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Six candidates will stand forelection to one of three openseats on the board of the SevenLakes West Landowners Asso-ciation at the annual meetingon March 19: David Carter, BettyChilders, Mary Anne Fewkes,Ray MacKay, Jo Nicholas, andBlaine Rowland. MacKay current-ly serves on the board and willseek re-election to his seat; JanPatton and Lois Rocco will beleaving the board.

The board approved the sixnominees, who were vetted bya nominating committee com-prised of Jan Patton, CharlieMerical, and Ron Sickenberger,during a December 13 worksession.

There is still an opportunity foradditional candidates to join thefray through the petition process.The deadline for petition candi-dates is January 18.

A candidates night is planned

for February 9; The Times willpublish interviews with the can-didates in an upcoming issue.

The following brief profiles ofeach candidate were taken frommaterial supplied by the SLWLAboard.

David Carter and his familymoved to Seven Lakes West inJuly 2004. He is the Director ofFirstHealth EMS, overseeing a$13 million operation that includes300 employees and 65 ambu-lances.

His career in emergency serv-ices began in the 1970s andhas included management posi-tions in Florida, Texas, and Ohio.

Carter holds an associatedegree in nursing, a bachelorsdegree in business manage-ment, and an MBA in strategicleadership.

He has served on the SLWLA

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The Times has traditionally offered aquick summary of the previous year’snews in the first issue of each year.Here’s a rundown of some of the storieswe covered in 2005.

January As 2005 began, The Times published

a document authored by the leadershipof the Seven Lakes Business Guild, theSeven Lakes Civic Group, and bothlandowners associations looking at theopportunities and challenges that face theSeven Lakes community and that pledgedincreased cooperation among thoseorganizations.

The SLWLA approved a proposed banon jet boats on Lake Auman, touching offa debate that occupied the community untillate May.

The SLLA board announced that it

would seek a $50 across the board duesincrease for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.

An SLLA committee studying compa-ny police and security, headed by Direc-tor Loren Swearingen, recommendedhiring a second company police officerand splitting the police and security func-tions in order to allow Chief Dennis Lom-bard additional patrol time. The SLLAboard adopted the committee’s recom-mendations.

A newly formed judicial committee ofthe Seven Lakes West Landowners Asso-ciation [SLWLA] met to consider its firstcase and gave the owners of a Westsidelot 30 days to clean it up.

Of Foxfire villagers responding to asurvey on a proposed municipal park, sev-enty-nine percent were in favor of proceed-ing with the project.

Lakers turned out at a meeting of the

Moore County Planning Board to opposea proposed Rural Business rezoning ofa parcel at the intersection of NC High-way 211 and Dead Man’s Curve Road.

Roberta Robinson was named SevenLakes Garden Club President for 2005,succeeding Jan Patton in that post.TheGold Capital Chorus named new baordmembers, including naming Lee GrantPresident.

Mike and Rachel Boiselle took over thehelm of the Coffee Scene in Seven LakeBusiness Village and Dr. Richard andBonnie Pasko took over the practice atSeven Lakes Chiropractic.

January deaths included Anne MargaretPacella, Robert G. MacDougall, Jr. andNadia D. Grant.

FebruaryJet boats raised a ruckus at the Feb-

ruary general meeting of the SLWLA,when President Bill Mamel providedspace on the agenda for presentationsby two residents in favor of permitting jetboats on Lake Auman. Opponents ofthe craft were unhappy that their viewswere not represented in the agenda.The SLWLA board decided to hold off ona decision on the issue until new boardmembers were seated after the lateMarch annual meeting.

SLLA Community Manager DaltonFulcher implemented an 11:00 pm cur-few on association parking areas in anattempt to control nighttime partying bylarge number of young people at SequoiaPoint.

The SLLA and SLWA signed a recip-rocal recreation agreement for FiscalYear 2005-2006 that provided West-

Six to vie forboard seats

(See “March,” p. 13)

Tripping the light . . .

Fantastic! Issy and Bob Dantzer ham it up for the camera during New Year’s Eve festivities atSeven Lakes Country Club.

(See “Six compete,” p. 24)

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by Jo Nicholas & Ann Stokes,LWVMC

The spirit of freedom is still alivein the United States after theugly catastrophe of September11, 2001. There are questions,however, about whether gov-ernment actions in its aftermathhave eroded the foundations ofthis freedom.

If there are other terroristattacks, will government poli-cies threaten our civil liberties inthe name of security? Are ourfreedoms built on a foundationstrong enough to withstandanother attack?

Is the recent extension of theUSA Patriot Act essential todefend our nation against hiddenterrorist activity? Does HomelandSecurity require that citizenswillingly sacrifice a certain amountof liberty and allow the invasionof privacy?

“In this post September 11thworld, it is important to under-stand the relationship betweenour civil liberties and the secu-rity of our nation at the federal andlocal levels,” says Kay Maxwell

of the National League of WomenVoters.

In the quest for finding answersto the above questions, theMoore County League of Women

Voters has invited Patricia Camp,lawyer, teacher, writer, and civilliberties expert to be the guestspeaker at their next luncheon onTuesday, January 17.

Ms. Camp’s topic will be “ThePatriot Act, how it is used, andways in which its use may limitour civil liberties and promoteracism and fear in the name of

national security.”The public is invited to attend

this talk about one of the mostimportant political issues in ourcountry at this time.The event willbe held at the Paddock Restau-rant of Longleaf Country Club onMidland Road in Southern Pinesand will begin promptly at 11:30am.

Reservations are necessaryand can be made by callingNorma Sullins at 910-673-3980by Friday, January 13. Non-members must pay in advanceby the same date and can mailchecks to: LWVMC, 4026 SevenLakes W, West End, NC 27376.

Patriot Act is League topic this month

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Week

by Rollin TomberlinThe homes of Gordon and

Sue Zeller (Southside), Ron andPatty Steziale (Westside), andJohn and Sandy Sackmann(Northside) were selected asthis years winners in the SevenLakes Kiwanis Club sponsoredChristmas decorations contest.Each winner receives a $60 giftcertificate in appreciation of theirefforts to brighten the holiday for

all residents.Three teams of judges toured

the community on December16, 17, and 18 before winningselections were chosen. Deco-rations around the lakefrontswere also considered.

Both Lake Auman and LakeSequoia showed a markedincrease in participants fromprevious years.

Special notice and kudos to

one of our winners who alsokindly contributed to the deco-ration of their neighbors homes.

The judges noted that select-ing winners has become moredifficult each year as the quali-ty and quantity of decorationsgrow.

Top decorators announced

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The Seven Lakes Prescrip-tion Shoppe on McDougall Drivehas suffered two break-ins in alittle more than a month, and, inboth cases, thieves made offwith thousands of dollars of con-trolled substances, includingoxycontin, morphine, and oxycon-done.

The most recent break-in wasdiscovered by pharmacist TreyWaters on the morning of Tues-day, December 27, accordingto an incident report filed by

Moore County Sheriff’s DeputyJesse Robbins.

Opening the shop after theChristmas holiday, Waters foundthat the back door had beenkicked in and medications stolen.The break-in could have hap-pened at any time during theholiday weekend; the store closedat noon on Christmas Eve. Itappeared the rear door alarm hadmalfunctioned, failing to alertthe Sheriff’s office of the break-in.

Drugs were also taken from theshop during the night of Novem-ber 20 as part of a crime that mayhave begun a day earlier.

Just before midnight on Sat-urday, November 19, three MooreCounty Sher iff ’s Deputiesresponded to an alarm at the Pre-scription Shoppe and found thatsomeone had broken out thedrive-through window, as wellas damaging the telephone inter-face box and the power meter.The deputies surmised that the

culprits had hoped to disablethe alarm but were unsuccess-ful. When the alarm soundedafter the drive-through windowwas broken, they apparentlyfled the scene without takinganything.

The next evening, a deputychecking the shop at around2:00 am found that screws hadbeen removed from a piece ofplywood used to temporarilyrepair the drive-through win-dow. Upon further investigation,the deputy found the back doorunlocked. When Waters arrivedon the scene he determinedthat a large amount of narcotics

and other controlled substanceshad been taken.

Deputies were able to securesome fingerprints from the scene.

Sheriff Lane Carter told TheTimes on Tuesday that his officeis making progress in the inves-tigation of the two break-ins butwas not able to provide anydetails at this time. [Unlike inci-dent reports, details of on-goingpolice investigations are not amatter of public record underNorth Carolina law.]

He encouraged anyone withinformation that might be usefulto investigfators to contact theSheriff’s Office at 947-2931.

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Moore County Schools willhold a public Calendar Meet-ing Tuesday, January 10, at 7:00pm in the Board room of thecentral office in Carthage.

The purpose of the meeting isto allow public input in the devel-opment of 2006-2007 calen-dars for traditional and year-round schools. A CalendarCommittee, composed of bothschool and community repre-sentatives, has developed draft

proposals which will be reviewedat the January 10 meeting.

Becky Cameron, Director ofElementary Curriculum, is head-ing up the calendar process.“We are encouraging anyonewho would like to offer sugges-tions or input into the develop-ment of the calendar to attend thismeeting,” she said. “We want tohear whatever concerns or com-ments that anyone may havethat will help us in forming a

calendar that best serves theneeds of the students in MooreCounty Schools.”

After hearing input in the pub-lic meeting, two draft calendarsfor both traditional and year-round schedules will be final-ized and presented to schoolemployees for a vote.The resultsof the vote will then be present-ed to the School Board for finalapproval of the 2006-2007 cal-endars.

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LOVELY RANCH ON LAKESEQUOIA - Very nice waterfront homewith four BRs, Two BAs, super Carol-ina Rm, masonry fireplace, roughed-inbath below, & lots of storage. Enjoy thelake away from the skiers . . .$332,000

WATERFRONT ON LAKE AUMANOn the lake with bulkhead & dock butout of the way of skiing traffic. 4 BR,Carolina rm screened porch, deck, largeliving room, 2 fpl, lots of storage, andbeautiful landscaping . . . . . . $499,000

LAKEFRONT#529 - SOLD! - $40,000

#3393 - Good Perc. 2004 - $155,000LAKEVIEW

#4001 - Under Contract - $42,000#4307 - Under Contract - $36,000

GOLF FRONT#2193 - Golf Front (18th) - $20,000#2347 - Under Contract - $20,000#2396 - Under Contract - $17,500

#2352/2353 - Under Contract - $17,000 ea.INTERIOR

#102/103 - SOLD - $29,000#196 - Double Lot - $29,000

#453 - Under Contract - $12,000#2327 - Extra Large - $14,900#2475 - Really Nice - $14,900#2479 - Cul-de-sac - $8,000#2554 - SOLD! - $16,900

#5218R (double) - Near Clubhouse - $45,000#5433 - Under Contract - $18,000

COMMERCIAL LOTS#114 - $8,000

#41 & #42 Pinewild (NC-211)– $20,000 each

SEQUOIA LAKEFRONT — Marve-lous Lake Sequoia waterfront. All brickwith 4 BR, Carolina Rm, upgraded kit-chen, great rm with cathedral ceilings,fpl with gas logs and built-ins. Hard-wood & tile throughout. Only $425,000

FEATURED HOMELake Echo Waterfront

Nature lovers delight with neatlighted path through woods andgardens to Lake Echo. Lots ofprivacy. 3 BR, 2 BA, large Car-olina Rm, sep. dining room,office & work shop. 2-car gar-age with room for one large &one small car. A block from thefitness center and tennis courts.. . . Compare at only $199,900

SEVEN LAKES LOTS

Why Stay in a Hotel?

