get one step closer to fall and seem to surge toward the end of another year, here are ASSISTANT EDITOR10 questions I’m asking myself this month. Perhaps some will resonate with you. Perhaps you Leslie Pyowill want to make your own list of questions to look back on in a few months or a year. [email protected] 1. How spiritually productive is the time I spend with my friends? ART DIRECTOR 2. What is the line between valuing a person’s unique conversation/thoughts and being Elizabeth Long closer to, and therefore more open to, certain people than others? [email protected] 3. If trees had a song they all knew and often sang, what would it be? MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE Linda McAlister 4. When I leave Fayetteville, what will people remember about me? Why? [email protected] 5. What do I like so much about the songs I keep listening to on repeat? OPERATIONS DIRECTOR 6. How much of what I or others perceive about God is shaped by our personalities? Paulette Naylor 7. Is there a way to stop clenching my teeth at night? [email protected] 8. Should I convert my vegetable garden entirely into a wildflower garden next spring? DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/ Why do I want to do that? SALES ADMINISTRATOR Laurel Handforth 9. At the end of five years, would I rather have learned deeply about one subject or moderately about many? [email protected] 10. What’s one thing I care about today that I didn’t even know about one year ago? CONTRIBUTORS Sarah RothmanIf you feel drawn to mull upon a list of questions you have been pondering, consider Sebrina Wilsontaking it a step further and writing 400-500 words on the subject. Then email me at leslie@ Joseph Myrtleupandcomingweekly.com, and we’ll see about working with your draft and getting it published! Mindy LoveTurn to page 20 to read the first personal essay in Women’s View Magazine, a piece written LaNatria Ellisby Avery Powers on her first year in college. If you’d prefer to share your thoughts in a different Sharon Moyerformat, check out the Q&A feature on Cumberland County coaches on page 7. Or, turn to BB Gillenpage 10 to see how LaNatria Ellis expresses herself through fashion photography – and Sherris Johnsonconsider submitting some photos of your own. We run a recipe every month, too (on page 18 Mary Holmesthis month), and we’d love for it to come straight from your creative kitchen. Judy Stapleton Christina Arreola Avery Powers WOMEN’S VIEW MAGAZINE 208 ROWAN STREET FAYETTEVILLE, NC, 28301 PHONE: 910-484-6200 Fax: 910-484-9218 Interested in contributing to Women's View Magazine? Email: leslie@upandcomingweekly. com or call 910-484-6200 Women’s View Magazine is by, for and about women in Cumberland County. Published by F&B Publications in conjunction with Media Marketing Management. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisement without permission is strictly prohibited. Various vector source artwork created by © Freepik, © Vecteezy and © Pixabay.4 AUGUST 2018

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SARAH ROTHMAN LOCAL AUTHOR Local ArthorGreat!There has never In June, I participated in Cumberland County Public been a better Library's annual Local Author Showcase, just one of time to write your many ways to get into the local writing community. book because the 5. DON’T TAKE FEEDBACK PERSONALLY.barriers to publication have never been lower. I started my Once you decide to solicit feedback, your book is nowriting journey four years ago and just self-published my longer a personal project; it’s a product. People willsecond book, “Suicidal Samurai.” Read on for my best tips have opinions that you probably don’t want to hearto help you get started creating your own book. as they poke holes in your story – and your heart.1. READ THE TYPES OF STORIES YOU’D LIKE It’s important to take a step back and really listen to what readers have to say. Extra tip: Ignore people who TO WRITE. attack you as an author and not your work. You’d be surprised how many people say they want 6. PUBLISH FOR CREDIBILITY. SELF-PUBLISH TO to write a book, even though they don’t like to read. MAKE MONEY. But if you hope to become an author, you must see Thanks to eBooks and Print on Demand, self- what other authors are doing and find out what does publishing has made getting your book out there (and doesn’t) work in the types of books you want to easier than ever. But because of this, there are many write. If you struggle to find time to read, try listening poor quality self-published books tainting the to audiobooks while you commute. There are plenty reputation of these books compared to books released of books and audiobooks available at the Cumberland by a major publishing company. If your main purpose County library in almost every genre you can imagine. is to impress others, try submitting to the major The website is www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/ccplsite. publishers. However, most readers are more interested2. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. in a good story, and if you deliver, you can make a lot Think about the gender, age and interests of your ideal more money self-publishing (30-70 percent royalties) reader. Then write the book you think they’d like. compared to regular publishing (8-15 percent royalties3. WRITE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, EVEN WHEN YOU after the advance is paid off ). Self-publishing is also DON’T FEEL LIKE IT. a good idea if you want to keep the rights and have If you want to be published, you have to treat that total control over your story, but that means you are pursuit like a job and commit to a regular writing also responsible for everything, including the cover, schedule or a daily word count, even if it’s only a few interior design, promotion, etc. For example, I self- hundred words a day. All writing is useful practice, published a travel guide to Japan; it doesn’t have the even the stuff that nobody ever sees. It’s easier if you same credibility as a Lonely Planet travel guide, but I can find “writing spots\" around town like the library, make far more money per copy sold. The Coffee Scene, Barnes & Noble, the botanical gardens – or anywhere with free Wi-Fi. 7. THE BEST MARKETING STRATEGY IS TO WRITE4. YOUR FIRST DRAFT WILL SUCK, AND THAT’S OKAY. BOOK NO. 2. One of the biggest traps aspiring authors fall into is The more books you have, the greater the chance that comparing their first draft to completed books they one will become popular and draw attention to your have read. Give yourself permission to suck; this will other stories. Readers love series. So if Book No. 2 is a keep you from giving up. You’ll have plenty of time sequel, so much the better. to go back, rewrite and edit your book. Join a local writer’s group through meetup.com or the library. Part of the journey of becoming an author is finding the Attend author-oriented festivals and workshops; neat little tips and tricks that lead to the completion of you can find a list of nearby ones at the NC Writer’s your book. Hopefully, some of the suggestions here can be Network, www.ncwriters.org. Use the library/internet added to your repertoire, but if none of them work for you, to find advice and like-minded people who can help. that’s okay, too. Find what works for you. Now get out there and start writing!Sarah’s Suicidal Samurai (Meiji Mysteries Book One) Mystery- An Otaku Abroad•Nonfiction travel guide to Japan forBibliography adventure set in Victorian Japan •Available on Amazon, fans of Japanese animation and comics • Available on Nook, iBooks, & Kobo•meijimysteries.com Amazon, Nook, & Kobo•otakuabroad.com6 AUGUST 2018

