This article only proves that the people who moved here because they loved the simplicity, the beauty, the quaintness and the diversity of the people that made up Pinehurst and the surrounding areas had better start packing. Most of us have come from simple, beautiful, quaint, diverse neighborhoods across the country that had been destroyed by developers whose mantra was "You can't stop Progress", We came because this area was like the place we left years ago and, although deep in our hearts we knew this place would be eventually destroyed too, we figured by that time we'd be too old to care, Not so! If you read the above article, you will learn every buzzword used by people who love money more than the character of the town they live in. The reason these people aren't going to use the Chamber of Commerce's website is to make more money selling ads...it has nothing to do with sharing resources. Pat Corso showed his colors opening a Dunkin' Donuts on the same street with Granny's Donuts. I grew up in Boston just miles away from the Dunkin Donuts headquarters...I love DD, But Corso's location of his Dunkin' Donuts told me he's not interested in what’s here…he's interested in what he's going to bring here. Honey, have you seen my old B4 bag?
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are gunning us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are cutting us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Wow, students at the O'Neal School are going to put on a very funny, very convoluted, and very challenging comedy (even for adults) and all R2D2 (RD28327) can say is: "Here we go with the e e cummings syndrome and story writers' names in all lowercase letters ... What in the world???" Obviously, life in a vacuum has some drawbacks. I saw "The Foreigner" at the Sunrise Theater several years ago. Not sure exactly when, but I did select a seat cushion and a back cushion from the Pillow Corral as I went in, if that helps date the performance. I began laughing in the first five minutes and never stopped during this insightful send-up of stereotypes, first impressions and life in the South. Who knew that the word "brick" had three syllables? I can only urge R2D2 to be sure to take in this student performance. Or should I say, "BE SURE TO TAKE IN THIS STUDENT PERFORMANCE!"
Tojo and Corvair (sorry, I don't respect you enough to spell your names correctly) you're on here all the time spewing BS for the most part on every subject imaginable as far as I'm concerned. You're so into your own BS that you can't hold back your fabulous critiques on Life in the Sandhills long enough for a loving family to bury their child. Killed for, perhaps, a single momentary lapse in judgement. And when someone calls you on it, you hide behind the shield of, "We're just trying to save the children!". Shame on both of you, saving the children NEVER entered you critical pea brains until someone called you on your lack of tact, Christianity and normal decency. You keep on keepin' on and I'll see you in hell with all the other hypocrites.
I have been in Pinehurst since 2001 (hey, I got here as soon as I could) and I have to say that I’m fed up with the “I told you so.” generation that has become, unfortunately, more and more obvious in this area. In the 12 years that I’ve been here, I have seen a terrible mean spirited bent in the writers who post to The Pilot website, but nothing like the cruel bludgeoning of the family of Sarah Edith Stonesifer. I’m distraught that I live with these incredibly cruel “citizens” who have such an overwhelming need to say “I told you so!” that it totally outweighs the standards of decency. Who would ever write the preceding letters (within hours of the young woman’s burial) if they really understood such terms as “tact”, “southern hospitality”, “white lies” or “chivalry”. In the past 12 years I have seen the writings of genteel long time residents replaced by ugly, insensitive crap from people who are so unhappy in their lives, they have to add to the suffering of people already in incredible pain. If I were from these peoples’ hometown I would probably wish that God would bring down the same pain on them, but, fortunately, I’m a Gentleman.
As a practicing Catholic, once again, after decades away from my church, I find it very hard to defend this past Pope because of his actions, not only, before he became Head of the Catholic church, but also, during his reign as Pope. My brother and I were altar boys in Boston in the 1950s and 1960s when hundreds of the priests we revered were ravaging our fellow altar boys. My brother’s CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) baseball coach who was a well-known priest at our church approached him after a game. Fortunately he rebuffed his advances. When he told me, we both agreed to not tell anyone, especially our parents, who were devout Catholics. We knew how devastating it would be to them. This, to me, is the real outrage of the sex scandal in the Catholic Church. Priests were like gods in Boston when I was a child. When I was baptized a Bishop friend of my parents put me on the altar and prayed that I would become a priest. When I was introduced to my parents' friends for the next 12 years, they always said, "Oh this is the one that's going to be a priest."
In the midst of all the scandal, pedophile priests were moved to other dioceses with no warning of their previous activities, Boston’s Cardinal Law was given a job at the Vatican to avoid extradition, and the worldwide transferrence of known pedophile priests to other countries began…all under the auspice of Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XV!), .