111 Brown Bark - UnderContract

128 Cambridge - UnderContract

Lot #2347 - Under ContractLot #529 - SOLD!

159 W. Devonshire - Under Contract

Lot #2188 - Under Contract103 Wildleaf -

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GORGEOUS GOLF FRONT - On the17th Fairway of SLCC. New carpet, newpaint, new heat pump, all within the lastfew months. Shows beautifully! Hdwdflrs, lots of tile, huge utility rm, neat kit-chen, sep. dining, scrn porch. $249,000

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HappyNew Owners!

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LAKE ECHO WATERFRONT —Nature lovers delight; paths thru woodsto Lake Echo – lots of privacy! 3 BR/2BA with office. Large Carolina Rm &deck, one car garage & workshop. Ablock from Fitness Center . . .$199,900

VERY SPECIAL GOLF FRONT —What a view! Located on the 5th Tee ofSLCC. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath with largeliving room, Carolina rm, Corian count-er tops in kitchen, basement, and lovelylandscaping. . . . . . . . . .Only $259,000

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The residents of Anchor Pointand Douglas Drive in SevenLakes West held their first neigh-borhood Yuletide Stroll on Tues-day, December 20.

Eight homes opened theirdoors to the neighborhood toshare the beauty of their Christ-mas decorations. Twenty-oneneighbors gathered at the home

of Patti Cleary and Ed Tuton tobegin the stroll. After enjoying aglass of Christmas Cheer thegroup bundled up and beganthe stroll down Anchor Pointand Douglas Drive. Other stopsincluded the homes of Carolyn& Ken Mealing, Jerry Phipps,Peggy & Mike McCutcheon,Pam & Phil Harrell, Claire &Steve Czupryna, Mary & BillPrice, with the final stop at thehome of Diane & Ed Silberhorn.Each home was beautifully dec-orated for Christmas and eachoffered cookies, hot cider, cheese,wine or other tasty delights.

Fifteen minutes was spent ateach home and as Diane (the co-coordinator) rang her bells totell everyone it was time to moveon the group sang “We WishYou a Merry Christmas” to eachhost couple.

Jessica Silberhorn offered taxiservice to anyone unable orunwilling to make the very briskstroll.

Diane Silberhorn, newcomerto Anchor Point came up with theidea, which was enthusiastical-ly embraced by the neighbor-

hood.As the participants enjoyed a

wonderful buffet at the Silberhorns

at the end of the stroll everyoneagreed that this should becomean annual event.


Westsiders hope to start strolling tradition

Sandhills Harmony Bass Section Grace Snelgrove, Joan B.Smith, Betty Suther and Joan Bruno.

It’s a new year, we have newmusic and we want to make anew start by adding more newvoices!

If you enjoy singing, pleasecome to one of our rehearsalsand find out if you’d like to singwith us! Sandhills Harmony is justa year old and we have a goodcore of enthusiastic ladies whowant to share the enjoymentwith you.

Whether you sing high, lowor right in the middle, there is acomfortable place for you. OurBass Section would love to havesome more low voices to jointhem.

Rehearsals are on Thursdays,7:00 to 9:00 pm at BrownsonMemorial Church in SouthernPines. Come listen and singwith us! For more information callJoan Smith at 692-9105.

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DaVinci Code is Pauley topic“Truth and Fiction in the DaVinci Code” will be the topic

explored by Dr. Bart Ehrman, Chair of the Department of Reli-gious Studies at UNC-CH in the Thursday, January 19 Ruth PauleyLecture.

The talk will be in Owens Auditorium on the Sandhills Com-munity College campus in Pinehurst at 7:30 pm. Admission isfree and open to the public with no tickets required.

Dr. Ehrman will give another lecture that day at 4:00 pm onthe Sandhills campus entitled “The New Testament?”

This is also free and open to the public. Contact the Collegefor location.


The Golf Capital Chorus haselected its Board for 2006. Mem-bers are: John Moulds, President,Neil MacDonald, Executive VP,Bob Young, Secretary, Alan Lan-gley, Treasurer, Lee Grant, Imme-diate Past President, Larry Har-ter, Membership, Bill Settles,Music and Performance, RonSickenberger, Programs, SkipRagland, Marketing and PR,Jerry Ritter, Quartet Develop-m e n t , L o w e l l L a r s o n ,Music/Librarian, Dick Curl, 2006Show Chair, and John Arnold,

Ombudsman. Four members ofthe Board are Seven Lakers—Neil MacDonald, Bill Settles,Ron Sickenberger and SkipRagland.

John Moulds, the new presi-dent of the Chorus, is extreme-ly proud of the accomplishmentsof the Chorus. “We are enteringour 26th year and over the yearsI have been a member, I haveseen the contributions this won-derful group of men have madeto the Sandhills community.Thegroup has donated over $170,000

to the charities they support.Almost all of those charities are

related to children. The atten-dance at annual concer tsincreased so much it is mostlysold out each year. Ads boughtby local businesses in the con-cert program increase year byyear thanks to the support ofbusiness people who not onlyappreciate what the Chorusdoes for the kids, but who are will-ing to be part of that effort.

Having seen the faces of peo-ple in hospitals and retirement

communities and businessesand parties, and civic groupswho have allowed the groupsto sing for them and makeseveryone proud that singing canbring such pleasure to peoplewith music.

“In February, a number of bar-bershop quartets will be singing

to loved ones throughout theSandhills as the Chorus con-ducts their Singing Valentines pro-gram. If any reader would like avisit by one of the quartets tosomeone special, just give the‘Cupid Meister’ Dick Curl a callat 215-9796.

Golf Capital Chorus elects new board

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by Elizabeth Schettler Two of Foxfire Village's newest

residents, Beckie Pahner andGinny Wiedner, arranged a fes-tive holiday party at the Club-house for all the Villagers, onWednesday evening, midwaybetween Christmas and NewYear's Eve. Christmas trees in

each of the two main rooms,clever decorations on all thetables, and a glowing fire wel-comed the party-goers. A longtable was laden with tempting hotand cold hors d'oeuvres, all pre-pared by Foxfire Village cooks.

While the crowd enjoyed thefood and drinks, they were enter-

tained by the very talented Beck-ie Pahner, as she sang con-temporary hit songs, accompa-nying herself on her keyboard.For the remainder of the evening,led by Ginny Wiedner and KurtPahner, and accompanied byBeckie, the crowd joined in thesinging of popular Christmassongs and traditional carols.

Village celebrates season

7 Lakes ResidentsCindy Burke & Ronnie Williams say:

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Natural History Society to meetThe Sandhills Natural History Society will meet on Tuesday,

January 24 at 7:00 pm at Penick Village.Come island-hopping with Kerry Brust and Jessie Schillaci to

learn about Hawaiian birds as they share their experiences fromthis tropical paradise. Call 692-2167 for more information.

John Christian Schmidt II, 82,of North Logan, Utah, formerlyof Seven Lakes, died Saturday,December 24 at Logan Region-al Hospital, Logan, Utah.

A memorial service is beingplanned for late winter 2006 atWest End Presbyterian Church.A remembrance gathering washeld at the home of his son,John (Jack) Christian Schmidt III,at 1350 East 1700 North, NorthLogan, Utah, on Wednesday,January 4.

Mr. Schmidt was born in WestNew York, New Jersey, andserved in World War II in theArmy Air Corps from 1942-1945where he rose to the rank ofstaff sergeant.

He worked as a businessmachine repairman for IBM for34 years, and he and his wiferetired from New Jersey to SevenLakes, where they lived for 13years.They moved to Pioneer Val-ley Lodge, North Logan, Utah, inSeptember 2005 to be near theirson.

Mr. Schmidt served on theBoards of Trustees of TrinityMethodist Church, Rahway, NewJersey, and Union Vil lageMethodist Church, BerkeleyHeights, NJ. He was a deaconof West End Presbyterian Church.He was also a diligent volun-teer for New Providence Presby-terian Church, New Providence,N.J. Throughout his years ofactive retirement in North Car-olina, he was a volunteer forFirstHealth Moore Regional Hos-pital and the Coalition for HumanCare.

He is survived by his wife,Jean Muriel McDonnell Schmidt;his son, John (Jack) ChristianSchmidt III; and his sister, JeanSchmidt Henning, of SevenLakes.

Nelson Funeral Home ofLogan, Utah, handled thearrangements.

John Michael McCarn, 52, ofSeven Lakes, died TuesdayDecember 27 at FirstHealthMoore Regional Hospital in Pine-hurst.

Mr. McCarn was born in David-son County to the late TommieJoe McCarn. He was a U.S.Marine Corps veteran andworked for 21 years at Collins-Aikman in Troy. He enjoyed fish-ing, hunting, and NASCAR andwas an avid North Carolina Tar

Heel fan.Funeral services were held

at 2:00 pm Thursday, December29 at Community Friends Church.The Rev. Todd Brown officiat-ed. Burial was in the churchcemetery.

Surviving are his wife, CarolAnn Watson McCarn; a son,John Michael McCarn II of SevenLakes; a daughter, MelissaMcCarn of Troy; brothers, TommyMcCarn and Johnny EdwardByerly, both of Thomasville,Tommy Byerly of Trinity; a sister,Peggy Bruton of Thomasville;and two grandchildren, Autumnand Joseph.

Memorials may be made toCommunity Friends Church, POBox 813, Carthage, NC 28327.Boles Funeral Home and Crema-tory of Seven Lakes assistedthe family.

Joseph Glenwood Jenkins,83, of Aberdeen, died Wednes-day, December 28, at PinehurstHealthcare and Rehabilitation

Center.Mr. Jenkins was born in

Greenville to the late WalterJenkins and Edna Clapp Jenk-ins. He attended Brevard Collegeand served in the Naval Air Corpduring World War II.

He received a B.A. and Mas-ter’s in business education fromEast Carolina University. Hetaught in the Pinehurst schoolsfor many years and later wasin charge of education for tuber-cular students at McCain San-itarium. After 30 years of teach-ing, he retired from the HokeCounty School System.

Mr. Jenkins was an early mem-ber of the Church of Jesus Christof Latter-Day Saints in Greenvilleand in Moore County, a memberof the Raeford Kiwanis Cluband was active in the CivilDefense program of the 1960sin Hoke County. He also servedas a Boy Scout leader in Mooreand Hoke Counties.

