Women's View Magazine, August 2019

VOLUME 13 AUGUST ISSUE 08 2019 Inspiring, educating, empowering and MAGAZINE celebrating women in our community Culinary medicine: We are what we eat More inside: Meet the local husband and A reflection on the wife who both end of summer won Teacher of the Year Fayetteville native opens new dance studio

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Contents AUGUST A local blogger and homeschool GOODBYE, SUMMER5 mom reflects on why the waning of summer brings a twinge of sadness. NEW 'DO6 Itching to update your hairstyle? Here are a few tips from a local natural hair care expert. 7 MAKEUP7 There are so many aspects of makeup. An important one is: Why? Why do we wear it? LOCAL LEADER Q&A with Fayetteville City Councilman 8 Johnny Dawkins 9 TEACHERS Meet the local husband and wife who both won Teacher of the Year at their respective school. THIRSTY? “Allowable contaminants” might be in your tap 10 water. Here's what you can do. CULINARY MEDICINE12 We are what we eat, and that can be a good thing. Learn about culinary medicine from a local practitioner. Check out a list of local farmers markets and some tips for preserving summer produce, too. BACK TO SCHOOL Make this time of year a little easier 19 with these home organization ideas. CLEAN COAT Matted dog hair on your furry friend can feel 21 like a nightmare, but it's both fixable and easy to prevent. 22 DANCE22 One local dancer went all the way to New York — but realized there was work she wanted to do right here instead. SING24 The Cumberland Oratorio Singers, a longstanding nonprofit cultural contributor, is rebranding and recruiting. 26 NIGHT OUT Dream Girl Events creates fun events for local women. Its upcoming Ladies Night Out raises funds for Fisher House Foundation. INSURANCE27 Is your shed, detached garage or swimming pool covered under your policy? NETWORKING TIPS28 Network your way to your next career move. NICE 'N SIMPLE30 August in the South stirs up Just Judy's memories of simple pleasures in summers past. AUGUST 2019 3

letter from the editor VOLUME 13 ISSUE 08 PUBLISHER A new chapter Bill Bowman, F & B Publications I'm writing this column to say goodbye and thank you. [email protected] This is my last month as editor of Women's View Magazine. Next ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER month, you'll meet WVM's new editor, Crissy Neville. She's a Stephanie Crider wonderful woman, a retiring local educator with a passion for this community. As for me, I'm transitioning into the nonprofit sector. [email protected] EDITOR With my time at F&B Publications drawing to a close, I'm thinking Leslie Pyo about the wonderful weirdness of work families. Like blood families, once you're hired, you can't choose the members of your [email protected] work family. There are crazy aunts, hilarious uncles, nurturing ART DIRECTOR mothers, sisters, cousins and everyone in between. Elizabeth Long I'm so thankful for the work family I've been a part of these [email protected] past few years. The women behind this magazine are loving, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR passionate, hardworking and genuine. Each of them taught me and helped me grow — often in areas that, silly me, I hadn't even Paulette Naylor realized needed growing. [email protected] MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE One of them taught me something I'll always remember. If you're spending 40 hours a week somewhere, that's the majority of Linda McAlister your week, which is, in turn, the majority of your life. You might [email protected] as well treat it as such. Rather than compartmentalizing, lean DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR/ in. Decorate your office. Get to know your coworkers. Try a new restaurant on your lunch break. Celebrate workplace wins and SALES ADMINISTRATOR special occasions instead of breezing by them. Make work a part Laurel Handforth of your life, not the other way around. [email protected] Thank you to my work family, and thank you, women of AUGUST CONTRIBUTORS Fayetteville and Cumberland County. You are the ones who drive Meg Apperson WVM's creation and who make its existence possible. I look Dr. Airaina Griffith-Knight forward to reading about all you will do in the years ahead. Ebony Norris Johnny Dawkins Don't forget about this month's Fayetteville Ladies Power Lunch, Marissa Fux Thursday, Aug. 8! It will be held at the Ramada Plaza. WVM is a Alex Fux proud partner of this quarterly networking event as it aligns with our Wanda Chavis mission to inspire, educate, empower and celebrate local women. Laurie Powers Fayetteville City Councilwoman Tisha Waddell is the keynote Crissy Neville speaker. Visit www.fayettevilleladiespowerlunch.com to register. LaNatria Ellis Casey Schaffer Are you interested in writing about people, causes and organizations that matter to Cumberland Mike Karaman County? Consider contributing an article or pitching a story idea to Women’s View Magazine. We Deprecia Zolia Simpson want to elevate your voice. For more information, email [email protected]. Prudence Mainor Donna Meixsell Marie Rudolph Judy Stapleton WOMEN’S VIEW MAGAZINE 208 ROWAN ST. FAYETTEVILLE, NC, 28301 PHONE: 910-484-6200 FAX: 910-484-9218 Women’s View Magazine is for, by and about women in Cumberland County. Published by F&B Publications in conjunction with Media Marketing Management. ©2019 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisement without permission is strictly prohibited. Various vector sources credited to © Freepik and © Vecteezy. 4 AUGUST 2019