He Sebrina Wilson and Myrtle have both been teachers andShe Wilson coaches in Cumberland County for 25 years, and they’ve both been at Jack Britt High School since its doors and opened in 2000. Sebrina has coached Buccaneer softball since its inception, and Joe assisted her for the first Joseph three years of the program. Sebrina has also coached Myrtle volleyball and basketball at Seventy-First High Schoo, and she teaches Anatomy & Physiology Honors and When was the moment you knew Jack Earth & Environmental Science Honors at Britt. Joe has coached baseball, wrestling, basketball, varsity football, SHE: Britt was going to take the trophy? bowling and golf all over the county. Two years ago, he resumed his involvement with Buc softball as Sebrina’s When the third out was made. I knew South assistant varsity coach. Caldwell was a very good team and had a lot of power, but I felt if we could not put them on and This June, the duo made history when the Bucs won the make them work, we had a very good chance. My first 4-A fast-pitch softball championship in Cumberland emotions were all over the place, but my initial one County history. “It means the culmination of a lot of hard was like, \"Oh my God, we just won the whole thing,\" work by myself, my assistant coaches, players, support and then honestly, I just wanted to watch the kids staff and their parents,” Wilson said. Myrtle said,“I had enjoy their moment that they worked so hard for! the chance to coach my daughter … and then win the state championship with her. My true daddy/daughter What are the three most important feeling, not coach/player moment, actually occurred at 5 a.m. the next morning as I watched video. I could sit HE: qualities in a high school softball player? there and watch as if I was just Carlie’s dad watching the game.” Work Ethic: Come to practice every day and bust your butt regardless of your role, and be ready to SHE: If your coaching partner were on step in whenever called upon. This was key to our a softball team you coached, what success. Hear the messages: Too many players get position would they play and why? lost in listening to the volume or tone of instruction rather than listening to the message in the words. He would want to play every position because Team: I know it sounds so cliché, but our team’s he always wants to be part of the action on chemistry was off the charts. This team actually every play, lol. But if I had to choose just one loved one another. From practice to ice cream at position, I would say shortstop because they McDonalds to bus rides, they were a family. And are considered the communicator of the entire that was key because there are going to be times infield. where they don’t like us as coaches or each other as teammates – and that is okay. However, they HE: supported one another. More importantly, (they) held each other accountable. I would see her as my starting third baseman. She is a hard-nosed individual who does not What's your coach-assistant mind doing the get-down-and-dirty work. She coach dynamic, and what would be the anchor to the infield who would makes it successful? not mind speaking up but could handle the words coming from the dugout. Additionally, her HE: SHE: arm could no longer make the long throw from shortstop, lol. What I think makes our dynamic work so We both have a passion well now is that we are not in this for us, for (it). We know each and that comes with our maturity. We are other on and off the field in this for the players. We play off one and have a friendship another very well in that at times she pulls beyond coaching. I think me back and at others, I pull her back. this allows you to get Even though she is the head coach, she to know a person and gives me the freedom to do things on my how they react to certain own. When she wants to do something, I situations. We also are trust in her ways. We also understand to very competitive people listen for the message between each other (in a way) that reaches in heated moments. As stubborn as both of beyond coaching. us are, we work really well together. AUGUST 2018 7