Funeral services were heldSaturday, December 31 at the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Southern Pines withLarry Lyerly officiating. Burialwas at Bethesda Cemetery inAberdeen.

Mr. Jenkins is survived by his

wife, Betty Gregory Jenkins; hisdaughter, Becky Jenkins Bru-ton of Ashburn, VA; a stepson,Ronnie Gregory of Wil lowSprings.


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Stuart Row Childs, 82 ofCharlotte, died on Tuesday, Jan-uary 3, at Carolina Medical Cen-ter after a brief illness. He wasthe son of Theron Arthur Childsand Gertrude Row Childs.

Mr. Childs was a man for allseasons. As a quintessentialmember of the The GreatestGeneration, during World War II,he joined the Army Air Corp.His career included flying heav-ily loaded supply aircraft overthe “hump” delivering suppliesfrom Burma to China over theHimalayas. He continued in the

service of his country as a com-bat fighter during the KoreanConflict. He ended his militarycareer as chief test pilot for fight-er aircraft at Edwards Air ForceBase in California. During thoseyears he knew more about fly-ing jet fighters than any manalive, but, deflecting accoladesfrom himself, he always sentother test pilots under his com-mand to such sought after assign-ments as the annual Paris AirShow.

Upon his separation from theservice, Mr. Childs went to theUniversity of North Carolina LawSchool. After graduation, hebecome an attorney in Char-lotte, practicing with Childs and

Shannonhouse for over thirtyyears.

A memorial service will beheld on Friday, January 6 atChrist Episcopal Church onProvidence Road in Charlotte.

Mr. Childs was preceded indeath by his wife Irene StreetChilds.

Survivors include his sisters,June Childs Alexander of Char-lotte, and Grace Childs Kirk-patrick of Seven Lakes.

Memorial contributions maybe made to the Bob Allen Memo-rial Scholarship Fund, Office ofAdmissions, Appalachian StateUniversity, Box 32004, Boone, NC28608.


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The next Seven Lakes Forumis scheduled for Thursday, Jan-uary 19, 2006 on the upper levelof the West Side Park Commu-nity Center.

As agreed to by the atten-dees at the initial session, refresh-ments will be available at 9:00am, with the formal sessionbeginning at 9:15 am. All womenand men from Seven Lakes,and their guests, are invited toattend.

As a result of a brief discussionby the planning committee, itwas agreed that the initial forumwould be conducted jointly byDon Welch and Fran Stark, bothresidents of Seven Lakes. Thetopic to be presented is enti-tled “Religious Diversity andReligion in the Schools.”

The ‘format’ for this Forum,and also for the on-going ses-sions to be conducted on amonthly basis, calls for the pre-senters to address conceptsand information related to thetopic.

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January 27, 28 and 29, at the his-toric Sunrise Theater in South-ern Pines, audiences in theSandhills area will have a rareopportunity to see a show thatwas created in North Carolina bya North Carolina native, thathas toured the country for almost

two years and is bound for NewYork at the invitation of the Shu-bert Organization.

Every artist – an actor, a writer,a poet, a composer, a singer, apainter – or to quote Hemingwayin the play, “what-have-you” –they’re all trying to find that onespecial artistic outing that willallow them to effect an audi-

ence in a positive and creativeway.

As an actor, I had often won-dered if I had the discipline towrite a play. Over the years, I hadwritten a film documentary, anumber of commercials andbusiness films and even a cou-ple of screenplays.

During my career as an actorI had also worked in Hollywoodas a “paid writer” for the original“Hollywood Squares.” But evenif you put all this together, itwould in no way equal the writ-ing of a play!

The idea of putting together myown show came about whenMichael C. Sapp, the ExecutiveDirector of the Odell WilliamsonTheater, being aware of my pro-fessional theatrical background

and exposure in film and televi-sion, insisted that I give somethought to doing a one-manshow. My first love has alwaysbeen the theatre, so I beganthe process of trying to find apiece of material that I thoughtaudiences would enjoy and thatproducers and presenters oftheatre around the country wouldfind interesting.

At this time, Peter Lawrence,a friend and well known suc-cessful screenwriter called mefrom out of the blue from Califor-nia and asked if I would playErnest “Papa” Hemingway forhim in an upcoming project ifthey could get the financestogether. I told Peter I’d love towork with him but I didn’t thinkI looked anything like Hemingway.

Peter replied in his best andoriginal British accent, “Jordan,grow a bloody beard lad andlook in the mirror. I’ve know youfor a number of years and youbear a striking resemblance toHemingway.” Peter was right.

I went to the library and beganto read various books about thisprolific writer. I researched booksabout Hemingway by A.E. Hotch-ner, Kenneth Lynn, GregoryHemingway (one of his sons), H.Lea Lawrence, Jeffrey Meyersand Ernest Hemingway on Writ-ing – Edited by Larry W. Phillips.I conceived an idea of how theplay might work in order to coverHemingway’s life. I then called avery good friend and writer, KenVose. (Ken’s writing credits are

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(See “Papa,” p. 11)

Fats Waller once defined“swing” as “two-thirds rhythmand one-third soul.” And that isjust what you are going to feelwhen Moore OnStage bringsthat exciting period in Ameri-can music to the Sunrise Theatrewith the Broadway musical“Swing!”

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I presented Ken with my ideaand asked if he would considerworking on the project with me.As it turned out, my friend, Mr.Ken Vose was a big fan of Hem-ingway’s work, knew a greatdeal about “Papa” and even hadsome recordings of Hemingwaydoing readings of his work, someof it unpublished. Our odysseybegan. During our researchwe found many facts about Hem-ingway’s life that were not com-monly known by the public.

Ken and I began to write ourfirst draft in July 2001. I had anidea to bridge the scenes in theplay with music that would be writ-ten and sung by actress/singerLynn Moore. Ken had a betteridea.

Lynn Moore would portrayeach of the five women in Hem-ingway’s life and each segmentof the play would begin withone of the five women. Shebegan her own research of thewomen and brought life to eachby reading a number of booksabout each woman. Her researchincluded books by Bernice Kert,Alice Hunt Sokoloff, CarolineMoorehead and Hemingway’slast wife, Mary Welsh Heming-way.

We now had our one-man,two character play about thelife and loves of Ernest Heming-way. In January of 2002, withMichael C. Sapp guiding thedirection of the play, “PAPA” theman, the myth, the legend beganrehearsals.

We will take the play to NewYork in the spring of 2006. Don’tmiss your opportunity to see

this special entertainment eventthat is being done to benefit theArts Council of Moore Countyand the Sandhills Theater Com-pany.Tickets may be purchasedby calling the Arts Council at910-692-4356. Performanceswill be held Friday and Saturday,

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Seven Lakes Times January 6, 2006 ARTS

Local Pinehurst entertainerBarron Maness will perform inconcert on two consecutivenights, Friday, January 27 andSaturday, January 28, 2006 at7:30 pm at Owens Auditorium onthe campus of Sandhills Commu-nity College, Airport Road inPinehurst.

In addition to the music ofFrank Sinatra, and other bigband vocalists, Maness demon-strates his versatility with oldiesby Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison,The Carpenters, and Three DogNight.

Maness who has been singing

since he was five, got a bigcareer boost in the spring of2005 when he competed in theFOX 50 TV “Gimme the Mike”competition in Raleigh, the localversion of FOX Network’s “Amer-ica Idol.”

Maness is the son of Bobbyand Betty Maness of Seagrove,where he and his four siblingsgrew up.

Since early childhood, he hasbeen performing in church choirs,as a soloist and with Gospelquartets. His credits include per-formances in the 1995 Nation-al Contemporary Christian Music

Competition in Nashville wherehe reached the finals.

“God has blessed me with somuch in life, a Mom and Dad andfamily who have provided mewith a Christian home full oflove, guidance and support.Whether I’m performing themajestic sounds of a big showtune with full orchestra, a tenderballad with acoustic guitar, ora heart touching Christian songwith just the piano, I always feelcomfortable.”

Maness is a graduate of NorthMoore High School and the Uni-versity of North Carolina atChapel Hill. In addition to hismusic and drama talents, he isan avid basketball player anddiehard Tar Heel basketball fan.“One of my goals musically, is to

someday sing the NationalAnthem at the Dean Dome” saidBarron. He has been an employ-ee of Carolina Farm Credit for 14years, the past three years asmanager of the Carthage office.

The Barron Maness Concertfeatures the Bourbon StreetBand with locals Dave Almondand Bobby Johnson of Sanfordand the Carolina Girls, KimBrown, Melanie McLeod andBarron’s sister Pamela Maness,all from central North Carolina.

Most of the musicians on stagehave performed with Barron atvenues across the state, includ-ing the Temple Theatre and LeeCounty Performing Arts Centerin Sanford, the Miss North Car-olina Scholarship Pageant inRaleigh, the Grove Park Inn in

Asheville, and the first BarronManess Concert at SandhillsCommunity College, in front ofa sellout crowd in the winter of2003.

A new Barron Maness CDhas just been released entitled“kick in the head” a SammyCahn and Jimmy Van Heusen bigband vocal made popular byDean Martin.

Barron Maness’ new CD andconcert tickets are available atwww.barronmaness.com, TheCountry Bookshop in SouthernPines, Almond’s Music in San-ford, and by phone at 910-947-6754.

Tickets are $15.00 each andpreferred seating is available toearly ticket purchasers.

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“Swing!” opens on Friday, Feb-ruary 3 at the Sunrise Theatreand plays February 3 and 4 at7:30 pm and February 5 at 2:00pm. After a couple of days off,it reopens on Thursday, Febru-ary 9 for two shows at 2:00 and7:30 pm. Then plays on Febru-ary 10 and 11 at 7:30 pm andclosing on Sunday, February12 at 2:00 pm.

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siders continued access to SLLArecreation programs and ameni-ties and SLLA members withaccess to Westside amenities.Cash payments were not a partof the deal.

With the support of SevenLakes community organizations,the Moore County PlanningBoard approved rezoning of theparcel at the corner of DeadMan’s Curve Road and NC High-way 211 to Village Business.

Seven Lakes-West End Busi-ness Guild President Tyler Hor-ney reported that membershiprenewals for 2005 were runningahead of schedule.

The Foxfire Village Counciladopted technical changes tovillage ordinances in order toallow the village to levy finesfor various infractions.

The Seven Lakes ComputerClub named Melva Johnston itsPresident.

February deaths includedGlenn R. Berner and WinthropDamon Follansbee, Jr.

MarchA late-night, single car accident

in Seven Lakes North involvinga young driver, excessive speed,and — possibly — alcohol, result-ed in a temporary ban on the pos-session of alcohol on SLLAproperty.

Members of the Seven LakesLandowners Assoc ia t ion

approved a $50 across the boarddues increase and elected DonTruesdell, Jack Fathauer, RonRichmond, and Jeff Herman totheir board of directors at anannual meeting held March 20.In an organizational meetingheld immediately after the annu-al meeting, Fathauer was re-elected SLLA President.T. RayJackson was named SLLA Cit-izen of the Year.