MEG APPERSON Meg Apperson is a military wife, mom of four and a North Carolina native. She is a home educator, blogger and avid reader. Her hobbies include drinking coffee, not Blogger, doing laundry and procrastinating on writing her first book, which is in progress. www.fourfinelives.com As I write this, my two oldest children are scampering around the backyard, each carrying a red plastic cup full of cherries, their afternoon snack. My third child and I are watching the shena- nigans from a shady spot because the heat is still in full force. This child with whom I am sitting is physically delicate due to various medical conditions and unable to tolerate the direct gaze of the sun for more than a minute. In my hand is the baby monitor, and it is blessedly silent. My littlest is still taking his midday rest. The corn in our garden, beyond the tomatoes and various other vegetables, has grown tall, and soon the soil will be tilled to prepare for next summer’s garden. Our nearest Target is bursting with back-to-school supplies and sweaters. Even though the dawning season with its pumpkins and coziness will be equally exciting — and I will certainly not miss summer’s mosquitos — part of my heart is sad. Fall is a time of rush and bustle. It is a time of the dreaded flu season, which can be especially devastating in my house for our third child, a daughter who breathes with the help of a tracheostomy and risks hospitalization with each upper respiratory illness. It is a time of soccer practice, which means rushed dinners on the way to the field, and increasingly cool evenings when the light fades faster and faster. My heart feels a tiny twinge because each of these seasons — summer, fall, winter, spring — seems to come and go more quickly each year. It feels as though it was just yesterday that we put our homeschool books away for the semester. And before I know it, our pencils will again be sharpened and pressed against paper to mark a new school year. I will miss the enchantment of summer. I will miss the lazy nights and the smell of backyard barbecues wafting through the neighborhood. I will especially miss the watermelon. I will miss the feeling of slowness — it is what I savor most about these warm months. The retreat of the warmth in the air, and the migration of the birds with it, is a reminder to me to stop and soak in every second. Though the fall will usher in so much excitement, I remind myself to stop and pay attention to all the little things, for time is so fleeting. Pay attention to my oldest when he wants to read a passage to me from his newest Minecraft book for the millionth time. Pay attention to the “treasure” my rambunctious, red-headed daughter has discovered in the yard: usually a rock or something gross, like a dead toad. Pay attention to the squeaky voice of my petite brunette with tiny, pink glasses and a feeding tube. Pay attention to the chubby little hands reaching for me all day. This summer has been so precious to me, just as fall will be. No matter the season, pay attention, soak it all in. Memorize the faces of the ones you love. Stop and enjoy the sights, sounds and smells. The baby monitor sounds, breaking my melancholy spell. Chubby hands await. If only time passed a little slower during nap time. AUGUST 2019 5

DR. AIRAINA GRIFFITH-KNIGHT Dr. Airaina Griffith-Knight is an expert in the field of natural hair care for multicultural, transcontinental Owner, NUWBNS Natural Hair Gallery, people. She developed a natural hair care The Lock House, hAirlooms Natural Hair- curriculum, Cosmetagriculture, currently taught at Braiding Academy hAirlooms Natural Hair-Braiding Academy and the CEO, NUWBNS, Inc. North Carolina State Beauticians & Cosmetology 910-868-5891or [email protected] Association. It was the first curriculum of its kind in North Carolina. Time for a hair reassessment August is a time of transition. You had a great SPONSORED summer or a not-so-great one, but it’s time to shift BY gears toward whatever is next. For that reason, many of us will probably get the urge to update our look. Let’s NUWBNS, INC. not forget one of the most obvious things people look at when they see you — your hair. Oh, yes. People are AUGUST 2019 6 looking to see whether you mustered up the nerve to go natural, make the big chop, get braids or even lock your hair. Either way, they are looking at your head. They are looking to see if it is ashy or if you’re still only combing the front of your hair. Or if you have gotten a haircut to shape up those raggedy ends. Or if you are still wearing that wig — you know, the one you never comb. Let me offer three tips for back-to-school (or whatever’s next for you) hair. 1. Visit a professional establishment, if for no other reason than to receive a consultation to answer pertinent questions about your hair. Introducing yourself to a local salon will allow you to start building a network for when you need professional services. It will definitely give you an update as to what is going on with your hair and scalp, and it will allow you to set some goals for upcoming styling options. So take the first step and call a local salon to request a free consultation. 2. Assess your current look. Is your hair color dull or ashy looking? Is your hair out of shape and unruly? Are you losing hair? Whatever it is, be honest with yourself and change things that are not working for you. Your hair should be healthy, clean and flattering to your face and body shape. You spend a lot of time and money determining which shoes or clothes to buy; spend the same amount of time researching a great cosmetology professional, locktician or natural hair specialist. 3. Respect the hair and body connection. Hair was placed on our heads not for just adornment but as an indicator of the health of our internal body systems. Monitor what you put inside your body because it will affect your hair. There are three distinctive cycles of growth for hair, and these cycles are impacted by what you eat, how you sleep, if you exercise, medications you take and, ultimately, how you live your life. Here’s to making better hair choices! 6 AUGUST 2019