MINDY R. LOVE Mindy Love is a full-time environmental program manager with the U.S. Army Reserve Command and creator of the blog Sweet Tea and Pasta.Creator/blogger, Sweet Tea and Pasta She’s lived in North Carolina for over 20 years and started her blogwww.sweetteaandpasta.com to share her Southern experiences with others. When she’s not assisting the military in saving the earth, she’s eating her way around the South, meeting new people and looking for new small towns to explore.White-hot art in The gem of a small town that’s revitalizing its economy T hroughout history, humans have history of this area is lengthy, oftentimes Joe Hobbs, looked to the stars for signs and to small towns are not afforded the cultural guide them on their journeys. About richness found in big cities. Today, the tide Pensacola, Florida them songs are sung, upon them is changing due to the establishment of thewishes are made, and among them galactic nonprofit Central Park NC and its creation STARworks is in a unique position to be aempires have gone to war. of the STARworks Center for Creative resource for locals and tourists alike. Its staff Enterprise. members host events and workshops openMany people may not know that North to the community, provide engagementCarolina has its own Star located only a Tucked in the old Country Life Academy, opportunities for schools and manage ashort drive from the Sandhills region of the which was later converted to the Russell program for at-risk youth via a partnershipstate. The town of Star, North Carolina, Hosiery Mill, nestled along the train tracks with Camp Eckerd. Highlighting theis the geographic center of the state and that once carried the textiles made in the significance of the local cultural and naturalan easy drive from Fayetteville and the town, STARworks is a work community resources and educating the public on thesurrounding area. centered on the arts, specifically pottery, importance of art is helping to grow tourism glassblowing and ceramics. It was created and the economy again in Star.Once the textile industry dried up and by Central Park NC, a group charged withmoved on in the mid-1990s due to the North growing the local economy via sustainable STARworks hosts resident up-and-comingAmerican Free Trade Agreement, the town of use of the local cultural and natural and seasoned glassblowers and ceramicStar felt the economic impact from the loss resources. STARworks helps to create an artists through artist residencies andof its primary local industry. Many Southern art-centric economic footprint in the region internships in the old school/textile mill. Ittowns felt the effects of mill closings, and most while providing educational opportunities works to keep clay art and pottery alive,faced a similar demise. While the cultural to the surrounding area. too. The premises house a clay factory where individuals create original clay recipes using 8 AUGUST 2018 clay largely sourced from within 40 miles of Star. Potters from around the state come to Star to purchase their clay.

STARworks general hours of operation: LOCAL BLOGGERMonday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.STARworks Ceramics: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.STARworks Café and Taproom: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.100 Russell Dr., Star, [email protected] | www.starworksnc.org/eventsStar, North Carolinaby investing in traditional craftsmanship Sunkoo Yuh, originally from South KoreaNot everyone is familiar with the music series kicked off this June on the Therman Statom,importance of the North Carolina second Tuesday of each month. Winterpark, FloridaPiedmont to the pottery culture of thestate. Centuries ago, Native Americans Why should the public visit? Because it’s AUGUST 2018 9in the area used clays found in the like no other place in the state. EventsPiedmont to create pots, jugs and other such as the famed Pumpkin Patch,vessels. Eventually, European settlers in Glassfest, and Firefest bring hundredsthe area did the same. This strong tradition of people to the town to purchase andcontinues, and today, North Carolina observe the creation of art. Others visitpottery is prized for its functionality and to learn a craft they would not have anaesthetic. opportunity to learn otherwise. Some people come to nosh on local fare at oneSince its inception, STARworks continues of the visiting food trucks while partakingto grow, and as the old facility is in the festivities. No matter the reason,renovated a little at a time, the footprint every person walks away with a newof the program expands. Currently, artists perspective.display their works in the permanent artgallery on-site and offer other works for When individuals look to expand theirsale in the School House Gallery at the horizons, they should not forget aboutSTARworks main entrance. Most recently, the small towns that dot the landscape ofafter the opening of the STARworks Café North Carolina, and STARworks is a top-and Taproom, a new “Live at the Café” of-the-list destination.

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SHARON MOYER Sharon Moyer is a native of Muskegon, Michigan, who moved to Fayetteville in 1987. She’s involved with community organizations and Community Engagement Administrator, initiatives that revolve around the arts and child welfare issues. She has Partnership for Children been involved with Partnership for Children since it began in 1993.Preparing children for kindergarten children being prepared for school.Candy Scott Arnita Davis Michelle Bailey “Children who successfully complete school go on to be strong supporters and contributors to their community,WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE the children in which benefits the entire community,” said Candaceour lives are happy, healthy and ready to be successful in Scott, vice president of Child Care Resource and Referral at Partnership for Children of Cumberland County.school. Even those of us without young ones benefit from Knowing the importance of early education, and the fact we only get one chance to get it right, I posed some questions to Scott and two of her staff: Ar-Nita Davis, PFC’s North Carolina pre-K coordinator, and Michelle Bailey, PFC’s Early Education coordinator.Q. WE HEAR THE TERM “KINDERGARTEN READINESS.” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?A: Kindergarten readiness means THAT SUPPORT SCHOOL positive attachment and are cared READINESS. WHAT ARE THEY? for and nurtured are more likelyhaving quality early learning to achieve positive outcomesexperiences that strengthen the child A: 1. Health and physical well-being – associated with completion ofin all five developmental domains, school.consisting of outcomes predictors that motor development, physical activity,have three components: good nutrition and self-care. Q: I AM NOT A PARENT.1. Child-to-school and family-to- 2. Social and emotional development WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN MYschool connection. These connections – the ability to build relationships, COMMUNITY?introduce children to the kindergarten having a sense of self and others, andclassroom, the school environment, the learning about feelings. A: You can help provide cohesion tonew routines and their new teacher. 3. Approaches to play and learning the services offered to children during2. School-to-school connection. the preschool and kindergarten years by – curiosity, risk-taking and problemEncourage a connection between your solving. 1. Volunteering with communitychild’s preschool and kindergartenteachers. Have preschool staff 4. Language development – emerging agencies that work with families.identify goals and share informationabout a child’s progress. This helps literacy skills: reading, writing and 2. Being an advocate for earlykindergarten teachers become communicating.familiar with individual children. childhood by reaching out to 5. Cognitive development – government leaders who support3. Community-to-school connection. early childhood issues and legislation knowledge derived from experiences, that strengthens our early childhoodUtilizing resources within the creative expression, science/math education system.community to support continuity of exploration, thinking and reasoning.care helps the transition process. 3. Helping family and friends when Q: AS A PARENT, WHENQ: YOU MENTIONED THE FIVE they are having trouble getting their SHOULD I BEGIN PREPARING children to preschool due to illness orDEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS MY CHILD FOR SCHOOL? transportation issues. A: School readiness starts 4. Seizing any opportunity you might prenatally. Children born at a have to read to a child. healthy birth-weight, who form aIt literally takes a village to prepare children to be happy, healthy and ready to succeed in life. There are things that can bedone on all different levels by all different kinds of people that contribute to school readiness. For more information, pleasevisit CCPFC.ORG/NEWS and click on Kindergarten Readiness.11 AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 11