On the same day the SevenLakes West Landowners Asso-ciation approved a budget withno dues increase and elected BillParker, Hugh Beckwith, andLaud Pitt to their board. JimMeikle was elected board pres-ident in a March 29 organization-al meeting of the new board.

A state inspection of Northsidedams revealed some seepageproblems on Echo Dam, prompt-ing an order from the state thatthe SLLA have the dam inspect-ed in order to determine theneed for repairs.

Vandals damaged bridles and

other equestrian equipment afterbreaking into the SLLA stable’stack room.

McDonald Brothers won coun-ty approval for the extension ofa rail line into a parcel that liesbetween Seven Lakes West andNC Highway 211 to support alumber distribution facility.

The county took several SevenLakes wells offline after findingradium levels in their water thatexceeded EPA standards. Themove increased Seven Lakes’reliance on water pumped infrom the Pinehurst system.

The Foxfire Village Councilapproved a streetscape planwith the goal of having new sig-nage in place in the village beforethe US Open in June.

March deaths includes EdwardM.Yedziniak, Carmen M. Pierce,and Ted Northrup.

AprilState Representative Richard

Morgan held a public hearingin the North Clubhouse to gath-

er input on a proposed amend-ment to North Carolina Gener-al Statutes that would explicitlygive authority to Moore CountySheriff’s Deputies, state troop-ers, and other officers to enforcetraffic regulations on the roadsof Seven Lakes North and South.Those attending the meetingexpressed overwhelming supportfor the amendment, which waspassed by the General Assem-

bly later in the month.A group of eight Westsiders

opposed to jetboats on LakeAuman offered a coordinatedpresentation on the subject dur-ing the SLWLA’s April generalmeeting.

The SLLA asked for help fromthe law enforcement arm of theMoore County ABC board tohelp control underage drinking

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Seven Lakes Times January 6, 2006 WHATS WHEN

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Meeting – 10:00 am, at TheCommunity PresbyterianChurch, 125 Everette Road,Pinehurst. The GuestSpeaker will be KathrynSells who is with theMATCH program of theWomen’s Prison in Raleigh.Lunch with program.Everyone is invited toattend. Questions or in needof baby sitting, please callJacque Klimack, Presidentat 281-0129.

• North Carolina Clay: Pastand Present – on goingexhibit. 10:00 to 4:00 pmdaily. Seagrove, NC PotteryCenter. 336-873-8430.

• War on Terror – throughDecember 2005. Fayet-teville. Airborne and SpecialOperations Museum. 866-547-0649.

MM OO NN DD AA YY ,, JJ AA NN UU AA RR YY 99• Sandhills Chapter 1895

National Active andRetired Federal Employ-ees (NARFE) Association– 10:30 am, at CommunityCongregational Church, 141N. Bennett St., in SouthernPines. Additional informa-tion about NARFE isavailable, call Peter Feeney695-1554 or GeorgeLeVander 895-9657.

TT UU EE SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AA NN UU AA RR YY 11 00• Computer Club of Seven

Lakes – 3:00 pm, GameRoom next to North SideLandowners’ Office. BrianHudson, The PC Doctor, willpresent “Speed It Up” foryour computer.

• School District CalendarMeeting – 7:00 pm, MooreCounty Schools will hold apublic Calendar Meeting inthe Board room of thecentral office in Carthage.The purpose of the meetingis to allow public input in thedevelopment of 2006-2007calendars for traditional andyear-round schools.

WWEEDD NN EE SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AANN UUAARR YY 11 11• Project Linus Fleece

Workshop - 10:00 am –3:00 pm in the Seven LakesNorth Clubhouse. Comeanytime during the sched-uled hours. Bring sharpscissors and small pieces ofsoap for marking material.Pack a lunch. Dessert and

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TTHH UURR SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AANN UUAARR YY 11 22• Seven Lakes Garden Club –

7:30 pm, at theNorth Clubhouse.

BillyGray

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• Moore County LiteracyCouncil – new tutor orienta-tion, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm at175 W New Hampshire St.in Southern Pines. There isno charge. Call Pam, 692-5954 for your reservation.

SS AATTUURR DD AA YY ,, JJ AANN UUAARR YY 11 44• Contradance at West End

Gym – 137 Old West EndSchool Road off Hwy 211.

Lessons at 7:00, dancefrom 7:30 to 10:30 pm.Band – Gidney & Cloyd.Caller – Kenny Greer.Beginners welcome. Nopartner necessary. Admis-sion – $6 members, $8 non-

members, $5students 16

and over,$3 for ages12-15,childrenunder 12free. Fordanceinformation,call 910-

690-1098.

TT UU EE SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AA NN UU AA RR YY 11 77• League of Women Voters

Luncheon – 11:30 am.Open to the public. Topic:“The Patriot Act & how itsuse may limit our civilliberties” Guest Speaker -Patricia L. T. Camp, Lawyer,Teacher, Writer, and CivilLiberties Expert PaddockRestaurant, LongleafCountry Club, MidlandRoad, Southern Pines. $12.Checks only. To reserve

your seat call: NormaSullins 910-673-3980 byFri., Jan. 13. Non-membersmust be pre-paid by samedate. Mail your checks to:LWVMC, 4026 Seven LakesWest, West End, NC 27376

WWEEDD NN EE SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AANN UUAARR YY 11 88• Newcomer’s Meeting –

7:30 pm, welcome to allresidents who have movedto the community this pastyear. Program will featurevolunteer opportunities andactivities available in the

area. Representatives fromlocal clubs and organiza-tions will greet you. CallTinkie Petterson 673-1742.

• Two Act Play: Deathtrap,by Ira Levin – at TheSunrise Theatre on January18, 19, 20, 21 at 8:00 pmand January 22 at 2:30 pm.For tickets910-690-9069.

TT HH UURR SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AANN UUAARR YY 11 99• Seven Lakes Forum –

refreshments will be avail-able at 9:00 am, with theformal session beginning at

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9:15 am, on the upper levelof the West Side ParkCommunity Center. Con-ducted jointly by Don Welchand Fran Stark. The topic isentitled “Religious Diversityand Religion in theSchools.” For furtherinformation, please contactDon Welch 673-6701 or BillMamel 673-8970.

• Seven Lakes LandownersAssociation – 2:00 pm,Board meeting, NorthClubhouse, Board room.

• Ruth Pauley LectureSeries – 7:30 pm, “Truthand Fiction in the DaVinciCode” explored by Dr. BartEhrman, Chair of theDepartment of ReligiousStudies at UNC-CH. OwensAuditorium, SandhillsCommunity College. Free –open to the public. Dr.Ehrman will give anotherlecture that day at 4:00 pmon the Sandhills campusentitled “The New Testa-ment?” Free and open tothe public. Contact Collegefor location. 910-245-3132.

• Windham Hill WinterSolstice – 8:00 pm, $12-$20. Windham Hill knownaround the world for itsmusical mastery. At UNC-Pembroke. 910-531-6361.

• Literacy Tutor Workshop –9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Trainingworkshop at 175 W. NewHampshire Avenue, South-ern Pines, 692-5954. Nexttraining date is January 26,9:00 am - 4:00 pm Makethis the year you teachsomeone to read.

TT UU EE SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AA NN UU AA RR YY 22 44• Seven Lakes West

Landowners Association– 7:30 pm, General Meet-ing, West Side Park Com-munity Center.

• Sandhills Natural HistorySociety – 7:00 pm atPenick Village. Kerry Brustand Jessie Schillaci will talkabout Hawaiian birds asthey share their experiencesfrom this tropical paradise.Call 692-2167.

WWEEDD NN EE SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AANN UUAARR YY 22 55• Project Linus Fleece

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• Wacky Wednesday withHome Choice Network –11:30 am – 1:00 pm. $3 perperson. A home and room

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• Seven Lakes LandownersAssociation – 7:30 pm,General Meeting, NorthClubhouse.

TT HH UU RR SS DD AA YY ,, JJ AA NN UU AA RR YY 22 66• Book Group – 7:00 pm, at

Bookshop by the Lakes. Thegroup will discuss Snow byOrhan Pamuk. CoffeeScene will be open for thediscussion.

FF RR II DD AA YY ,, JJ AA NN UU AA RR YY 22 77• “Papa” Hemingway – A

new play about the life andloves of Ernest Hemingway.At the Sunrise Theater forthree performances tobenefit The Arts Council ofMoore County and TheSandhills Theatre Company.Performances will be onFriday & Saturday the 27 &28 at 8:00 pm and a Sunday

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in Seven Lakes.Westsider Steven Tableman

was awarded the Bronze Star forhis service in Afghanistan.

Ann and Steve Bennett openedthe Karry Out Kitchen in West

End.St. Mary Magdalene Episco-

pal Church celebrated the con-secration of their sanctuary onSeven Lakes Drive. DoreenSmith was appointed executivesecretary of Seven Lakes Chapel

in the Pines.Lisa Gorenflo was named

Teacher of the Year at West EndElementary school; Shelia Wil-son was named Teacher’s Assis-tant of the Year.

Helen Munro and Susan Petrie

were awarded Foxfire Village’sSteiner-Stempel Public ServiceAward.

April deaths included Jane G.Hinkel and Curtis Stanley Wilson,Sr.

MayGS Communities began its

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(See “July,” p. 17)

ry of unsold lots, aside fromthose in Morganwood, to anindividual investor.

The SLWLA board voted toban jet boats on Lake Auman andannounced the formation of acommittee to develop a strate-gic plan for the management ofLake Auman.

The SLLA board approvedthe installation of speed humpson the Lake Sequoia dam road-way in order to slow traffic acrossthe dam.

Foxfire Village won a $246,000matching grant from the NorthCarolina Parks and RecreationTrust Fund [NCPARTF] for theconstruction of the Village Greenmunicipal park.

The Seven Lakes Kiwanishonored Ginny Richmond andFrank Hayes with their Humanand Spiritual values award.

A Foxfire Village effort to haveundeveloped lots cleaned upresulted in the the cleanup of 76of 80 targeted lots.

Deaths in May included LoisMarie Wood Vaughn, Arthur G.Carlson, Jr., Wendell BrantleyKelly, Jr, and Helen RichardsonNorris Hedman.

JuneSouthside resident Bradly Felix

was awarded a Silver Star forbravery in action in Afghanistan.

In a surprise decision MooreCounty Commissioners votedto drop the county ad valoren taxrate by two cents per hundreddollars of valuation.

The deal that would replace GSCommunities as Westside devel-oper unraveled and then cameback together, as Realtors®Martha and Peyton Gentryteamed with builders Kathy andBob Van Houten — all residentsof Seven Lakes West — toreplace Pinehurst builder RonJackson as the buyer in thedeal.

Linda Tableman, who hadserved as legal director on theSLWLA board, resigned, say-ing she had been inappropri-ately excluded from negotia-tions concerning the MasterAssociation and SLWLA’s rela-tionship with the developer.