EBONY NORRIS Ebony Norris is a dance teacher at The Capitol Encore Academy and Alpha & Omega Dance Academy. Outside of work, she loves to read books, binge-watch Dance Instructor, TV shows and have deep conversations about life. She believes in giving your The Capitol Encore Academy best and never giving up. and Alpha & Omega Dance Academy Why do we wear makeup? “Full glam,” “Beat face,” dressed up and got a little fancy? enough is one of its cons. The “Dewy finish,” “Matte You spruce up your hair, possibly reality is that we can wear makeup coverage” … Do these throw on a pair of heels and finish as a cover-up. We might not feel words sound familiar? it off with some dazzling jewelry? pretty enough or good enough and There’s one word that comes to I know I have, and it feels good to use makeup to fill that desire. mind after hearing those phrases: do that sometimes. The clothing, makeup. There are many different shoes and jewelry just accentuate That falls into another con: Makeup aspects of makeup, but I want to the beauty you already have. can become a person’s identity. focus on one aspect in particular: Makeup can be the same way. Some feel they can’t go a day The why. Why do we wear makeup? Some people use makeup as a way without makeup because they may People have different answers to to accentuate their honey-golden think, “Who am I without makeup? this question. Whatever the reason, eyes, strong cheekbones or the ... Nobody.” They may struggle with each person’s reason is theirs. I curvature of their full lips. Makeup going out in public with a bare face believe there are pros and cons that can highlight certain features that because they don’t want to be seen surface when considering the why already exist. in that light. of makeup. Let’s start with the pros. But along with pros come cons. Everyone has their reasons to wear Have you ever walked through makeup or to not wear it. Whether an art museum and admired the It’s easy to look at social media good or bad, people go through intricacy of certain paintings or and admire the flawless look of struggles and have to work through the combinations/abstractness people on there, wishing we could those things. My hope is that bit by of certain colors? Each piece look just like that. Maybe you see a bit, people end up seeing and using expresses something about the commercial or TV show of someone makeup in positive ways and that artist. I believe makeup can be glammed up, living the life you they don’t feel the need to wear relatable in that way. Some people wish you could have. So, you turn it to feel good enough or pretty put on makeup as a form of artistry to makeup to try and recreate the enough. After all, beauty truly does and expression. It can be an outlet beauty that you see, and you hope come from the inside. Whatever and a way to channel creativity. It’s this will make you worthy and your reason for using makeup, a beautiful thing. capable of obtaining things like enjoy the beauty and creativity love and admiration. Relying on of it, and remember that you are Ever had a night out where you makeup to feel beautiful or worthy beautiful with and without it. AUGUST 2019 7

Did you know? Self-driving cars might However, today's self-driving vehicles are the byproduct of years once have seemed like a futuristic of research and sizable financial concept that may never come to investments. For example, a little fruition, but the future is now. In 2018, more than a decade ago, Darpa, Waymo, once known as the Google the experimental laboratory of self-driving car project, launched its the Pentagon, hosted the Urban commercial self-driving car service Challenge at an in Phoenix, Arizona. While it's not Air Force base in widely available and safety protocols, Southern California. including the presence of human At that event, safety operators behind the wheel, which was one of a are in place, Waymo has made it handful sponsored possible for people to pay for self- by the United States driving car rides. military, several driverless vehicles Tech industry insiders note that traversed real traffic Google's fellow tech giants, including conditions. That Apple and IBM, also are working on showcase was an self-driving car services. And much integral component like many things in the tech industry, of the foundation of the self-driving car market figures the modern self- to evolve rapidly, making it seem as driving car industry. though the availability of self-driving cars became widespread overnight. 8 AUGUST 2019

LOCAL LEADERS: Q&A J o h n n ywith Fayetteville City Councilman Dawkins Dawkins: I voted for the city’s Stormwater, unfortunately, 2019-20 budget. This budget did is the problem of our time in Fayetteville City Councilman Johnny not increase the property tax Fayetteville. We have over $200 Dawkins is a native of Fayetteville and the rate. It gave our city employees million in estimated repairs current representative for District 5. He a very small raise. And, based needed for our 11 watersheds works as a health insurance benefits on my recommendation to the in this city. Our stormwater consultant for EbenConcepts. Dawkins council and staff, we allocated infrastructure is in dire need has served on nine community boards an additional $1.8 million to of repair and replacement. We over the years, including the Fayetteville emergency stormwater repairs. must increase the number Urban Ministry Board and the Fayetteville of stormwater repair or State Foundation Board, both from WVM: What are a few issues replacement projects, and we 1995 to 2005. He has over 35 years of you're passionate about must get more repair projects experience in owning and managing addressing as a council planned and approved much multiple small businesses. member? faster than in the past. WVM: As the council member for Dawkins: Besides using my WVM: What's one function District 5, whom do you represent? many years (over 35) as a small- of City Council that you wish business owner or manager, more citizens were aware of? Johnny Dawkins: District 5 is economic development is comprised of parts of Haymount, always top of mind for me. For Dawkins: I wish more citizens Vanstory, Briarwood, Clairway, Kingsford, Fayetteville to move forward, we were aware of the appointment Buckhead, Glendale Acres, Lafayette must create an environment for process to the city boards and Village and parts of Bordeaux. The businesses to grow good-paying commissions. We need more citizens are mostly middle class and jobs for our citizens. Plus, we citizens to get involved and make hard-working. Their concerns, based must build closer relationships their concerns known. To learn on the phone calls and emails I receive, with Fort Bragg and all the more, visit FayetevilleNC.gov. appear to be continuing to reduce the families connected to it. The crime rate, to not increase our property soldiers, families and civilians WVM: What's one of your tax rate, to keep our neighborhoods connected to Fort Bragg are an favorite activities to do with safe, to find solutions for stormwater important economic engine for your family in the summer? problems and to pick up garbage and our city. yard waste. Dawkins: My wife and I enjoy I also am passionate about going to the beach in the WVM: Any updates you would like to finding affordable solutions summer. Plus, we enjoy visiting share with citizens? for our citywide stormwater with our son and his wife, in problem. Mayor Mitch Colvin Raleigh, and our daughter, appointed me as chairman who is in nursing school in of the newly created Mayor’s Charleston, South Carolina. Stormwater Council Committee. AUGUST 2019 9

