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14 GOOD SHEPHERD: The Path to Housing
This is the first in an exclusive three-part look into homelessness
in New Hanover County. Many homeless are sheltered at
Good Shepherd Center, the nonprofit on a mission to facilitate
the transition from homeless to housed. By Kelly Corbett
22 children in crisis: Homelessness in
New Hanover County Schools
New Hanover County Schools had more than 600 homeless
students when it closed its books at the end of the 2012-2013
year. One of them, now a student at Isaac Bear Early College
High School, has big dreams for her education. By Kelly Corbett
30 Report Card: The Cape Fear’s 10-Year
Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
In this snapshot look at a widespread statewide issue, one
local effort makes a difference, on shoestring support, at the
halfway point in its mission. By Kelly Corbett
36 The Language of Horses
The equestrian lifestyle is alive and kicking east of the Cape
Fear River, from Middle Sound to Rocky Point. At area farms,
girls of all ages discover the thrill of bonding with horses
and learn to articulate the language of the horsewoman.
By Rebecca Germain
44 Functional Discipline
The discipline of dressage is a style of horsemanship perfected for
battle by European cavalries. In this discipline, horse and rider
are one. By Rebecca Germain
48 Riding Habits
What to wear around the barn, in the ring and, when the
competition gets stiff, in the arena. By Rebecca Germain
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52 A Breed Apart
The noble Arabian, far from its native land, finds a breeding
ground in Middle Sound. By Rebecca Germain
58 Darling, Hot, Green House
Visit the Starlings’ backyard hot house. Filled with thriving
green plants and made with recycled building materials, it’s
become the family’s peaceful retreat from the mainstream.
By Marimar McNaughton
60 Pelican Brief
A circa 1970s beach box gets a 21st century makeover by
interior designer Liz Carroll, who upfits this five-bedroom
summer house on Lees Cut for an active family of adults
with a growing brood of children. By Marimar McNaughton
76 Road Trip to Lanes Ferry
Up the Northeast Cape Fear River, Lanes Ferry Store
shares its scurrilous past with its spicy present. The breakfast
and lunch grill serves heaping helpings of housemade
barbeque slathered with slaw on Fridays and Saturdays
only. Customers line the porch hoping to order before it
sells out. By Cole Dittmer
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All the women and young
ladies I photographed for
the Language of Horses
story showed genuine
affection for their horses.
Kristin Skiba was no
exception when we met
for a shoot early one
morning in August at
Atlantic Equine Services,
where she and her
mother, Diane, board
their horses, Sweetie and
Pepper.
— Allison Potter
Editor’s Note: Kristin’s
parents, Jim and Diane Skiba,
established Sweetwater
Surf Shop on North Lumina
Avenue in 1976, and still own
this real estate today.
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