When the first list of pedophile priests in the Archdiocese of Boston was released ten or so years ago, the priest that married my sister was on it, my brother’s and my baseball coach was on it and the priest that was a few days away from saying the first anniversary
Mass for my mother’s burial was on it.
Sorry, It’s been tough for a lot of Catholics to keep focused on the prize. I credit my return to Catholicism to my father who struggled with the revelations before he died. But he often repeated to me something that eventually set in. He kept saying, “Don’t blame your religion for the idiots who are running it.” I don’t anymore, but I’ll let God forgive them.
For almost 35 years I was an artist who exhibited my work at juried art festivals from coast to coast. From almost day one, I heard from my Fine Craftsmen friends that Midland gallery was the place to have your work. They were legendary and a lot of emerging craftspeople owe their livelihoods to Midland Crafters. On their behalf I say, Thank You!
The carefree, adventurous spirit of that YOUNG (I repeat) Young girl obviously has irritated some local geezers who have forgotten their childhood. Ms. Laflin's letter reminded me of a neighbor of mine when I lived in Pinewild (A wonderful place). She, however, cruised the community every morning cataloging minor, real and imagined violations of the homeowner's agreement.
Her image to her neighbors ranged from "Quirky to Wacky". Ms Laflin, which end of that spectrum do you fall?
There is a “which came first…the chicken or the egg” quality to this discussion of a two- story parking lot in the village. Is business in the village down because there aren’t enough parking spaces or, since business is down in the village, why are we spending over 2 million bucks on a two story-parking garage? There’s a thought that the retirees in the area (I’m one of them) think there’s a parking problem if they can’t park at the doorway of the business they’re going to. For several years I was an exhibitor at the Holly Fair, a terrific one-day art and craft fair that draws thousands…lots of thousands of locals. Exhibitors set up in the parking spaces on every street in the village. There are no (NO) village parking spaces available, yet the people come. Where do they park? The village is fortunate that there is a core of businesses that hang in there but some businesses that had been part of this core have recently closed. There has been a long parade of Pinehurst Village business failures. God bless their initial optimism but their failure was not because of parking.
During the last US Open, I ate breakfast every morning and came back hours later to do my banking and I NEVER had a problem parking…right in front of the business I wanted?
No! Within less than a two-minute walk? Everytime! I know the USGA has become an expert at keeping US Open shopping on or immediately next to the course but even the normal overflow did not seriously impact the village.
As Hamlet almost said, “Something is rotten in Pinehurst Village”. I have no idea who owns property in the village. Who might be pushing hard to dedicate citizens’ tax money to a solution in search of a problem. However, I do know that the folks pushing this garage have an Edifice Complex and they would be well advised to remember what happened to Oedipus.
There’s definitely a “who came first: the chicken or the egg?” quality to this discussion. The turnover in restaurants and specialty shops in the village is legendary and much like the old adage about the weather in New England…if you don’t like it, wait five minutes. There is a tiny core of businesses holding on, in the village while a long parade of failures passes by.
During the last U.S. Open I ate breakfast and later in the day did banking everyday downtown. I was amazed at how little impact the Open had on the village. I’m sure the USGA has become an expert at keeping all the shopping on the course, but even the overflow didn’t take up all the parking spaces in the village. For many years I was an artist and did the Blowing Rock art festivals each month from May to October…now that town had a parking problem because there wasn’t a single store vacant. They built a two story-parking garage behind the small downtown park (if Pinehurst wins this argument they should contact Blowing Rock officials about doing it right) that melded perfectly into the hilly landscape. With apologies to Lloyd Benson, “I know Blowing Rock, I consider Blowing Rock a friend…Pinehurst Village, you’re no Blowing Rock”.