Teachers of the Year: Marissa has taught Marissa and Alex special education at Fux, who have been South View Middle together nine years School for the past and married for two, five years. She is a pep are local educators squad coach, yearbook who have been and broadcasting honored for advisor, mentor for their excellence. new teachers and a member of the South View Improvement Team and Positive Behavior Intervention Support Team. She’s also coordinated community events focused on improving the relationships between low-income families, South View and the community. scgcDhoWroekenotneWaiamolhnyfatrlihhadnendgepyutuWoneddeeeeanpspmbseantilreoecdcassessyreicogocoo,i,nohspvaetbtimrnantteahwhimocuKesohtigatvanhauiiisyaiyeanvmoearnttthosnaeethyontgpgytyeuLtatotaptteo.uoieouosMhshzmnukyIsurstutthvliweyioihdrasnhuhasneamasor.urhtoogredee,dgueebTiuitruans!ssaetlnochpekivaeovstBlgtknowortdiceoaenhseoeyetgtrnosewadhescarsfadi,nwmasyrtomyribnatoecdasnoicdhoenmzrudoifueihugnedenupaottmpsippmslAgothinotoaedyvnpesliyietnsgeoaiicsenbngooehntoiucdotxe2aceglr.plegumifherut0Bvobr-serwinaolenkven1uotuoioa9tncoeihnatccuvgttpn-eeeldchaeoce2otowld,ryahe,tepw0faoafiaecae.seeptcelounahTnsatdyuthatrrhdh.droh!oscasaweeeuhhtelvwlhli.erivltnoeleheuttbgrkosehpe,n.eor,w Women’s View Magazine: Describe your first impression of your spouse in five 10 AUGUST 2019 words or less. MARISSA: Tall, dark and handsome … literally. ALEX: The cutest little thing. WVM: How has your spouse influenced your teaching style or your thoughts about teaching? MARISSA: Alex has taught me to bring self-(care) to my students. He has shown me how yoga, breathing and meditation can help students to calm down and self- regulate. ALEX: Marissa is remarkably organized and is a hard worker. She never stops. She is like the energizer bunny — always wanting and looking for new ways to provide support and engage her students. She has taught me to be patient and to really build relationships with my students.

Marissa and Alex Fux Based on their Alex has taught performance in the locally for the past six 2018-19 school year, years. He currently each was named teaches at Upchurch Teacher of the Year at Elementary in Hoke their respective school, County and previously a title they’ll hold for taught at Douglas the 2019-20 school year. Byrd Middle School. He is a first responder and a member of the media outreach team and the school improvement team. He’s also the field day coordinator at Upchurch and previously coached soccer and football at Douglas Byrd Middle. Also, she is the tech queen. She has me using more and they are easily influenced and do not always think more technology in the classroom daily. before making decisions. I, as a teacher, have to help to guide them and help them understand the reality of life. WVM: What's an unexpected lesson a student has taught you? Sometimes we have to be the “bad guy,” and that’s okay … they need the tough love. MARISSA: To be like water and let it flow. Every day is a new day in the teaching field. There is good, bad, horrible ALEX: In teaching elementary school, (the students) cry — and then there is the best of days. Letting students see a lot. They are fragile and do not know how to control that you are human breaks barriers. Apologize on those their feelings and emotions. It is my job as a health and PE bad/horrible days and keep it moving. Savor the best of teacher to help show them how to regulate those emotions days and keep those memories. Have laughter and be and that it is OK to be angry, mad and sad. It is all about bright. Connect with your students. how you handle those emotions when you feel them. ALEX: (It was) during a staff vs. staff basketball game with all the students present. I had the ball and shot and made WVM: If your spouse were an item on a teacher's desk, a basket on the wrong hoop. The students thought it was what would they be and why? the funniest thing and made jokes the whole school year. However, it taught me about being resilient and always MARISSA: Alex would definitely have to be a stress ball having fun even in the most embarrassing moments. The — a big, heart-shaped one. He is there for his coworkers, students also taught me how being human and making students and parents, no matter their stress level or his. He mistakes builds relationships. handles stress beautifully. He knows exactly what to say WVM: What is the biggest difference between teaching and when to say it, and most of all, he is always sincere. middle schoolers and elementary schoolers? MARISSA: Middle schoolers think they are grown and ALEX: She would be one of those Post-it note holders can handle the consequences of their actions. In reality, because she is always writing her thoughts, to-do lists, ideas and kind words on them and sticking them everywhere. She has definitely stuck and made a presence with her special education students. AUGUST 2019 11