Westsiders debated whetherresidents should be encouragedto approach neighbors who vio-late rules directly, rather thanimmediately reporting the infrac-

tion to the SLWLA office.SLLA Maintenance Director

Don Truesdell announced that theassociation would forego theaddition of one- full-time andthree part-time summer mainte-nance workers, saving the asso-ciation $54,000.

Foxfire residents faced high-er water rates but no increase inproperty taxes in a 2005-2006budget passed by the villagecouncil.

ABC Law enforcement offi-cers raided a Southside party andcited five for underage drink-ing.

Seven Lakes native Lisa Mace,Miss Moore County, competedfor the Miss North Carolina crownin Raleigh.

N o r t h s i d e r Ke n H o d g escreened a video production onthe history of West End at theWest End Presbyterian Churchto a full house and glowingreviews.

The Seven Lakes branch ofProject Linus delivered its fivethousandth blanket to needychildren.

Seven Lakes Body Imageopened in Seven Lakes Plazashopping center.

Tours of a Progressive Farmer“Idea House” opened in McLen-don Hills.

June deaths included CharlesWilliam Jack, Linda S. Docking,William (Bill) H. Evans, William

Anthony Locke, and Robert Fran-cis Hannaway.

JulyIn a work session of the board

of the Seven Lakes LandownersAssociation, Director LorenSwearingen asked the board todisband the Seven Lakes Com-pany Police Department, touch-ing off a debate that ragedthrough the end of the year.Swearingen proposed replac-ing company police with a con-tract with the Moore CountySheriff’s Office that would ded-icate a sher iff ’s deputy topatrolling the North and SouthSides for 40 hours per week.

The idea was defeated in a 4-to-2 vote of the board.

SLLA President Jack Fathauerremoved responsibility for Com-pany Police from Swearingen’sportfolio as a director, givingthat responsibility to Jeff Hermanand leaving Swearingen withsecurity.

The SLLA board also enacteda ban on skateboarding in thearea around the LandownersOffice, North Clubhouse, and

North Mailhouse.Seven Lakes West filed a for-

mal objection to new FederalEmergency Management Agency[FEMA] Flood Plain InsuranceRate Maps that placed LakeAuman waterfront properties inthe one hundred year flood plan.

Southsider Dave Kinney, Pres-ident of the Seven Lakes CivicGroup, was named to the MooreCounty Planning Board.


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County Commissioners wereintroduced to the idea of SmallArea Planning, in which a land-use plan is developed for areassmaller than the county as awhole. It appeared that the arearound Seven Lakes and WestEnd might be one of the first towhich the process would beapplied.

The Seven Lakes Chapel in thePines named Don Welch theirresident minister.

Howie Pierce received theStickley award from the SandhillsLions Club. The Seven LakesKiwanis Club netted nearly$13,000 for charitable causes bymanning a food tent during theUS Open.

Rick and Kimberly Camp ofVass purchased the CoffeeScene in Seven Lakes Busi-ness Village.

Deaths included Evelyn M.Tyburski, A. Scott Jordan, andThelma R. Cipcer.

AugustA new citizens’ group formed

around the Company Police

issue and fielded a controversialpoll on the issue in an Augustissue of The Times.

A committee led by Bud Salesand Paul Kirst won SLWLA boardapproval of a roadmap for cre-ating a strategic plan for LakeAuman.

Judith Douglas took over asprincipal at West End Elemen-tary School.

Bob and Nadene Petersonopened a counseling practicein the Southpark Office Buildingon Seven Lakes Drive.

The Foxfire Village Councilapproved the final contract withNCPARTF to accept a grant forthe construction of the VillageGreen municipal park.

The West End PresbyterianChurch welcomed the ReverendNancy DeVries as their interimminister

Deaths included Diane C. Har-man, Jean Wilson Fox, andPhillip Dominic McConnell.

SeptemberThe SLLA board for the sec-

ond time turned away a motionto disband the community’s com-

pany police department, thoughit began to appear that the boardwould turn to a vote of the mem-bership to finally resolve thematter. Tempers flared amongboard members and the publicover the issue during the SLLAgeneral meeting on September28.

Seven Lakes West successful-ly made its case against newflood plain insurance maps pro-posed by FEMA, lifting the threatthat many waterfont propertyowners would have to pay addi-tional premiums for flood insur-ance.

The SLLA determined that acommunity-wide protest of thenew maps was not advisable.

Northside lakefront lot ownersmay have to address the issueon a lot-by-lot basis once thenew maps become official.

The SLLA and SLWLA formeda joint committee to challenge thejurisdiction of North CarolinaWildlife Resources Commissionofficers on community lakes. Anew sergeant in charge of thearea had ordered patrols onLake Sequoia and Lake Aumanin late August, surprising boatersand community leaders.

The Seven Lakes West EndBusiness Guild’s Meet the Mer-chnats night drew a record crowdof over 1200 people to the SevenLakes Business District for enter-tainment, refreshments, and

merchant displays.An Aberdeen-based develop-

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Jennifer Dwiggins opened anew real estate office on High-way 211 in West End, and SevenLakes Marine expanded its facil-ity in order to better handle fiber-glass and gelcoat repairs. FirstBank Seven Lakes celebrated itstwenty-seventh anniversary withan ice cream social for the com-munity.

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Small Area Planning processproposed by the county plan-ning department and supportedby the Seven Lakes Civic Group.Commissioners asked countyplanners to run the idea pastthe planing board before movingahead.

Deaths included Carl RobertHorton and Robert FieldingSmith.

OctoberThe SLLA Board — in a rare

vote taken in a general session— voted to conduct a binding ref-erendum on whether to disbandthe SLLA Company Policedepartment.

During that meeting, DirectorDon Truesdell suggested thatthe cost of repairs to Echo Dam,including the necessary engi-neering service, could total$50,000 to $100,000 and that thecost of repaving communityroads could total $1.3 million.

Westsiders, during the SLWLAGeneral Meeting, debated aboard proposal that would have

charged landowners $120 ayear to store a trailer and $300per year to store an RV in thenew Westside trailer storage lot.

Foxfire Village broke ground forthe Village Green municipal parkin a celebration that attractedmore than 100 residents.

The Moore County PlanningBoard enthusiastically endorsedthe concept of Small Area Plan-ning after a presentation byPlanning Director Andrea Surratt.

Landmark Homes and Real-ty at Seven Lakes opened anew office on Highway 211 at thetraffic light in Seven Lakes.

NovemberSpeaking the the Sandhills

Lions Club at the Seven LakesNorth Clubhouse, Moore Coun-ty Sheriff Lane Carter pledgedto provide traffic and other lawenforcement in Seven Lakes asneeded should the communitydecide to disband its companypolice force.

The SLLA mailed out ballotsfor a company police vote andcalled for a special meeting to

decide the issue on December11. Meanwhile, the SLLA Boardhired a second company policeofficer, Todd Maness, carryingthrough with a decision the boardmade back in January.

Joe Harsany, Wally Peckitt,and Ed Phillips won reelection tothe Foxfire Village council in anuncontested election that attract-ed just three dozen voters. Vil-lage Finance Officer SusanShuster announced her resigna-tion to take a job with the Villageof Whispering Pines.

Dr. Barry Kavanaugh openeda new office for Seven LakesEye Care on Seven Lakes Drive.

Phil Cook of Carolina CarCare was elected President of theSeven lakes West End AreaBusiness Guild for 2006.

The Seven Lakes Times turned

twenty and announced the cre-ation of a website at www.sev-enlakestimes.net.

Deaths included Jason Mac-Gregor “Mack” Auman, Marilyn“Lynn” Gladys Ring Gorenflo,Vivienne Ulansy, Robert J.McClymonds, Elizabeth “Betty”Norris, and Laura Jane “Janie”Zegar.

DecemberSLLA members voted 64 per-

cent to 36 percent to disband thecommunity’s company policedepartment.The change is to takeeffect at the end of the associ-ation’s fiscal year, April 30.Thatdelay and the hiring of a secondcompany police officer a fewweeks prior to the vote, gener-ated a good deal of controversyat the December 14 general

meeting of the SLLA.Candidates for SLLA board

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Baked Orange French ToastIngredients:

8 slices French or Sourdoughbread

6 eggs, beaten

Grated rind of 1 orange2/3 cup orange juice1/3 cup Triple Sec or Orange

Liquor1 cup Half and Half (I use fat-

free)3 tablespoons sugar or

Splenda4 tablespoons butter

Confectioners sugarSpray a pan or casserole in

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new Westside lot at levels lowerthan had been originally pro-posed: $60 per year for trailersand $240 for RVs.

SLWLA board candidatesapproved by the SLWLA boardin its December work sessioninclude Ray MacKay, BlaineRowland, Betty Childers, MaryAnne Fewkes, Jo Nicholas, andDavid Carter.

Mayor Ed Phillips resignedfrom the Foxfire Village Council.

Gene Petrie was appointed to fillhis seat on the council andGeorge Erickson was electedmayor. Wally Peckitt was elect-ed Mayor Pro Tem.

After a special meeting onproposed renovations to thepool and tennis court complex,the Foxfire Village Council votedto seek another NCPARTF grantto fund the project.

The Moore County Board ofCommissioners honored Seven

Laker Kay Hodge for her serv-ice to Moore County, includingserving as the League of WomenVoters observer at Commission-ers meetings.

Whelan Realty celeberatedi t s f i f t h ann ive rsa r y andannounced its move to the South-park office complex on SevenLakes Drive.

Marcy and Greg Hankins ofThe Seven Lakes Times acquired

Bookshop by the Lakes in SevenLakes Business Village and relo-cated The Times offices to thebookshop.

Dr. Lionel Kuhn announcedhis retirement from his dentalpractice, which will be takenover by his partner, Dr. JenniferMassey.

Deaths included Dr. WilliamJames Hanham and Lola BaxaBonar.

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Lucy IngramSeven Lakes South

The paragraphs below areare based on handwritten reportsfiled by Seven Lakes Landown-ers Association [SLLA] securityofficers at the time of the incidentsreported and reports compiledby Seven Lakes Company PoliceChief Dennis Lombard. [TheTimes was provided with Com-pany Police reports throughDecember 17.]

December 14Security received an anony-

mous complaint about a roam-ing black Laborador Retriever.Thedog’s owner could not bereached, so the dog was turnedover to Moore County AnimalControl.

Security received an anony-mous call concerning a dogbarking on East Shenandoah.Security was unable to locate anybarking dog in the area.

December 15A resident reported a bark-

ing dog in a home on Cardinal.Security contacted the ownerto see if there was anything theowner could do to keep the dogquiet during the day.

December 16Chief Lombard responded to

a two-car motor vehicle acci-dent at the intersection of Edge-water and Shenandoah Drive. ASeven Lakes resident pulledonto the grassy shoulder at theintersection and exited her car,thinking she had put the trans-mission in park. The car wasstill in gear and began movingforward as the driver exited,knocking her to the ground andrunning over her legs beforetraveling across the intersec-tion to strike another vehicle.The resident was transportedto FirstHealth Moore RegionalHospital and cited for an unat-tended motor vehicle violation.

