Archive for August, 2015
Paradox Farm
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- Paradox Farm is an organic goat farm and creamery located in West End, North Carolina. Owner Sue Stovall spent the summer of 2015 working with a volunteer from the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, which is a network of national organizations that places volunteers on organic farms across the world.
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- Tema Toure drives a small vehicle around the land on her morning feeding round at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Toure, originally from Mali and attending University in Paris, is a volunteer with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) for farm owner Sue Stovall, who runs a goat cheese creamery and farm in West End, North Carolina.
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- Part of Tema Toure’s chores include feeding goats at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End. Toure also works with farm owner Sue Stovall in the creamery, where they milk 21 goats every morning, usually starting at 6:30 AM.
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- Farm owner Sue Stovall sends a goat out of the milking room after milking at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End. Stovall converted her farm into a creamery in 2011 with her husband Hunter Stovall. Last year, Stovall’s husband passed away, and Toure has been a great help on the farm and also a friend.
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- Tema Toure laughs as she milks a goat in the milking room at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End.
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- Sue Stovall moves one of her goats over on the milking table as she prepares to milk at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End.
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- Sue Stovall and Tema Toure share a moment of laughter as they clean the milking equipment after milking 21 goats at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End.
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- Tema Toure and Sue Stovall milk the goats by hand, after Stovall’s milking machine quit working –which she said it does every morning– at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End.
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- Tema Toure looks outside to count the goats left to milk at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End.
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- Goats enter the milking room and jump on the table at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End.
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- Tema Toure pushes Maggie the goat toward the entrance to the milking room at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End. Maggie was the last goat of the morning to milk, and farm owner Sue Stovall said Maggie is always the last goat she milks in the mornings.
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- Sue Stovall makes breakfast after an early morning of milking goats, as Tema Toure pours creamer in her coffee, in Stovall’s house at Paradox Farm on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in West End. Toure and Stovall spend some time at breakfast each morning just talking across the table, sharing and learning about each other. Toure will return to Paris in early August.
Kids cooking
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- Children gather at a local church for a cooking class hosted by the area Parks and Recreation department on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Chef Sueson Vess speaks to students gathered during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Chef Sueson Vess speaks to students gathered during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Pots and pans are seen on a stove during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Chef Sonia Middleton (center, right) works with a group of students during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Luke Diasio and Harry Sewell look through ingredients on a counter with Ava Booker (far right) during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Ava Booker measures out ingredients under the eye of Chef Sonia Middleton during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Chef Sueson Vess speaks to students gathered near a mixer during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Chef Sueson Vess measures out ingredients during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- An instruction manual is seen during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Chef Sueson Vess stirs a mixture in a pot on a stove during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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- Ava Booker (center) stirs a batter during a cooking class hosted by the Pinehurst Parks and Recreation Department at Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Chinese Mahjong
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- Ladies play Chinese mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Liz Neligan (far left) sits at a table, instructing on the rules when needed, as a group of ladies play Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Betty Hamblin (center) takes her turn as Alma Hoyle (far right) waits as their group plays Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Vivian Kelly thinks about her turn as she plays Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Instructor Liz Neligan pauses during her turn as she plays Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- A group of ladies mix up the tiles as they play Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Peggy Morgan arranges her tiles as she plays Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Peggy Morgan laughs with the ladies in her group as they play Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Marcie Stromberg (left), Shirley Morrison (center, left) Nancy Papcke (center, right) and Peggy Morgan (right) laugh as they play Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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- Liz Neligan (far left), Vivian Kelly (center), Betty Hamblin (center, right) and Alma Hoyle (right) reach across the table to mix the tiles as they play Chinese Mahjong at the Douglas Community Center on Thursday, July 2, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Ricky Stephens
Ricky Stephens stands for a portrait in the library on campus at the Sandhills Community College on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Stephens is a janitor at the college, but plays pickle ball in his free time and regularly competes.
U.S. Kids Golf
Kevin Farmer tees off at fourteen on Friday, July 24, 2015 at Pinehurst No. 4 at Pinehurst Country Club on Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Jillian Parrino chips to the one green during the second round for the Girls 12 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship at Pinehurst No. 3 of the Pinehurst Country Club on Friday, July 31, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Sneaky snakes
Six-year-old Molly Friede (center) waits in line for her turn to pet a Taiwan Beauty Rat Snake around Erica Pippen’s shoulders, as 6-year-old Addison Futral (right) strokes his scales, after a presentation by the Cold Blooded Encounters Reptile Zoo and Science Center at the Vass Library on Thursday, July 23, 2015 in Vass, North Carolina.
Summer League
Tyrese Kelly of the Cyclones, which is a Moore County youth basketball team, puts up a shot during practice at Crain’s Creek Middle School on Monday, July 13, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.The team recently qualified for a National Amateur Athletic Union tournament which will take place at the end of July in Louisville, Kentucky.
Hugs and sewing
Yvonne Haskins hugs 12-year-old Lily Davis during Rubies Camp, which is hosted by Haskins who teaches young girls how to sew items from decorative banners, to ottoman poofs, to pieces of clothing, at her home on Thursday, July 9, 2015 in Aberdeen, North Carolina. Haskins has known Davis since she was 6-years-old.
Sittin’ on the dock
Rachel Whilden (left) and Rachael Davis (center) sit and chat on the dock at Reservoir Park on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 in Southern Pines. Whilden and Davis work together at Bonefish Grill and spend their free time at the park.
Black Daggers
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team, which is known as the Black Daggers, performs a show for those gathered at the driving range at the Pinehurst Country Club on Wednesday, July 22, 2014 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