BB GILLEN BB Gillen has been with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission for 29 years. She has been coordinator of the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program NC Wildlife Resources Commission for 18 years, while serving as the outdoor skills coordinator in the Wildlife Education Division. She was born and raised in Fayetteville, has one grown daughter and currently resides in Johnston County with her husband of 41 years, Charles, and her bulldog, Bubba. Her hero was always her dad, who was a firefighter in Fayetteville for 31 years before he died six years ago.It’s never too late:Becoming anOutdoors WomanH ow many of you ladies want to pursue In North Carolina, we offer one Big BOW three-day more outdoor activities but you just weekend every spring, usually in April or early May, don’t know where to begin? How many with four sessions. We also have several Beyond of you have tried to back up a boat trailer BOWs throughout each year that go more in-depthfor your dad, brother or significant other and were on specific topics. All hands-on topics are taughtintimidated, criticized or made fun of? Well, that was by experienced instructors. We offer classes aboutme as a teenager. Sure, I was taught how to fish by my shotguns, rifles, pistols, muzzleloaders and archery.dad and I learned things from Girl Scouts, but there We also teach fly-fishing, fly-tying, basic fishing,was so much more I wanted to learn and be a part of basic rod-building and pond and stream ecology.in the outdoors. I was able to learn from those whowere willing to teach me, but these people were hard If those aren’t your cup of tea, we offer sessionsto find. In my youth, there was a mindset that those on nature photography, canoeing, kayaking, andactivities were “the good ole’ boys’” activities. motorboat skills, which includes how to back up a boat trailer. Other activities include Nature Walk/Today, however, women have so many programs Tree ID, What’s the Buzz on Native Pollinators,and opportunities available to us – and I am so Wilderness Survival, First Aid, Decoy Carving,fortunate to be a part of coordinating some of those Bird Watching, Trapping-Tracking-Trekking andopportunities. I am blessed that I can share my so much more. No experience is necessary to joinlove for the outdoors with you as coordinator of in the fun.the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. It issponsored by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources I’m not saying we make you experts … we get yourCommission and was founded in 1991 in Wisconsin feet wet. It's up to you to “grow and go,” as I call it.by Dr. Christine Thomas. She was instrumental in Women are the No. 1 purchasers of outdoor clothingidentifying barriers to the participation of women and equipment. More hunting and fishing licensesin hunting and angling. Her goal was to provide are being purchased by women. I look forward toopportunities for women to learn skills that enhance receiving emails with photos of participants’ firstand encourage participation in hunting and angling, fishing trips and being tagged in Facebook postsand in other outdoor recreational activities as well. after our programs to see that they have gone on to follow outdoor pursuits.BOW has grown now into 37 states and six Canadianprovinces. It is a nonprofit, educational program For more information about BOW in North Carolina,offering hands-on workshops to women ages 18 visit www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Courses-Seminars-and up. It encourages a supportive environment Workshops/BOW. Registration forms are posted asconducive to learning, making friends and having fun. programs become available.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Courses-Seminars-Workshops/BOW12 AUGUST 2018