Someone in town has an Edifice Complex and it may serve them well to remember what happed to Oedipus.
peterprints 5 days ago
New Website to Promote Moore Living
This article only proves that the people who moved here because they loved the simplicity, the beauty, the quaintness and the diversity of the people that made up Pinehurst and the surrounding areas had better start packing. Most of us have come from simple, beautiful, quaint, diverse neighborhoods across the country that had been destroyed by developers whose mantra was "You can't stop Progress", We came because this area was like the place we left years ago and, although deep in our hearts we knew this place would be eventually destroyed too, we figured by that time we'd be too old to care, Not so! If you read the above article, you will learn every buzzword used by people who love money more than the character of the town they live in. The reason these people aren't going to use the Chamber of Commerce's website is to make more money selling ads...it has nothing to do with sharing resources. Pat Corso showed his colors opening a Dunkin' Donuts on the same street with Granny's Donuts. I grew up in Boston just miles away from the Dunkin Donuts headquarters...I love DD, But Corso's location of his Dunkin' Donuts told me he's not interested in what’s here…he's interested in what he's going to bring here. Honey, have you seen my old B4 bag?
peterprints 2 weeks ago
'Four Dead in Ohio...Four Dead in Ohio'
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'. We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin'. Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it. Soldiers are gunning us down. Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it. Soldiers are cutting us down. Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'. We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin'. Four dead in Ohio. Four dead in Ohio.
That event and that song shaped my life forever.
peterprints 3 weeks ago
O'Neal Students Present 'The Foreigner'
Wow, students at the O'Neal School are going to put on a very funny, very convoluted, and very challenging comedy (even for adults) and all R2D2 (RD28327) can say is: "Here we go with the e e cummings syndrome and story writers' names in all lowercase letters ... What in the world???" Obviously, life in a vacuum has some drawbacks. I saw "The Foreigner" at the Sunrise Theater several years ago. Not sure exactly when, but I did select a seat cushion and a back cushion from the Pillow Corral as I went in, if that helps date the performance. I began laughing in the first five minutes and never stopped during this insightful send-up of stereotypes, first impressions and life in the South. Who knew that the word "brick" had three syllables? I can only urge R2D2 to be sure to take in this student performance. Or should I say, "BE SURE TO TAKE IN THIS STUDENT PERFORMANCE!"
peterprints 1 month, 2 weeks ago
'She Was Our Trophy': Aberdeen Woman Given Firefighter's Send-Off
Tojo and Corvair (sorry, I don't respect you enough to spell your names correctly) you're on here all the time spewing BS for the most part on every subject imaginable as far as I'm concerned. You're so into your own BS that you can't hold back your fabulous critiques on Life in the Sandhills long enough for a loving family to bury their child. Killed for, perhaps, a single momentary lapse in judgement. And when someone calls you on it, you hide behind the shield of, "We're just trying to save the children!". Shame on both of you, saving the children NEVER entered you critical pea brains until someone called you on your lack of tact, Christianity and normal decency. You keep on keepin' on and I'll see you in hell with all the other hypocrites.
peterprints 1 month, 2 weeks ago
'She Was Our Trophy': Aberdeen Woman Given Firefighter's Send-Off
I have been in Pinehurst since 2001 (hey, I got here as soon as I could) and I have to say that I’m fed up with the “I told you so.” generation that has become, unfortunately, more and more obvious in this area. In the 12 years that I’ve been here, I have seen a terrible mean spirited bent in the writers who post to The Pilot website, but nothing like the cruel bludgeoning of the family of Sarah Edith Stonesifer. I’m distraught that I live with these incredibly cruel “citizens” who have such an overwhelming need to say “I told you so!” that it totally outweighs the standards of decency. Who would ever write the preceding letters (within hours of the young woman’s burial) if they really understood such terms as “tact”, “southern hospitality”, “white lies” or “chivalry”. In the past 12 years I have seen the writings of genteel long time residents replaced by ugly, insensitive crap from people who are so unhappy in their lives, they have to add to the suffering of people already in incredible pain. If I were from these peoples’ hometown I would probably wish that God would bring down the same pain on them, but, fortunately, I’m a Gentleman.
