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21 Pickleball Whiffs its Way into
Wilmington
America’s fastest-growing racquet sport craze is flourish-ing
in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. It’s pickleball,
a hybrid of tennis and pingpong that’s well-loved for its
accessibility to all players, culture of openness, and pro-pensity
60 Underwater Museum
Off the coast of Fort Fisher lies an extraordi-nary
artifact of the Civil War: the remains of the
Condor, a Confederate blockade runner steam-ship
that met its final resting place 150 years ago.
Today it is becoming the state’s first heritage dive
site, an underwater museum for divers and a way
to discover true living history. By Simon Gonzalez
70 Healing Trees
The name “Medac” has become synonymous with
urgent care in Wilmington, but the Porters Neck
location defies the sterile environment typically
associated with medical-care facilities. Kersting
Architecture approached the design holistically,
using a forest motif in the interior, site and land-scape.
By Danielle Boisse
84 Gut Health Boosters
What do sauerkraut, kombucha, kefir and tempeh
have in common? They’re all fermented foods
that contain beneficial probiotics, bacteria that
is good for the body. Numerous cultures around
the world have historically eaten fermented
foods to aid in digestion and offer a host of other
benefits. By Mary Margaret McEachern
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for fun. By Johanna Ferebee
24 The Love of Fishing
In 1999, Donnie Caison built a 38-foot fishing boat
in a shed behind his house. Today, Caison Yachts in
Hampstead is regarded as one of the premier builders of
custom fishing yachts in the Carolinas. After nearly two
decades, Caison’s process has changed, but he still stays
true to his roots. By Simon Gonzalez
34 Complex Art and a Fascinating Life
Inspired by the 20th-century art movement of Fauvism,
artist Dennis Schaefer uses color to represent not just
the shades themselves, but texture, structure, balance,
depth, and — most importantly to him — truth. Richly
traveled, Schaefer now calls Wilmington home as he con-tinues
to evolve his style. By Kathryn Manis
42 Rain Gardens
As rain gardens burst into bloom this summer, they
will do more than look attractive. They also will prevent
stormwater from running into and polluting surrounding
waterways. The basic formula for a rain garden is simple.
Local residents and authorities share how to plant one
and reap the benefits. By Simon Gonzalez
52 Face to Face
The job of spearfishing is a lifestyle eliciting intense
devotion. It calls for diligence and demands a never-ending
eagerness to learn. Meet some of coastal North
Carolina’s dedicated spearfishermen, who take pride in
hunting for fish strategically, with no bycatch.
By Ashley Johnson
ON THE COVER
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Commercial spearfisherman Albie
Solano masterfully maneuvers
the Orion into the Motts Channel
Seafood dock one morning in
May, bringing his first catch
of the grouper season to the
Wrightsville Beach establish-ment.
Josh Brown, Solano’s mate
for the trip, tosses a line to Todd
Southerland so they can start
unloading and refueling. The pair
was only able to fish for about
24 hours due to weather, but
the variety of fish they caught
still impressed me, especially the
beautiful fireback grouper.
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By Allison Potter
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