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SHERRIS JOHNSON WHAT ISNEAR US 105 Person St. Executive director, Our P.L.A.C.E. YOU ARE HERE Sherris Johnson created Our P.L.A.C.E. (Passion Lives and Creative Downtown Fayetteville Experiences) in 2015, a local, arts-based nonprofit committed to providing opportunity, education, funding and resources to artists to impact the community. She also co-founded The Marquis Slam in 2012. ADULT FIELD DAY R elive your favorite day in el- ementary school as an adult! This is a free event and is open to the public. It is intended to bring people from the community togeth- er through games, food, music and more. Forty coed teams of four to five will com- pete in 10 exciting Field Day events for a trophy and bragging rights. There will be an assortment of vendors and food trucks to enjoy during the event. A great mix of music will play all day, and the night will conclude with a free concert featuring lo- cal artists and headlined by North Caroli- na’s own and Bull City (Durham) native G. Yamazawa. There will also be fun activities for the kids. Adult Field Day is a new funding event for Our P.L.A.C.E. Proceeds will be used to grow the organization and support its future projects and events. Our P.L.A.C.E is known for a host of events and pro- jects, including The Marquis Slam, a monthly spoken-word event held at the Arts Council; after-school programs; community and youth outreach pro- grams; and a Cultural Arts Scholarship program. Most recently, it is gearing up to host the 2019 Southern Fried Poetry Slam in downtown Fayetteville. The 10 Field Day events are all the classic favorites and a few added with a twist: tug of war; sack relay race; three-legged race; balloon toss; memory game; giant Jenga; corn hole; giant \"beer\" pong (no alcohol); sponge relay with flippers; sprint relay. Register as a team ($75 total) or individual ($20) or learn how to be a sponsor, vendor or volunteer at www.welcome2ourplace.org or www.facebook.com/Fayadultfieldday.14 AUGUST 2018

WHAT IS FAR FROM US Ocracoke Island, NC Fifth Annual Join UsFOcigrFacestoivkale FonreOxtur Gallery Aug. 17-18ravel to North Carolina’s Outer Banks to Event Ocracoke Island for the Fifth Annual Ocracoke on Fig Festival. Ocracoke’s history of a passion for October 9thT figs is celebrated annually, taking place this year AUGUST 2018 15in the community square. This family-friendly event is afavorite of both locals and visitors alike.The festival will house a fig marketplace, featuring localvendors selling fig preserves, fig trees, fig smoked BBQand all things fig-tastic. Bring the kids for old-fashionedcrafts, games and family fun. You can even learn aboutOcracoke’s fig history and culture by joining the Fig PorchTalk by Ocracoke's fig expert, Chester Lynn.Friday features the Fig Preserves Tasting Contest, andthere will be live music by Ocracoke's Molasses Creekalong with the Traditional Ocracoke Square Dance. OnSaturday, dance with the Ocracoke Rockers and enjoythe tasty showpiece of the Fig Festival, the Fig Cake Bake-Off. Everyone is welcome to submit a cake in one or bothcategories – traditional or innovative. There will be freesampling of fig cake after the judging. It’s a delicious endto the anticipated feature event.Plan an extended stay to explore the island’s village byfoot, bike or golf cart. Ocracoke offers amazing restaurants,seafood markets, fishing charters, shops, galleries andoutdoor watersports. For vacation rental information, visitwww.ocracokeislandrealty.com or call 866-806-0782.The Ocracoke Fig Festival is sponsored by the OcracokePreservation Society.Photo viawww.ocracokeislandrealty.com/blog/festivals/ocracoke-fig-festival-2017

Holmes, who received her Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been executive director of the CCF since 1997. She is a William C. Friday Fellow for Human Relations (1997-99) and a Hull Fellow of the Southeastern Council of Foundations. She received the ATHENA Award of the Fayetteville/Cumberland Chamber of Commerce (2001) and the Greater Good Award of Methodist University (2017).MARY HOLMESA conversation with the executive director of the Cumberland Community Foundation Women’s View Magazine: What is the essence CCF awards first scholarship in memory of the late Dr. John R. of the CCF? Griffin Jr. L to R: Milton Griffin, student Myles Nooks, HOLMES: We work with donors from all walks of life and Gwen Griffin. all abilities to give. Someone with $100 can give to help a child in need go to summer camp. Someone with $10,000CCF President Libby Daniel receives $50,000 from H&H Homes can create an endowment that will send four children in for the Hurricane Matthew Relief Fund. need to summer camp every year, forever. Someone with $10 million can send 100 students to college every year16 AUGUST 2018 or support a major community initiative every year, forever. An endowment fund supports the cause forever because the original gift is never spent/distributed. The original gift is invested, and only the income from the investment (like dividends, interest and market gains) is distributed every year for the charitable cause. We are audited, accredited, and accountable stewards. Donors like the personal legacy they can create at CCF. WVM: What does being the executive director of CCF entail? HOLMES: I meet with people who want to give. We talk about their dreams for the community and then design an endowment to support that dream. It is humbling and inspiring. I also oversee the management, success and growth of the foundation. We have grown from $8 million in assets to $89 million in assets since I started working here in 1997. We have been busy. I find ways to strengthen the nonprofit organizations in this community through grants, training and networking and by building endowments to support their work forever. I manage systems to steward 520 donor funds and make sure the grants paid from the endowments are according to the donors’ instructions. Finally, I support the rest of the CCF staff with grantmaking, fund management, financial operations, and helping the board of directors reach out to new donors. WVM: What are this community's most pressing challenges and needs? What groups are addressing those needs? HOLMES: There are many things going very well in our community, such as our arts and higher education infrastructure. We have a fabulous symphony, an award- winning theater and the best botanical garden in the