Patrol found a package onthe doorstep of a home while

doing a housecheck.The pack-age was delivered to the keyhold-er for the home.

Security patrol found a post-box open in the South mail-house and contacted the owner.

December 17A resident reported skate-

boarders on the tennis courts, butthere was no one at the tenniscourts when security patrol droveby to check.

A resident on Cardinal com-plained that an aggressive, small,white dog visits the neighborhoodevery night barking and wak-ing folks up. Security promisedto be on the lookout for the dog.

A resident on Dogwood calledthe North Gate at about 2:30am to complain of loud music inhis neighborhood. The gateguard contacted the MooreCounty Sheriff’s department. Adeputy responded and cruisedup and down Dogwood but heardno loud music.

A resident on Devonshirereported that her dog had gottenloose.

A resident on Sherwood report-ed that a loose Chow attemptedto attack his dog. Seven LakesCompany Police Chief DennisLombard was notified. He askedsecurity to attempt to trap the dog.

December 18A resident on West Devon-

shire reported a medium-sizeddark brown dog roaming in heryard.

December 19A resident on Birchwood com-

plained of a barking dog at aneighborhood home. The dogowner was contacted and

informed of the complaint.

December 20A resident on Pinecone report-

ed a roaming Jack Russell ter-rier. Seven Lakes CompanyPolice officers responded andpicked up the dog. The ownerlater claimed the animal afterpaying the $50 fine.

December 21At 10:35 am, the guard at the

south gatehouse observed anaccident between a commer-cial truck and an automobile atthe intersection of Dogwoodand Devonshire just inside theSouth Side entrance. Highwaypatrol was notified and an officerarrived at 11:23 am.There wereno injuries reported.

December 22A resident on Juniper called in

three complaints pertaining to theNorth Clubhouse. [Reports on thenature of those complaints wereomitted from the security reportsprovided to The Times.]

December 23Chief Lombard called the North

Gate to report that the stop signat Thistle and Firetree had beenvandalized.

A resident on Hastings report-ed that another resident of thearea was speeding down Hast-ings. He asked that security con-tact the speeder about obeyingthe speed limit.

December 24A resident on Cardinal report-

ed a stray gray cat, which secu-rity located and took to the hold-ing pen in the maintenance area.

A resident on Shenandoah

reported a roaming ChocolateLab, but security was unable tolocate the animal.

A resident on Firetree report-ed two black dogs roaming nearthe tennis courts, but security wasunable to locate the dogs.

December 25A resident on Amberwood

reported a paddleboat half sunk

in a cove on Lake Echo. Rovingpatrol was notified.

December 26No report.

December 27A fire was reported near the

North Clubhouse door; securitydispatched Chief Lombard to thescene.


SLLA security & police reports: 12/14–27

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Do any of you rememberEleanor Roosevelt’s newspa-per column “My Day?”

That remarkable First Ladywrote an informative daily columnabout her activities and thoughtswhile her husband was in theWhite House.

Well, I’m going to copy Mrs.Roosevelt’s idea inthis column.I’ll call it “MyChr is tmasWeek” withapologies toEleanor.

On Christ-mas Eve, Ionce againplayed SantaClaus for Bill and Jean Schmidt’sgrandsons, Ethan and Sam.After Christmas Eve dinner, Isnuck away from the party anddressed in the beautiful Santacostume that Jean had created.

I then appeared in the front

hallway with Christmas pres-ents in the sack over my shoul-der and called out a lot of Ho, Ho,Hoeing and words about Prancer.

Ethan and Sam are third andfirst graders and realized thatSanta bears a strong resem-blance to Ollie, the family friendwho earlier in the evening ate din-

ner with them. But they

participate in the Christmas cel-ebration with great joy. It’s funfor all.

The day after Christmas myson Jeff and daughter-in-lawRobin drove in from Cincinnati.We greeted each other with

hugs and great whoops of joy.My “kids” are good to me and

for me. Greg and Barb werewith me for Thanksgiving and theyalso provided a dinner party formy close friends. It’s wonderfulto be with them.

And every week day morn-ing Watts Auman, Dudley Craw-ford, and I meet at the farmright after breakfast for coffee,laughter, and conversation punc-tuated with whoops of joy.

During Christmas week weadmit various family members tothe club and serve them cof-fee and allow them to talk also.It’s a great way to start the daywith an hour or so of friendship.Now when Watts and Dudleyread this column they may expelme from the “club” for reveal-ing its existence. Golly, I hopenot.

And then day before yesterdaymy son and I went up to the

Seven Lakes Times

January 6, 2006 OPINIONCelebrating Christmas all week long

Back in 1940, H. JacksonBrown wrote a book for the ben-efit of his son (or maybe to makesome money). At any rate, thereis within the pages of Life’s Lit-tle Instruction Book a lot of real-ly good advice (511 total sugges-tions for one’s own good).

I can’t resist passing somealong:Compliment three people

every day. (What a greatway to get us looking for thegood in others and creatinggreater happiness in ourselves!)

Treat everyone like you wantto be treated. (Sounds likethe golden rule to me.)

Keep secrets. (People willtrust you and you won’t feelsneaky.)

Write thank you notes prompt-ly. (People who don’t, don’treally deserve the gift.)

Never give up on anybody.(Miracles happen everyday.)

Don’t waste time learning thetricks of the trade. Insteadlearn the trade.

Stop blaming others. Takeresponsibility for every areaof your life.

Never mention being on adiet. (If you lose great –people will notice).

Admit your mistakes. (Wouldthat our politicians could doso.)

Use your wit to amuse, notabuse. (Be gentle and kindwith humor.)

Be brave. Even if you’re not,pretend to be. People willnever know the difference.

Forget the Joneses. (Whowants to keep up?)

Tell your kids how terrific theyare and that you trust them.

(Best way to make it so.)Cherish your children for what

they are. Not for what youwant them to be.

Never buy something youdon’t need, just because it’s

on sale.Give peoplethe benefitof the doubt(You’ll behappier ifyou do.)Don’t usetime orwordscarelessly.

Neither can be retrieved.Look for opportunities to make

people feel important. (Thatis so easy to do, and can bea huge kindness.)

Don’t be afraid to say “I don’tknow.”

Don’t be afraid to say “I madea mistake.” (Don’t we all?)

Don’t be afraid to say “I needhelp.” (It’s usually a kind-ness to others to acceptwhat they are willing to give.

People like to be helpersand it raises their selfesteem.)

Don’t be afraid to say “I’msorry.I think the last four (the don’t

be afraid ones) are tremendous-ly important for all of us.What ablessing not to have to try to

be perfect and others will see usas far more lovable if we canadmit our fallibility.

God bless you all,and mayyour new year be as good as youcan make it. Remember, youhave the ability to control your per-ceptions. Do look to the half fullrather than the half empty glass.

Need some good advice? Try these for size.

Published every other Friday for residents & landownersof Seven Lakes, Foxfire, & McLendon Hills, NC

by Seven Lakes Times, LLC,P.O. Box 602, West End, NC 27376

910-673-0111 • 910-673-0210 (fax) • [email protected]

Publishers — Greg Hankins & Tom Hankins

Editor — Greg Hankins • Layout & Design — MarcyHankins

Founded in 1985 by Seven Lakes Times, Inc.J. Sherwood Dunham, Alfred C. Gent,

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IMESEVEN

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Ollie’sThoughts

Oliver Gossard

The Jolly Old Elf — William Samuel (Sam) Brenneman —Grandson of Bill and Jean Schmidt gives Santa a hug. Samthinks Ollie Gossard looks a lot like Santa — or Santa looks alot like Ollie!

(See “Ollie’s,” p. 23)

Nona’sNotes

Nona Wiley

I met a boy the other day. Aspecial one. He was standing onthe driveway of his home, along-side his mother.

He’s a 12-year old Boy Scoutwho wanted to do something –however small – for the victimsof the terrorist attacks. He wasabout to go on a mission, withthe help of two of his friends.Theboys had decided to collectdonations on the sidewalks ofdowntown Southern Pines.

“Thank you, sir!” the lad saidas I helped kick off the project.The clear, straightforward man-ner in which he delivered thewords still haunts me. He was soclean-cut, looking you straight inthe eye – far from the ruins of theWorld Trade Center.

Yes, children do have deeperfeelings than we grown-ups

sometimes realize.It was his idea, his feeling,

his urge to do something to help,and as I talked to the boy, stand-

ing there in his uniform, my mindflashed back to my scoutingyears and the Scout oath:

“On my honor, I will do mybest

To do my duty to God and my

country and to obey the ScoutLaw.

To help people at all times.To keep myself physically

strong, mentally awake,and morally straight.”

A s a b oy, Ibelieved deeply inwhat I was declar-ing, as I do eventoday.

As I was stand-ing there with him,my arm around hisshoulder, I fel tproud of this boy,almost to the point

of tears, as I shook his hand,wished him good luck, and left.

OPINION January 6, 2006 Seven Lakes Times

A boy I met the other day

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hardware store to purchase anelectric bracket for a lamp.Once in the store I was delight-ed to meet Mary Redding again.She is an old friend of minewho was active with me in theearly days of the Sandhills Lit-tle Theater. She now works inthe hardware store. Oh, we hada lot of delightful memories to talkabout, but not enough time.When you’re in the hardwarestore meet Marry Redding.She’s a delightful person.

During that Christmas week,I heard on public radio an inter-view with a young ex-army NCOwho has published a book ofpoetry based upon his experi-ences in Iraq. He read severalof his poems. One that particu-larly struck me was titled Bullet.It was a strong poem beautiful-ly written.

Of course with my mind, or lackof it, I can’t remember his nameor the title of his book. I want thatbook and so I wandered in to theBookshop by the Lakes. I wasdelighted to discover that Gregand Marcy Hankins now owna n d o p e r a t e t h a t s h o p .Delightful people. And now Ican stop in to see them withouthaving to climb the steep stairsleading up to the old SevenLakes Times office.

Greg is helping me to findthat book of poetry. And if any of

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Project Linus Fleece WorkshopsTwo Project Linus fleece workshops are been planned to make

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The only tool requirement for the workshop is a pair of sharpscissors and small pieces of soap for marking material. Bringyour lunch. Desert and drinks will be provided. Call Pat Weberfor information or questions at 673-1457.

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Recreation Committee. He andhis wife Nancy have two sons,Chris and Matthew, who arestudents at Pinecrest HighSchool.

Betty Childers is a rarityamongst Seven Lakers — anative of Moore County. Shegrew up in this part of the coun-ty and graduated from West EndHigh School. She moved toSeven Lakes West in April of2004, though she had ownedrental property in the communi-ty for several years prior to mov-ing here.