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COVER STORY Local farmers markets: Summer roundup Summer is in full swing, and shopping at local can talk to the farmers and learn whether or farmers markets for fresh fruits, veggies and not the products are organic or pesticide-free. flowers is easy in Cumberland County. Buying food Prices are often lower at farmers markets than grown locally is good for the environment because at supermarkets, too, and the products are often the food doesn’t have to travel far to get from the fresher. Here’s a list of just a few of the local field to your plate, saving fossil fuels. Customers markets to consider for your next shopping trip. DIRTBAG ALES FARMERS Christmas trees, wreaths, vegetable This market sets up each MARKET plants, boiled peanuts, mums and Wednesday in the summer months 5435 Corporation Dr. hayrides. Right next door, at Gillis in Bronco Square. One of its goals 910-426-2537 Hill Farm, enjoy homemade ice is to be a guiding force in shaping Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., cream and self-guided tours of the the environmental, social and May 5-Nov. 17 old homestead property. financial health of the Murchison Road community by bringing the A place where producers can CITY MARKET AT THE MUSEUM highest quality local growers and connect with the community and 325 Franklin St. food artisans in the area together. consumers can talk to the people 910-433-1457 The market serves as a community who grow and raise the products Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., April-December gathering place, a vehicle for a they bring to market, Dirtbag Ales regional economy and a center for Famers Market is part education, This farmers and crafters fresh, local food. part relaxation and part commerce. market is located in downtown Come to learn, shop, enjoy a Fayetteville next to the Fayetteville T&T FARMERS MARKET beverage or pick up lunch from Area Transportation and Local 3755 Cumberland Rd. a food truck. Here, shoppers will History Museum. Shoppers can 910-425-6318 find locally grown produce, dairy count on locally grown vegetables, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; items and meats, baked goods, fruit, eggs, honey and other farm Sunday, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. hand-crafted items, artwork and products along with plants, flowers, more. There is also a playground for coffee, tea, pottery, soap, candles, T&T Farmers Market is open children and a dog park. jewelry, knitted goods and other year-round and will help keep your handcrafted products. cupboards stocked with f ruits, GILLIS HILL ROAD PRODUCE vegetables, jams and jellies, ciders 2899 Gillis Hill Rd. GROWERS GUILD MARKET OF and canned goods throughout the 910-308-9342 CAPE FEAR VALLEY year. They also sell flowers in the Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Village Drive at Fargo Drive spring, although those are usually April-January 910-615-6971 sold out by August. It’s an indoor Thursday, 3-6 p.m., Mid-April- facility with a loyal following. For the past nine generations, the September Gillis family has owned and operated CAROLINA FARMERS MARKET this farm. They have a roadside Located on the grounds of Cape 4400 Raeford Rd. mart that provides, depending Fear Valley Medical Center, this 910-426-1575 on the season, apples, beans, market is composed of members of Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; blackberries, blueberries, broccoli, Cape Fear Valley's Growers Guild and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. cabbage, cantaloupe, collards, community farmers. It is open to the corn, cucumbers, eggplant, gourds, public. Get vegetable starter plants If you are looking to freshen up grapes, greens, herbs, honey, Indian and fresh local fruits, vegetables, your landscaping, Carolina Farmers corn, Muscadine grapes, nectarines, herbs, baked goods and more. Market offers annuals, shrubs, trees onions, peaches, peppers, potatoes, and more throughout the summer. pumpkins, raspberries, squash, MURCHISON ROAD COMMUNITY The fall selection starts Sept. 19; strawberries, sweet potatoes, FARMERS MARKET they'll have pansies, pumpkins, tomatoes, watermelons, zucchini, 1047 Murchison Rd. gourds, scarecrows and other pecans, jams and jellies, and apple 845-216-1242 autumnal offerings. butter and cider. There are seasonal Wednesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 14 AUGUST 2019