The CCF, located in downtown Fayetteville, is LOCAL NONPROFITone of more than 800 community foundationsacross the U.S. and one of more than 1,800 308 Green St. | 910-483-4449worldwide. Council on Foundations defines [email protected] | www.cumberlandcf.orgcommunity foundations as “grantmaking publiccharities that are dedicated to improving thelives of people in a defined local geographicarea. They bring together the financial resourcesof individuals, families, and businesses to supporteffective nonprofits in their communities.”Southeast. Also, we have wonderful universities and a AS OF 4/30/2018 Smallest gift:great community college. Most of all, the people in this Assets: $2 MONEY ORDERcommunity are very generous and help each other. $89 MILLION FOR SUMMER CAMPS FORBut, there are still many issues that need addressing. Two KIDSissues in particular affect the rest of the community. Two Grants paid since 1980:studies about our economy informed our work – a study by $54 MILLION Largest gift:Harvard and a study by MDC/Belk Endowment. $10 MILLION Gifts received sinceFirst, concentrated neighborhood poverty affects quality 1980: ESTATE GIFT FORof life, safety, health, economy, local businesses and the SCHOLARSHIPStax base. For this issue, we are optimistic about the idea $107 MILLIONof Neighborhood Improvement Teams of the Pathways for Most Common Gift:Prosperity project started by Kirk deViere and Larry Wright. Funds held: $25 MEMORIALYou can learn more about it at pathwaysforprosperity.org. 520There are many community groups involved, and they are DONATIONstill seeking additional partners. WAYS TO GIVEAlso, we are impressed with the Communities In Schoolsmodel for helping students in need graduate and become • Make a gift of any • Gifts may besuccessful. Some of that work involves working with parents size to the Million made to any fundto access resources. They call that the Parent Academy. Pounds for Second online at www.Communities In Schools needs support to expand its work Harvest Fund to stop cumberlandcf.org,with students and parents in schools serving low-wealth hunger or to the by a check payablestudents. Learn more about it at cisofcumberland.org. Summertime Kids to CCF, PO Box Fund to send a child 2345, Fayetteville,There are proven ways to change the cycle of poverty. We to camp. NC 28302, or byneed to pull together as a community and lift up everyone donation of stocks.for the greater good. • Create a legacy in your will with a • Name CumberlandSecond, nonprofit organizations are an important part of few simple words “I Communitythis community infrastructure, but many lack the funding give _____ (describe Foundation, Inc. asnecessary to achieve their missions. We have the most gift) to Cumberland the beneficiary ofgenerous individuals in the state, according to the Chronicle Community your life insurance,of Philanthropy, 2014, but we lack large corporate funders Foundation, Inc. retirement account orand big foundations to support charities. to support _____ other accounts. Tell (describe charitable CCF which charitableThis is why the CCF works hard with local charitable purpose).” cause you want toorganizations, helping them grow their own endowments to support forever.provide sustainable support for their missions. We provide • Help supporttraining and coaching for nonprofits that want to strengthen any local charitytheir organizations. We work with their donors on major by adding to itsgifts to sustain their missions. endowment at CCF. AUGUST 2018 17

Ladies oMf aturity wouldn't want them to get the wrong impression. Here are just a few questions to see what the rest of Iwould not have believed it if it hadn't happened you have to say. to me. When I was 40-58 years old, there was 1. How many and what kind of telemarketers not much of a change. But, wow! Sixty was a real turning point. have called to remind you of your need for I guess with my silver-striped hair, wrinkled face and life or burial insurance or something similar? saggy body parts, there is a particular kind of man How’d that go? who really goes for all that. 2. Who gives you a $2 raise and then charges His name is, Arther Itis! Yep, he started with my you $154 for Medicare, which you don't even knee, moved to my foot, then went up to need, because you are 65? And it's taken from the back. Of course, he is not one I like your Social Security check because, in order spending time with. to not be charged a fee, you have already It’s funny how as I got older, everyone purchased other insurance. Thoughts? talked of the golden years. 3. There is nothing I've seen so far about this age I just want to know, when do they start? that I would consider golden. Maybe red. I'm Thinning hair, spider veins, losing teeth and then that not sorry that I've lived to age 65, and I am man, Arther Itis, that I was telling you about – what’s so thankful to God that I am feeling all these golden about that? pains. I know it could be a lot worse! What are Then in the summer, you're about to die when you your experiences? go outside into the humidity, but then you freeze Through it all, it is important that we keep things in when you go to a place with AC. And forget the perspective. Here is my advice: winter. You never get warm. Big Mama's The Mature Woman's Moto Then there is this thing called thinning skin. I thought • SING as loud as you wish. If you sing loud this was a saying for someone that got their feelings enough, you won’t hear all the complaints! hurt easily, but no. It's where you rub your arm or • DANCE Who cares if you can't dance, give hand on something and it makes this ugly, ruby-red others a good laugh! They're really jealous you spot. As if we have nothing else to worry about, it had the nerve to enjoy yourself. looks as though you've had daily beatings. • LOVE yourself first, so others can love you. Ladies of maturity, we have a lot to talk about, If they don't, it's their loss. so let's hear it! Don't hold back, but please, let's • LIVE Enjoy life with everything you've got. keep it PG, just in case the man or kids in your life We only go through life once. Give others happen to pick up Women's View Magazine. We something to remember you by! I assure you, I'm living my life in a way that will give others something to laugh about.4 slices country bread Peach Bruschetta2 peachesExtra-virgin olive oil for brushing with Blue Cheese1⁄4 pound blue cheese,gorgonzola or Blue Castello cheese Preheat the broiler. Arrange into 1⁄4-inch-thick slices, the bread slices on a rimmed keeping the shape of each 18 AUGUST 2018 baking sheet. Slip under the half intact. broiler and toast, turning once, until golden brown on When the bread is ready, both sides. This should take remove from the broiler and only a few minutes. brush each slice on both sides with olive oil. Spread While the bread is toasting, one-fourth of the cheese on halve the peaches, pit each slice of warm bread, them, and peel each half. place a sliced peach half on Cut each half lengthwise top, and serve.