Childers began her career inbanking, but, in the 1970s under-took assignments for the USgovernment in Iran and Israel thatrequired a Top Secret securityclearance. She served in hous-ing and procurement operationsduring the construction of facil-ities that were ultimately turned

over to the governments of Iranand Israel.

Childers returned to financialservices in the mid-1980s andwas ultimately promoted tonational sales manager forPrimerica Financial Services.

Mary Anne Fewkes is a psy-chologist whose career hasincluded stints in private practiceas well as in public health andpublic educational settings. Sheholds a BA from Duquesne Uni-versity, and masters and doctor-al degress from the University ofPittsburgh.

Fewkes has served on a vari-ety of community and non-prof-it boards during her career andcurrently serves on the board ofARC of Moore County. She hasserved Seven Lakes West asan area representative and as amember of the policy committeefor the West Side Park and Com-

munity Center, as well as serv-ing as commodore of the SevenLakes Sailing Club and coordi-nator of the sailing school.

Fewkes moved to Seven Lakeswith her husband Bob over sixyears ago, living on the NorthSide while their home in SevenLakes West was being complet-ed.

Ray MacKay has served onthe SLWLA board since Marchof 2003 as Infrastructure Direc-tor. Prior to that he served forthree years on the board of theBeacon Ridge Landowners Asso-ciation board and served as aprinciapl negotiator in the merg-er of the Beacon Ridge andWest Side Landowners Associ-ations.

MacKay retired in 1995 asSuperintendent of Thruway Main-tenance for the New York StateThruway Authority. He holds a

bachelors degree in civil engineer-ing from Virginia Military Instituteand a masters in transportationengineering from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute. He servedon both a homeowners asso-caition board and a municipalplanning board in New York.

McKay and his wife Marthamoved to Seven Lakes West in1998, having purchased theirproperty in the community tenyears earlier. He has been active

in the Civic Group, and LakeAuman Sports Club, and servedas a board member and presi-dent of the Beacon Ridge Men’sGolf Association.

Jo Nicholas retired to SevenLakes West after a career ineducation, serving students inNorth Carolina, South Caroli-na, and Maryland. She holds abachelors degree in Elemen-

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(See “Westside,” p. 25)

Beginning on Thursday, Jan-uary 26, Seven Lakes CountryClub will introduce a new formatfor Men’s Golf Day.

Each month a shotgun tourna-ment will be held followed bylunch and a guest speaker. Thespeaker for the first tournamentof the year will be Dr. Thomas

Windley from the University ofPittsburgh Medical Center GolfFitness Lab at Pinehurst. Dr.Windley’s presentation will pro-vide an inside look at the FitnessLab as well as exercises toinclude in a conditioning pro-gram to maximize individual per-formance.

Dr. Windley earned a Ph.D.in Sports Medicine from the Uni-versity of North Carolina atGreensboro in 2005 as well asa Master’s Degree in PhysicalTherapy in 2001 and a Bache-lor’s Degree in Exercise andSport Science in 1999, bothfrom the University of Delaware.

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The UPMC Golf Fitness Lab-oratory at Pinehurst is a state-of-the-art facility designed toutilize research, clinical, andgolf professional expertise toprevent injuries and enhanceperformance in golfers of allages and abilities. This labora-tory will give golfers the oppor-

tunity to have a full flexibility,strength, balance, and swingassessment.

Each assessment will thenbe followed by prescription ofa personalized exercise pro-gram by a qualified Medical Pro-fessional and a complete reviewof all assessments includingconsultation with a golf profes-sional.The UPMC Golf FitnessLaboratory at Pinehurst is housedin the Padgett Learning Centerat Pinehurst Resort.

The Club invites the entirecommunity to participate in theevent and is extending the Mem-ber participation fee of $30 to non-members as well.The field is lim-ited so sign up early by callingthe Seven Lakes Golf Shop at(910) 672-1092.


SLCC introduces new Men’s Golf format

tarty education from East Car-olina University and a Master’sdegree from Loyola University.

Her career began in the ele-mentary school classroom andthen moved into teacher supportand administrative positions.She completed her career asprincipal of Arrowhead Elemen-tary School in Prince GeorgesCounty, MD.

She was active in a varietyof professional initiatives andassociations during her careerand was named OutstandingEducator by the Prince George’sCounty Public Schools, as wellas receiving and excellence inEducation award from the PrinceGeorge’s County Chamber ofCommerce. She also took andactive role in church and com-munity organizations.

Nicholas and her husband,

Paul, moved to Seven LakesWest two years ago. She current-ly serves as Issue CommitteeChairperson for the League ofWomen Voters of Moore Coun-ty and president of the Bea-conettes.

Blaine Rowland retired toSeven Lakes after a 42 yearcareer with the Foster WheelerCorporation. He rose throughthe ranks of that company froma field assignment to Procure-ment Manager, a post he held fortwelve years prior to his retire-ment.

He has lived in seven statesand two foreign countries andtraveled extensively for the com-pany domestically and abroad.His positions with Foster Wheel-er involved negotiating and man-aging a variety of substantialcontracts.

Rowland served on the hous-ing authority and township coun-cil in Mount Olive and MorrisCounty New Jersey, and servedthree years as township mayor.Rowland and his wife Marthahave four children. He is activein the Sailing Club, the MooreCounty Equine EmergencyResponse Unit and the MooreCounty Kennel Club.

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Vice PresidentInfrastructure

& BeautificationRay MacKay

[email protected]

CHRISTMAS TREEDISPOSAL

A reminder that the Christ-mas Tree Disposal Site is just out-side the Boat & Trailer StorageYard off Longleaf Drive (justSouth of West Side Park). Allornaments, plastic stands, etc.should be removed from thetree before placing at the dropsite.

If you need help in transport-ing your tree to the disposal sitecall Ray MacKay @ 673-1690 orRoseAnn @ the LandownersAssociation office, 673-5314after January 1st and arrange-ments will be made to pick upyour tree. PLEASE DO NOTCREATE A FIRE HAZARD BYDISCARDING YOUR TREE ONA VACANT LOT IN YOURNEIGHBORHOOD.

YARD WASTE TRANSFER STATION

Rules and Regulations andthe initial Board Policy for theoperation of the Yard WasteTransfer Station were adoptedby the Board on December 14,2005.

While the final phases of con-struction are still in progress, Ianticipate the Station will be inoperation by the first week inFebruary. The official openingdate will be posted on our website, in the mail house and in nextmonth’s newsletter.

EXPANDED BOAT & TRAIL-ER STORAGE LOT

In order to complete the YardWaste Transfer Station we hadto relocate a number of trailers,boats and RVs to temporarylocations within the new expand-ed storage lot.

I want to thank all the unitowners that helped us with thisstage of the project and I apol-ogize to those boat and trailerowners caught off guard by therelocation of their units! After the

lot is smoothed and the crushedstone access drives are complet-ed around the lot, we will bemaking permanent bay assign-ments. We anticipant this willtake place during the month ofFebruary. In the meantime, if youcan’t locate your boat or trailer,give me a call and I will be gladto help you locate it.

Community ManagerTony Robertson

673-5314 westsidetony

@earthlink.net

Our Community has recentlybeen plagued with a series ofunknown people going throughcars and trucks and taking itemsfrom these vehicles. We havealso had cases where individu-als are stealing items from con-struction sites.

With the cooperation of manypeople we are working very hardto try to solve these cases. Manypeople have reported these inci-dents to Security which is good,however it is very important thatthese matters be reported tothe Moore County Sheriff’s Dept.as soon as possible after theyoccur. Keep in mind that ourSecurity has no law enforce-ment authority and will reportwhat you report to the Sheriff’sDept.

It is very important thatyou as a citizen get involved bycalling local law enforcement. Ifyou do not, then it is very hardfor them to help us and getthese matters solved.

We all want our commu-nity to be safe and free of crime,and in order for this to happen,we must help our law enforce-ment officials any way possi-ble.

Recreation Betty Milligan

673- [email protected]

What a turn out for the first treelighting at our Community Cen-ter! It was a dream come true

for the West Side RecreationCommittee! We appreciate allof you who came and it was soexciting to see all the children.

There are so many people tothank that I know that if namesare mentioned that some willbe left out. Therefore, pleaseallow me to give a huge thanksto:• The West Side Recreation

Committee • Community Center Decorating

Committee • Lake Auman Band • Sweet Adelines • Sophisticated Ladies • Lori Copper • Extra volunteers • The Seven Lakes Times • Santa and Ms. Elf

Recreation is in the process ofestablishing an information linkto our Seven Lakes web site.Our hope is to place informationthere so residents will haveaccess to current events andfuture activities.

Plans are being made to havea “wine tasting” event at theCommunity Center in February.Stay tuned for more informa-tion to come.

SecretaryJan Patton

[email protected]

Summary of Actions Takenat December 13, 2005 WorkSession

1. Approved minutes of Nov.1, 2005 special meeting; Nov.8, 2005 work session, andrecord of E-mail action ofNov.11, 2005.

2.Approved Christmas bonus-esfor RoseAnn Rapp, Den-iseDuncan, and Tony Rob-ert-son.

3. Approved the following can-didates in the March, 2006election of three Directors:David Carter, Betty Childers,Mary Anne Fewkes, RayMacKay, Jo Nicholas, andBlaine Rowland.

4. By general consent, agreedthat if fees are not listed inthe Rules and Regulations

document, the Board intendsto revise the Bylaws to requirethat an annual proposed feeschedule listing all fees willbe published and a memberfeedback period will be provid-ed prior to the next year’sbudget preparations.

5. Approved a grading contractfor the boat storage yard inthe amount of $32,500 to DonThomas Construction andTrucking, Inc., West End.

6. Approved fees for reservedspaces at the Longleaf storageyard.

Record of E-Mail ActionTaken December 19, 2005

Ray MacKay moved that theBoard approve the 12-14-05revision of Yard Waste Rulesand Regulations. Lois Roccoseconded. Motion carried.

Paul Kirst Lake Quality

[email protected]

The quarterly water testingwas conducted a little behindschedule this fall due to myAchilles tendon accident. Theresults were very interestingand support my earlier specula-tion as to the process by whichthe lake mixes.

Water samples were takenfrom the same five locations inthe lake as always. The samplenear the outflow at the dam wasextremely high in all nutrients andalso displayed the brownishcolor that occurs when the lakemixes. It had a low Secchireading of 12 feet visibility, whichis as low as it ever gets.

That brown water was thedeep stagnant bottom waterthat was being pulled up on theleeward shore as the surfacecurrents from the strong westwind pushed the clear water tothe other side of the lake whereit sinks.

The sinking water on the wind-ward shore was still pristine withnutrient levels below detectionlimits and a Secchi reading of 17ft. Mixing always occurs duringwindy weather between Dec. 8

and 31, when the surface waterf i n a l l y r e a c h e s t h etemperature/density of the bot-tom water. This year it hap-pened on Dec. 11h. The waterwill now slowly begin to clear untilit reaches maximum clarity inlate April or early May.