LAURIE POWERS Laurie Powers has been a physician assistant for nearly 30 years, working initially in primary care and then transitioning into psychiatry. She is happily married Physician Assistant, and has two grown children as well as a new grandson. She currently works at Rainbow Pediatrics – Behavioral Rainbow Pediatrics, providing both a behavioral health and a nutrition clinic there. Health and Nutrition Clinic She is a member of Manna Church and The Spa Fitness and Wellness Center. If www.rainbowpeds.net she is not working and you cannot find her at these locations, she is home cooking or relaxing with her family and her poodles. culinary medicine Food can be the most powerful medicine of all if we are mindful and informed about out dietary choices. I grew up in the 1970s and saw dementia. Psych Congress taught among others, to optimize their quite a contradiction in messages attending medical providers the diet in a way that will help treat about how to take care of my body. facts about the healthiest diets for their condition. My mother was always on a diet the human body, which are the to lose those last 10 pounds. Diet Mediterranean and vegan diets. Current Rainbow patients can fads came and went, but I watched The speaker recommended that be referred to my clinic by their my mom struggle with those last those interested in furthering primary care providers. There are 10 pounds for decades. She was a their education in this area no group classes. Each child is seen sedentary working mom, and we become certified via a two-year individually with their parent(s) for ate a lot of processed foods. I knew course in culinary medicine at their consultation, and they receive I wanted to do something different. Tulane University in New Orleans, follow-ups based on their needs. Louisiana. Intrigued, I enrolled. These services are typically covered My paternal grandmother, by their insurance. My hours are however, was in amazing shape Dr. Timothy Harlen is the executive Tuesdays at the Hope Mills office through her eighth decade. First- director of The Goldring Center 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Wednesdays generation Italian, she cooked f rom for Culinary Medicine at Tulane and Thursdays at the Fayetteville scratch, grew her own herbs, fruits University, which opened in office 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Fridays in and vegetables, and exercised 2014. This innovative program Fayetteville 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. She died in her 90s of natural was created to teach medical causes and lived the active life I professionals about the clear Here are some interesting classes I yearned for. link between food and health. took during my culinary medicine Tulane’s program requires its education, which provides the basis Over time, as I worked in both medical students to work in a for the nutrition counseling I offer: primary care and mental health, hands-on teaching kitchen, and its • Nutrition to optimize I realized that people no longer curriculum has since become part neurocognition understand what constitutes of nearly 20% of all U.S. medical • Low sodium diets and flavor- wellness. Diets were becoming schools. The program’s goal is to building more processed. Serving sizes teach medical professionals how • Carbohydrates and nutrition were increasing. Obesity, even for to prevent and treat disease using • Vegetarian diets and alternative children, was rising at a rapid rate. food so that professionals can proteins pass this information on to their • Sports nutrition A few years ago, my favorite annual patients. The Goldring Center also • Cancer nutrition: Prevention and psychiatric conference, Psych offers f ree classes to its community. diet after diagnosis Congress, began offering more • Myths, fad diets, supplements and sessions on the role of inflammation Dr. Taner Esensoy, the owner of controversies in mental health and the causes of Rainbow Pediatrics, recognized • Weight, obesity and portion this inflammation. Poor diet topped the value of offering his patients control the list. The standard American nutritional evaluations. He hired • Food allergy and intolerance diet — fittingly dubbed SAD — is me in June of this year to provide associated with multiple medical this service at Rainbow as well as I am beyond excited to work with problems, including cardiovascular to offer a behavioral health clinic families in this area to optimize disease and cancer. It increases there. I see children who have their health through the power our risk for depression, ADHD and hypertension, hyperlipidemia, of nutrition, and to offer culinary impaired long- and short-term noninsulin-dependent diabetes, strategies to fit their lifestyles. cognitive function, to include obesity, and behavioral issues, AUGUST 2019 15

CRISSY NEVILLE Crissy Neville recently retired from Cumberland County Schools after working for 20 years in K-5 gifted education. She is a freelance writer for numerous magazines Contributing Writer and worked in journalism professionally before entering the teaching field. She is married to local attorney Thomas Neville and has three grown daughters. She loves to garden, sew, cook, paint and read. Preserving fresh summer veggies and fruits What’s one to do after making the prolifically performing summer squash into casseroles, soups, gratins and fritters — after already serving it fried, grilled, steamed and baked? Well, preserve it, of course, for fall and winter days when summer’s bounty is as forlorn as a long-lost love. Food preservation is a way to save the goodness of your favorite seasonal fare in order to stock up, prevent food from spoilage and keep it for future use. If you are accustomed to paying a pretty penny for fresh and organically sourced foods at your local farmers market or grocer, preservation can also save you money, whether you’re growing your own produce or buying fresh in bulk. Perhaps the best case made for preservation, however, is that store-bought canned and boxed foods pale in comparison to the flavor and nutritional value of fresh-to-the-table, whether it’s enjoyed now or later. You also will know where your food is coming from and exactly what is in it. Preservation techniques include canning, drying, dehydrating, freeze-drying, smoking, pickling, fermenting and more. Each method has its own unique equipment, ingredients and verbiage, but once you have what you need and learn the tricks of the trade, you will be good to go for years to come. Your efforts will be in good company with people from cultures the world over and since the earliest of times. On the following page are a few popular ways to perpetuate your favorite produce. 16 AUGUST 2019