peterprints 2 months, 1 week ago
Column on Pope Was a Disgrace
As a practicing Catholic, once again, after decades away from my church, I find it very hard to defend this past Pope because of his actions, not only, before he became Head of the Catholic church, but also, during his reign as Pope. My brother and I were altar boys in Boston in the 1950s and 1960s when hundreds of the priests we revered were ravaging our fellow altar boys. My brother’s CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) baseball coach who was a well-known priest at our church approached him after a game. Fortunately he rebuffed his advances. When he told me, we both agreed to not tell anyone, especially our parents, who were devout Catholics. We knew how devastating it would be to them. This, to me, is the real outrage of the sex scandal in the Catholic Church. Priests were like gods in Boston when I was a child. When I was baptized a Bishop friend of my parents put me on the altar and prayed that I would become a priest. When I was introduced to my parents' friends for the next 12 years, they always said, "Oh this is the one that's going to be a priest." In the midst of all the scandal, pedophile priests were moved to other dioceses with no warning of their previous activities, Boston’s Cardinal Law was given a job at the Vatican to avoid extradition, and the worldwide transferrence of known pedophile priests to other countries began…all under the auspice of Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XV!), . When the first list of pedophile priests in the Archdiocese of Boston was released ten or so years ago, the priest that married my sister was on it, my brother’s and my baseball coach was on it and the priest that was a few days away from saying the first anniversary Mass for my mother’s burial was on it. Sorry, It’s been tough for a lot of Catholics to keep focused on the prize. I credit my return to Catholicism to my father who struggled with the revelations before he died. But he often repeated to me something that eventually set in. He kept saying, “Don’t blame your religion for the idiots who are running it.” I don’t anymore, but I’ll let God forgive them.
peterprints 2 months, 1 week ago
Apart at the Seams: Midland Crafters Building Comes Down
For almost 35 years I was an artist who exhibited my work at juried art festivals from coast to coast. From almost day one, I heard from my Fine Craftsmen friends that Midland gallery was the place to have your work. They were legendary and a lot of emerging craftspeople owe their livelihoods to Midland Crafters. On their behalf I say, Thank You!
peterprints 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Photo Is a Disservice
The carefree, adventurous spirit of that YOUNG (I repeat) Young girl obviously has irritated some local geezers who have forgotten their childhood. Ms. Laflin's letter reminded me of a neighbor of mine when I lived in Pinewild (A wonderful place). She, however, cruised the community every morning cataloging minor, real and imagined violations of the homeowner's agreement. Her image to her neighbors ranged from "Quirky to Wacky". Ms Laflin, which end of that spectrum do you fall?
peterprints 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Pinehurst Proposes Parking Deck for Village
There is a “which came first…the chicken or the egg” quality to this discussion of a two- story parking lot in the village. Is business in the village down because there aren’t enough parking spaces or, since business is down in the village, why are we spending over 2 million bucks on a two story-parking garage? There’s a thought that the retirees in the area (I’m one of them) think there’s a parking problem if they can’t park at the doorway of the business they’re going to. For several years I was an exhibitor at the Holly Fair, a terrific one-day art and craft fair that draws thousands…lots of thousands of locals. Exhibitors set up in the parking spaces on every street in the village. There are no (NO) village parking spaces available, yet the people come. Where do they park? The village is fortunate that there is a core of businesses that hang in there but some businesses that had been part of this core have recently closed. There has been a long parade of Pinehurst Village business failures. God bless their initial optimism but their failure was not because of parking. During the last US Open, I ate breakfast every morning and came back hours later to do my banking and I NEVER had a problem parking…right in front of the business I wanted? No! Within less than a two-minute walk? Everytime! I know the USGA has become an expert at keeping US Open shopping on or immediately next to the course but even the normal overflow did not seriously impact the village. As Hamlet almost said, “Something is rotten in Pinehurst Village”. I have no idea who owns property in the village. Who might be pushing hard to dedicate citizens’ tax money to a solution in search of a problem. However, I do know that the folks pushing this garage have an Edifice Complex and they would be well advised to remember what happened to Oedipus.
peterprints 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Pinehurst Officials Propose Parking Deck for Downtown
There’s definitely a “who came first: the chicken or the egg?” quality to this discussion. The turnover in restaurants and specialty shops in the village is legendary and much like the old adage about the weather in New England…if you don’t like it, wait five minutes. There is a tiny core of businesses holding on, in the village while a long parade of failures passes by. During the last U.S. Open I ate breakfast and later in the day did banking everyday downtown. I was amazed at how little impact the Open had on the village. I’m sure the USGA has become an expert at keeping all the shopping on the course, but even the overflow didn’t take up all the parking spaces in the village. For many years I was an artist and did the Blowing Rock art festivals each month from May to October…now that town had a parking problem because there wasn’t a single store vacant. They built a two story-parking garage behind the small downtown park (if Pinehurst wins this argument they should contact Blowing Rock officials about doing it right) that melded perfectly into the hilly landscape. With apologies to Lloyd Benson, “I know Blowing Rock, I consider Blowing Rock a friend…Pinehurst Village, you’re no Blowing Rock”. Someone in town has an Edifice Complex and it may serve them well to remember what happed to Oedipus.