Seven Lakes Forum

The next Forum is scheduledfor Thursday, January 19, 2006on the upper level of the WestSide Park Community Center. Asagreed to by the attendees at theinitial session, refreshments willbe available at 9AM, with the for-mal session beginning at 9:15.All women and men from SevenLakes, and their guests, areinvited to attend.

As a result of a brief discussionby the planning committee, itwas agreed that the initial forumwould be conducted jointly byDon Welch and Fran Stark, bothresidents of Seven Lakes. Thetopic to be presented is enti-tled ‘Religious Diversity andReligion in the Schools’.

The ‘format’ for this Forum,and also for the on-going ses-sions to be conducted on amonthly basis, calls for the pre-senters to address conceptsand information related to thetopic.

Following the presentation(s),participants will join others inroundtable discussions andexpress their thoughts. At theconclusion of the roundtablediscussions, each of the tableswill be given the opportunity tocomment as they see fit.

For further information, pleasecontact Don Welch (673-6701)or Bill Mamel (673-8970).

Seven Lakes

WESTCommunity Newsletter

“Keeping our residents informed”

Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2006


Seven Lakes WestNEWSLETTER DEADLINE

January 27th

Contact Betsy Mikula,Editor

[email protected]

www.sevenlakeswest.org

MOVING/GARAGESALES

MOVING SALE – Electric scoot-er: Rascal, 600 T//F combo-never used, 3-wheel convertsto 4 wheel for outdoor use,includes all accessories, bas-kets, and door ramps. $5500new, asking $2750. Call Dick@910- 673-8153.

FOR SALEMISCELLANEOUS

THOMASVILLE HUTCH – beau-tiful tall hutch. Must see to appre-ciate. $350. Call 673-1221.

SEARS KENMORE POWER-MATE – tank cleaner w/attach-ments. Excellent condition $50.Call 673-7596.

HOOVER FLOORMATE –wet/dry hard floor cleaner, Likenew. $100. 673-7596

RAINBOW – REXAIR – water fil-tered vacuums. Sales, service,supplies. Shown by appoint-ment in your home or our store.Cox Dist. 948-2926 or 246-2926.

FOR RENTSTORAGE BUILDINGS

HILLCREST MINI WARE-HOUSE, LLC — Affordable stor-age in Seven Lakes. Units arelocated at 20 Grant Street, acrossfrom K.R. Mace Electric. Unitsizes – 10x10, 10x20 and 20x20available. Units have lighting forthose who need to drop off or pickitems after dark. Hillcrest is nowoffering outside storage spaceavailable for – boats, trailers,vehicles or campers. Pick-upand delivery to your unit can bearranged. Call 910-673-7320for rental information. Urgentcalls may be directed to 910-690-6491.

FOR RENTREAL ESTATE

RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE – 1100sq. ft., $750/mo. Great locationin Seven Lakes. Call 295-0688.

FOR RENTREAL ESTATE

SHORT TERM RENTALS – fullyfurnished. Two lakefront onSequoia and one brand new onthe South Side near clubhouse.Call Whelan Realty, LLC at 910-673-1818.

OFFICE SPACE – available inSouth Park Townhouse. AvailableFeb. 15, 2006.Two large roomsw/bathroom and storage. CallWhelan Realty, LLC at 910-673-1818.

SEVEN LAKES NORTH – forrent or sale. 4BR, 2700 sq. ft. 2car garage, Boat slip included.$1200/mo. Call 910-673-1902.

LAKEFRONT HOME ON LAKEAUMAN – furnished, well dec-orated. Beautiful view, watchsunrise and set. Long term ormonthly lease. Deposit and ref-erences required. No pets/nosmoking. Call 913-908-9892 forinformation. tfn 11/22

CUSTOM BUILT LAKEVIEWHOME FOR RENT – View theSunrise! 3BR/2.5BA, GR,DR,Great Kitchen! Open Floor Plan,Lg. Master Suite, Walk-in clos-et, whirlpool & shower, Patio,yard maint. Inc. Non-smokers, nopets, one years lease, depositand references required. $1500per month. 910-673-3603.

FOR RENTREAL ESTATE

TWO ROOM OFFICE – conve-niently located on Seven LakesDrive. $350/month. Call 910-949-2191.

NOW LEASING — Office and Retail space, 500 to 5000 sq. ft.Call Seven Lakes Plaza Shop-ping Center at 910-673-0830.

FOR SALELOTS

SEVEN LAKES SOUTH – Lot#2032, 189 Devonshire. 120 x190 x 120 x 190. Perc tested. Ifinterested, please call 673-2372.

SEVEN LAKES WEST – Lot#5388, located near Marina.Call 910-690-4658.

FSBO SEVEN LAKES NORTH– Corner lot, wooded. Lots ofTLC. Perc tested. 270’ frontagefront and side. Asking $19,000,neg. Call 1-845-831-2410.

WATERFRONT LOT ON LAKEAUMAN – #3220 price reducedto $175,000. 3BR current perkpermit, bulkhead and dock inplace. Custom house plans forlot available. Motivated sellers –Make and offer! Call JenniferDwiggins, Broker at 910-673-3344 for detail and faxable doc-uments.

COMMERCIAL LOTS – Expand-ing or starting? 19 lots in thecommercial section of SevenLakes. Call Tom McGinnis atThe Property Center. Office 910-673-1724, Home 910-673-3676or Cell 910-315-9127.

CHECK OUT MY LISTINGS –i n S ev e n L a k e s We s tHomes/Lots for Sale AND sur-rounding area proper t ieswww.jenniferdwiggins.com. Con-tact Jennifer Dwiggins, Broker at910-992-6133.

LAKE AUMAN – waterfrontpoint lot w/180 ft. bulkhead, perctest and panoramic views. Lot#3344. $350,000. Brokers wel-come. Call 910-695-1101.

FOR SALEREAL ESTATE

LAKE AUMAN WATERFRONT- FSBO – 467 Longleaf, Solar ori-entation on .61 acre, maturelandscaping.Two levels, 2 heatpumps, 2925 sq. ft. living space,wood stove, 2 BD, 2.5 BA. Greatkitchen, oversize 2 car garage,+ shop and storage area. Bonusroom for computer, TV, office.$520,000 before realtor. Call R.Van Lehn 910-673-2482.2tc 1/6

SEVEN LAKES NORTH - FSBO– built in 2003. 3BR/2BA.Vault-ed LR with gas FPL, DR, kitchenw/appliances, breakfast nook,laundry rm, 2-car garage, reardeck. Asking $155,900. Call910-673-5656.

SEVEN LAKES WEST —Almost new, beautiful lakeviewhome in Seven Lakes West.2000 sq. ft. split plan.Vaulted 9’ceilings, 3BR, marble baths,and much more. $224,000. Call910-673-1790

LAKE AUMAN — FSBO, 5BR/3.5BA, gorgeous point view,dock and bulkhead, mature land-scaping, Carolina Rm.Very largelot. Huge screened porch, wrap-around deck, wood-burning fpl,hdwd flrs, all brick.Yates HusseyBuilt Home. Multiple storageareas, huge downstairs videoroom.Too much to list. Call 910-603-4746.

BOATS FORSALE

PONTOON, BASS, SKI, DECK& SALTWATER BOATS — Over250 boats in stock. 33 years inthe Marine business. Only 25minutes from Seven Lakes.Chatlee Boat & Marine, San-ford. Call 919-775-7259.BOATS FOR SALE – Need aboat? Choplin’s Got It! Ski–Wake-board–Deck–Pontoon–Bass andSaltwater Boats. Full service toSeven Lakes area only a fewminutes away. Choplin Marine inSanford. Call 919-776-1004 orwww.choplinboats.com

TURN YOUR USED BOAT INTOCASH — People are looking topurchase good condition usedboats. Let us connect you tothe prospective buyers. Call Jeffat 910-673-1440 or Lynn at 910-690-8695.

NEW & USED PONTOONSAND SKI BOATS — Call Seven Lakes Marine. 673-1440. tfnc

PROFESSIONALSERVICES

HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER orcompanion. CNA-certified. Ref-erences available. Personal care,house cleaning, errands, etc.Full or part time. Call 910-947-3835.

HOUSE CLEANING – Experi-enced, free estimates, reason-able rates. Call Tina Boone at910-464-5650. tfn

CLASSIFIEDSSeven Lakes Times

January 6, 2006

SEVEN LAKES WEST

Short Term rental - 3BR/2BA

Overlooking pond. Call

Wayne 800-7FOXFIRE or

910-295-2288.

LAKEFRONT HOME – 3BD,2BA, formal dining & living rm,lrg. Carolina room, with greatlake view. 1/2 mile from com-munity pool, tennis court,and clubhouse. $1250/mo.Dep. and ref. required. Avail-able March 1. Call 910-673-3462.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES— serving Seven Lakes, Foxfire,and Pinehurst w/lawn mainte-nance & more for residentialand commercial customers.Yearround service. Mowing, weedeating, picking up debris, blow-ing. Shrub pruning, limb & treeremoval and hauling away. Seed-ing/sod lawns. Leaf & strawremoval. Haul and spread pinestraw, bark, soil, gravel andmulch. Aerate, de–thatch, andedge lawns. Weeding of flowerbeds, planting shrubs. Re–sur-face gravel driveways. Blow roofsand clean gutters. Pressurewashing homes, decks, con-crete walks, driveways, & boats.Install driveway curbing andsprinkler systems.Tractor workincluding, light brush clearing,bush hogging, scraping, disk-ing, loading and hauling alongwith garden tilling. Other oddjobs around the house? Youneed it done! We will do it! CallJohn 673-7320 or mobile tele-phone 910-690-6491.


HOUSE CLEANING – Experi-enced, professional. Referencesavailable. Other services include:Laundry, ironing, sewing andhousekeeping. Call Kathy at428-2332.

PAINTER – Professional painteravailable for interior paintingonly.References and on time.20+years experience, competitiverates. No job too small. CallDave at 910-673-5331.

CONSTRUCTION & HOMEREPAIR – carpentry, decks,window & door replacements, sid-ing, home additions, & more.Fully insured & references. Freeestimates. Seven Lakes resi-dent. Call 673-1979 or (757)621-4451.


MIKES YARD MAINTENANCE— Specializing in total lawncare, mowing, trimming, edg-ing, gutter and roof cleaning,pressure washing, tree trim andcut down, pinestraw and barkdelivery and spread, debrisremoval. Also Full Auto Detailing,Motorhome and Boat winterizingand repair. Call 910-673-1887 or910-673-9163 leave message.


TREE SERVICE — Allen &Son Tree Service. Topping, trim-ming, complete removal, clean-up, insured, 24 hour service.Free estimates, senior citizendiscounts. Call James M.Allen at 910-974-7629 (Home)or 910-572-6818 (Cell).tfn 12/7


J&L HOME SERVICES — “AH a n d y M a n a n d M o r e .”Interior/Exterior Home Mainte-nance & Repairs. Call today forFree estimates. Your SevenLakes Neighbor. Call 673-3927.

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