Home canning is the heat-processing of food in COVER STORY glass jars for preservation. There are two processes: water-bath canning and pressure canning. Water- Crissy’s bath canning is done in a large stockpot with high- acid foods such as fruits, tomatoes, jams and jellies, farm-fresh and pickles and relishes. The second way to can foods hot pepper jelly requires a pressure canner, which processes foods using high temperature and high-pressure steam. 2 medium red peppers, seeded, finely Pressure canning is used with low-acid foods such chopped (about 1 1/2 cups) as beans, carrots, corn, meats, soups and sauces. 2 medium green peppers, seeded, finely Beware that unsafe canning practices can lead to chopped (about 1 1/2 cups) botulism poisoning, so follow all directions with care. 10 large jalapeño peppers, seeded, finely chopped (about 1 cup) Freezing foods typically produces flavors and 1 cup apple cider vinegar textures most similar to fresh and requires little 1 1.75-ounce box powder pectin specialized equipment. Do make sure to buy freezer- 1/2 teaspoon butter or margarine ready plastic bags. Most vegetables require blanching, 5 cups sugar, measured into separate a boiling time of three minutes before freezing. bowl Fruits can be frozen as they are or with sugars or an 1. Bring a standard sized boiling-water antioxidant such as Fruit Fresh to extend storage life and slow the discoloration process. If preferred, use canner, half full with water, to a vacuum-seal bags to extend the storage life of frozen simmer. Meanwhile, wash jars and foods three to five times longer. screw-bands in hot, soapy water; rinse with warm water. Pour boiling Jelly making is a good way to preserve fruit flavors, water over flat lids in a saucepan off too. Fruit jelly or jam is an easy-to-prepare product the heat. Let stand in hot water until for the beginning canner, requiring little special ready to use. Drain before using. equipment or skill. Ingredients essential for fruit jelly 2. Place peppers in a or 6- or 8-quart are fruit, pectin, sugar, vinegar and water. saucepot. Add vinegar. Stir in pectin. Add butter to reduce foaming. Bring Other food preservation methods are also fun and mixture to a full rolling boil on useful. After starting with these basics, try adding high heat, stirring constantly. Stir other techniques to your repertoire. Take a class, in sugar. Return to full rolling boil research recipes or ask a more experienced friend for and boil exactly one minute, stirring help. With a little practice and preparation, you’ll find constantly. Remove from heat. Skim you can do this! off any foam. 3. Ladle immediately into prepared jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of tops. Wipe jar rims and threads. Cover with two-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Place jars on rack in canner. Lower rack into canner. Water must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches. Add boiling water, if necessary. Cover; bring water to a gentle boil. Process 10 minutes. Remove jars. Pepper jelly may take a week to completely set. Enjoy with cream cheese and crackers! AUGUST 2019 17

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CASEY SCHAFFER Casey Schaffer lives in Hope Mills and is the marketing director for Cape Fear Flooring & Restoration. She currently serves on the boards of the Hope Mills Marketing Director, Chamber of Commerce and The Fayetteville Ladies Power Lunch, and she’s on the Cape Fear Flooring & fundraising committee for the Salvation Army. Restoration www.capefearflooring.com Make back to school easier with these home organization ideas • CREATE A FUNCTIONAL ENTRY SPACE TO STORE GEAR. What is more annoying than missing items when you’re already running behind? You’ve got the baby in one hand, your purse in the other, and Tommy can’t find his backpack. Eliminate the hassle with an organized storage space for the kids — and you — right next to the front door. Include hooks for each coat and backpack, and a space to put shoes. • SET UP A COMMAND CENTER. Create a command center instead of trying to remember everything. Include a menu for the week — no more “What’s for dinnerrrrrr?” — chore charts, and important events like little Jimmy’s dentist appointment and Jordan’s gymnastics class. You can even set up a mailbox for outgoing bills and mail and hooks for keys for the parents. Have the kids get in the habit of checking their chore chart every day for an easy-breezy time once you get home. • CREATE A READING NOOK. Kids who read are more likely to succeed, gain access to higher education and score better on tests. Create a cozy, comfortable space for them to go and lose themselves in a good book. Pick a corner and add a chair, blanket, pillow, lamp and bookshelf. Voila! If you have the time and space, consider converting a closet for this purpose, too. • GIVE YOUR CLOSETS AN ORGANIZATIONAL MAKEOVER. I don’t know about you, but I have never seen socks and shoes go missing as much as I have since having kids. And somehow my daughter — who has more clothes than I do — never has anything to wear. Get rid of early-morning breakdowns about clothes by organizing those closets. Add some bins and extra shelving, and — my personal favorite — have the kids pick out all their outf its for the week. Then keep those outfits in labeled drawers. SPONSORED BY AUGUST 2019 19 AUGUST 2019 19

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DEPRECIA ZOLIA SIMPSON Deprecia Simpson was born in in 1998 in Durham, North Carolina, to Cortez and Marva Simpson. She grew up and Owner, Deprecia's School of Dance lived with her grandparents, Rev. Dr. Joseph and Wanda 910-500-3053 Simpson, all her life. She owes them more than she will ever be able to pay. Giving back to the community 22 AUGUST 2019 22 AUGUST 2019