CHRISTINA ARREOLA Local ReadingContributing writer CornerSpending time reading a good who all knew one another. Brief but book can feel like coming effective accounts of their wartime fates The Dark of home. There is a certain charm alternate with Nick’s travails on the the Island locally written books have that island. Meanwhile, Julia’s hot and coldcan really emphasize this, making behavior baffles Nick. A mysterious an intriguing mystery set in thethe reader feel like they’re seeing the letter holds a key that will unlock a Outer Banks by UNC-Wilmingtonsame place with a new perspective. secret that affects just about everybodyPhilip Gerard spent many summers of in this engrossing story. professor Philip Gerardhis teenage years exploring the Outer The character-driven narrative circlesBanks of North Carolina. Gerard taught around Wolf, island patriarch Liamand worked across the country until Royal, and Liam’s granddaughter, Julia,he finally ended up in Wilmington, a young divorcée who returns to theteaching for the Bachelor and Master of island reluctantly. Snappish and quickFine Arts programs of the Department to anger, Julia’s hard shell is sketched inof Creative Writing at the University of a few words. Forever walking the beach,North Carolina Wilmington. Gerard’s treasuring his granddaughter, Liam’slove for this state shines through in his angst and guilt are more deeply layeredwriting. In his 2016 novel “The Dark of and are revealed slowly as being relatedthe Island,” Gerard introduces readers to the foundation of his wealth.to the beloved Outer Banks. Even if Nick is a 40-something independentyou believe you know the area well, man whose character grows moreGerard still showcases it like it’s empathetic via anecdotal flashbacks,somewhere new. beginning with his youth, when he livedIn “The Dark of the Island,” Gerard with his grandmother and her “constantfollows a man drifting through life as state of reminiscence or anticipation.”he confronts his hidden family history. Oma represents misspent love, withThough it is an easy read, the novel is a Nick nearly doomed to follow. Althoughprovocatively imagined emotional and Gerard makes only minor allusions topsychological tale. This suspense novel racial oppression, the descendant ofentwines the stories of five residents of Isaac Lord, near cliché as a belovedNorth Carolina’s Hatteras Island coming African-American preacher, becomesinto manhood in the early days of World a narrative catalyst, as does Fannon,War II with that of public relations man at first amiable, then mysterious,Nick Wolf, whose company is drilling broadening the nicely paced story.for oil off the Outer Banks in 1991.Nick works for NorthAm, an Hatteras and the sea are wonderfullyindependent oil company. Nick rendered. The narrative rests onand Fannon, a project manager, are the once-isolated island of piratesdispatched to Hatteras Island. As they and shipwrecks, whose inhabitantssurvey offshore prospects, the pair meet now must cater to tourism. Gerard’sresistance. Most of it stems from a secret descriptions of trips to and from thelinked to Nick’s grandfather, a German offshore rig. and life aboard the rig,immigrant who left the U.S. to fight for are visceral. Greed, regret, deceit andthe Nazis. betrayals drive the mystery, but Gerard’s addition of a realistic love story and hisNick’s grandfather, also Nicholas Wolf, often emotionally charged writing makedied off the coast of Hatteras Island in this a worthwhile read.1942, apparently while serving in theU.S. Merchant Marines. But a postwar Gerard won the 2012 North American Gold Medal in Essay/report suggests that he died aboard a Creative Nonfiction from The Independent for “The Patron SaintU-boat off Hatteras and belonged to a of Dreams.” He also was received the Sam Talmadge RaganGerman infantry regiment. On Hatteras, Award for Contributions to the Fine Arts of North Carolina inNick meets Julia Royal, a granddaughter 2012, among teaching awards.of Liam Royal, one of five young men19 AUGUST 2018 19 AUGUST 2018