something — until the older girls It took me a long time to come up looked at me strangely. I made friends with the perfect name for my dream with two of the older girls in the class, dance studio. I wanted something so that kind of made things easier. modern, yet young and fun, but also sophisticated. After thinking long I was in the sixth grade when I got and hard, I finally came up with the part of Big Clara in the Charlotte Deprecia's School of Dance. I know, Blume studio’s annual production extravagant, right? of “The Nutcracker.” I was tall, too. When the professional dancers from Although it's simple, the name of Raleigh came to practices, they kept my studio is near and dear to my saying they could not believe I was heart because I do want to carry on so young because I caught onto the the legacy of Mrs. Blume. \"School of choreography so quick. Dance\" is written across my heart. Iremember people always asking That same summer, I auditioned for Deprecia’s School of Dance is located me where Fayetteville is. After the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in at 8175 Cliffdale Rd., Suite 113. We me telling them it was in North Los Angeles, California, and made it. will hold a grand opening Saturday, Carolina, the next words out of The year after that, I got into The Ailey Aug. 10, for everyone to come out their mouths would be, “I did not School of Dance summer program — and see the new addition to our know people could dance in the the place where they seemed puzzled community. Please call 910-500-3053 South as you do.” So long as I was in to learn I was from Fayetteville. to register for classes and for answers Fayetteville, everything was cool. But For the next six years, 2010-16, I to any questions you may have. when I went to New York to attend alternated my summers between The Ailey School of Dance Summer Debbie Allen and Alvin Ailey. Our goal at DSOD is to give every little Intensive in 2011, I found myself girl or boy that walks through the front trying to defend Fayetteville. After I graduated from Terry Sanford door the same feeling I had every High School in 2016, I began studying day after school. Getting ready for I have been dancing since I was 3 at The American Musical and dance class, practicing routines, being years old. I remember Ms. Mitchell, Dramatic Academy in New York. I dedicated and never missing a beat; an instructor at Charlotte Blume truly hated it. One of my instructors dance is a discipline and a lifestyle. I School of Dance, picking me up said to me, “I do not think you are want to give dance students something from The Haynie School just up the giving it all you have. So, since you’re to work toward and show them how to street from the studio in downtown here, make the best of it. Then you achieve any goal that's set, while also Fayetteville. I loved to see her car can leave.” So, I started taking more enjoying every minute of it. As of now, show up. I was never afraid or bashful credits and graduated in record time: I am the only dance instructor, which to dance. If any of my friends did 2017. I knew I had something else to I am happy about because I get to not want to take their turn showing do — give back to the community I build genuine relationships with every off their moves, I would ask to go. I loved so much. It was not about me. student and parent. moved up quickly from the beginner’s class, and I really thought I was Mrs. Blume died the same year I AUGUST 2019 23 graduated from Terry Sanford. She had told me, “I’m sorry I won’t be here to see you become great.” However, Fayetteville is still here, and what Mrs. Blume taught us all to do on stage was to give the audience your heart. With this in mind, I have opened a dance studio where I can give back to this community with my whole heart.

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F or an area the size of Fayetteville/Cumberland “The COS Board has been very supportive of Jason’s County, we are fortunate to have such an amazing efforts,” said Thaman. “We are rebranding so that our array of enriching cultural opportunities. One new name enables us to look more like our diverse of our lesser-known cultural contributors is the community through our music and yet still expose Cumberland Oratorio Singers, funded in part by our people to classical pieces. We also want to be more nationally recognized Arts Council of Fayetteville/ inclusive with our community outreach.” Cumberland County. COS was organized 27 years ago by Allen Porter, who was at that time the director of As part of COS’ community outreach, the Cross Creek choral music and conducting at Methodist College. The Chorale was formed from within the larger group. original group was composed primarily of Methodist Chorale members are selected by auditions and make University students and staff and was formed to a 12-month commitment. With only 15 members, this perform Mozart’s “Requiem.” much smaller group is able to perform in many smaller venues throughout the community. “The members The group has come a long way since then, opening of CCC are viewed as the leaders and anchors of our membership to the entire community and broadening larger group,” said Britt. its repertoire considerably. Recently, COS Board President Kathy Thaman, Director Jason Britt and A second community outreach program is the Youth Choir Director Donna Jo Mangus sat down Campbellton Youth Choir, formed four years ago and to talk about their decision to rebrand COS as open to all students ages 9-14 in Cumberland County Cumberland Chorale Arts. and beyond. “Our primary goal,” said Mangus, “is to develop proper singing technique under a professional “The word ‘oratorio’ historically denotes sacred music educator and to offer unique performing and music,” said Britt, “so that part of our name no longer mentoring opportunities not otherwise available to describes the music we perform. While we remain students on their own. We have a paid accompanist very grateful to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church for the and a rehearsal assistant, so all of our activities are well generous use of their facilities, we want to emphasize supervised.” that we are not a church choir.” As a nonprofit group, COS — under its new When Britt became director two years ago, COS began Cumberland Chorale Arts identity — will continue a broadening its musical offerings. This past season saw proud tradition of contributing to our local quality of jazz concerts and music from Broadway and films life with a broad spectrum of musical offerings. in addition to some classical pieces and COS’ annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” Where: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1601 Raeford Rd. When: Aug. 5 and 6, 6-8 p.m. Audition to join Cumberland Chorale All prospective members of CCA, CCC and CYC must audition. Arts for the coming season For more information on the Campbellton Youth Choir, contact [email protected]. Learn more about the other groups, or purchase season tickets as well as tickets for individual performances, at www.singwithcos.org. The website also has information about the upcoming 2019-20 season’s concert offerings and venues. AUGUST 2019 25

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