FFRAEISLHUMRAENS AVERY POWERS20 AUGUST 2018 Contributing Writer Avery Powers is a second-year English major at Liberty University. Born and raised in Fayetteville, she has enjoyed interning at the Fayetteville Dream Center, volunteering at Manna Church and reading “Harry Potter.” She aspires to become a professional writer and editor. T o be perfectly honest, I don’t really remember my last first day of high school. One thing I do remember about my senior year, however, is that I thought about college every stinking day. What would my classes be like? Who would my friends be? When would I find a husband? Typical stuff. I spent the entire year dreaming about the perfect college experience. And while I’ve only just finished my first year, I can already say that my dreams were far from the reality. My classes required hours of homework, just like in high school. It took me ages to form close friendships, and even those had their flaws. My roommate, though I love her to death, has a strong will that doesn’t always go well with my people-pleasing tendencies. And, tragedy to my 18-year-old self, I have yet to find a husband. The most surprising part of college, however, is that I don’t care about any of that anymore. College taught me that real life is better than the “ideal” life. This realization came at the end of a slow, grueling procession of small failures. One day, I woke up and proceeded to chew out my roommate for no foreseeable reason. Another day, I got my first “B” on an English paper (as an English major, this came as a humbling shock). I wore a few dumb outfits, sprouted several pimples, nearly failed my philosophy class and grew to recognize that I was one of those self-righteous Christians I had always prejudged. I was prideful, ignorant and insecure. And, had I had the perfect freshman year like I’d planned, none of that would’ve changed. These small failures taught me that it is unfair to expect perfection from the people you love – or from anyone, for that matter. And expecting pure bliss from your chosen endeavors only leads to disappointment. Don’t think I have become a pessimist, however – just the opposite. The idealistic optimism that I once wore so proudly only made me a frustrated control-freak, and a selfish one at that. Once I began to love the things about my life that didn’t live up to my high school ideal, to include my major, closest friends and dining options, I began to lose my fear of missing out on all the grand specifics I wanted to get out of life. It no longer mattered that I was unsure of my future, or even of myself. I had to lose my old identity to earn a better one. Because of all this, I learned not to fear adversity because adversity leads to growth, and growth creates a future that far exceeds perfection.

AUG. 9 GINA HAWKINS Police Chief at the Ramada Plaza at Bordeaux 2016 Living Legend Award and was awarded a place on Georgia’s 100 Most Powerful and Influential Award byT he Fayetteville Ladies Power Lunch is a Women Looking Ahead News in 2014. She is a Peace quarterly event that brings local women Officer Standards Training-certified instructor and together to inspire, educate and empower speaks Spanish as her second language. Hawkins is one another. Thursday, Aug. 9, don’t miss a member of the International Association of Chiefsthe third power lunch of the year, featuring keynote of Police, the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police,speaker Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins. the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, National Association of Women LawLike many women, Hawkins is intentional in her quest Enforcement Executives, the Hispanic Americanfor a balanced life. “Maintaining balance is definitely Police Command Officers Association, Atlantathe most difficult objective when you are living on Metropol, Senior Management Institute for Police,purpose,” she said. “I believe people who are living on Police Executive Research Forum and FBI Nationalpurpose have a passion for what they do and can get Academy Associates Georgia. Hawkins considers herso focused they can begin to neglect themselves or greatest accomplishments to be her service to God, hertaking care of what is truly important to their health – devotion to her family and friends and her two beautifulphysically, emotionally and socially.” daughters, Italia Danita-Hawkins Hines and Trinity Aminah-Kariamu Yabuku.Staying true to the spirit of the event, Hawkins willtalk about the theme of the empowerment lunch – The power lunch starts at 10 a.m. with a shopportunity,inspiring, educating, empowering and celebrating which includes vendors as well as a wine bar and tasting.the lionesses of the community. “I will do my best to The luncheon and Hawkin’s talk follows from noon toprovide examples of each within my life experience 2 p.m. After the meal, attendees are invited to stay andand the importance of relationships,” she said. shop until 3 p.m.Hawkins took the helm of the Fayetteville Police The luncheon takes place at the Ramada Plaza at Bordeaux. VisitDepartment in August 2017 after serving on the www.fayettevilleladiespowerlunch.com or call 910-273-2820 toAtlanta, Georgia, police force for almost three make your reservation. Tickets cost $35. A portion of the proceedsdecades. She received the We Are Clayton Magazine from the event will be donated to the Kidsville News Literacy and Education Foundation. AUGUST 2018 21

STEPHANIE CRIDER LAST VIEWEditorSo long, summer!I try hard to savor every month of the year, but I have mixed Then comes the inevitable shift. It’s where my love for the month of feelings about August. On the one hand, there is the peaceful, August ends. Conversations are less about how the mockingbird laidback tempo of summer. Sweltering weekends spent seeking in the backyard is giving the squirrel grief or summer camp relief from the heat and warm, sultry nights of stargazing and adventures or the fish that got away or what happened at the pool. pondering the mysteries of the universe. The carefree laughter Summer reading projects creep into the dinner conversation. Class that rings through the house. The beach. Cookouts. Music. Sun- schedules come in the mail accompanied by fliers advertising bleached hair and freckled faces. These, I love. sales on school supplies. The marquee signs in front of the schools start welcoming students back. And just like that, another summer Even with hectic work schedules, family obligations and an comes to an end. overflowing calendar, summer is special. It’s not the heat that endears this season to me. It’s more the summer attitude that Fall is an amazing time in this community that brings all kinds of represents the goodness of this time of year. Things are a little less fun and activities. We have a lot to look forward to in the coming hurried. The kids sleep later and laugh a bit louder during summer months, but I hope you will savor what is left of this special season break. The smell of sunscreen permeates most every corner of our as well. home. The rules are a little looser, too. Shoes become optional. Farmers markets overflow with goodness. Outdoor concerts under It’s my hope that in this issue, you find things that make you think, the stars and baseball games take up many of our evenings. There things that make you smile and things that make you grateful for is a lot more porch-sitting and sharing of tall tales. these waning days of summer. 22 AUGUST 2018

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