Archive for November, 2015
D and J Goat Farms
Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats, for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Derek Bean sends a herd of spring goats — all born this past spring– to the pasture at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Jackie Bean pets Joe, the farm’s dog, at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Derek Bean shares about how a goat farm runs at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Jackie Bean (left) and Derek Bean (background) share about the history of the farms, at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Jackie Bean walks the path to a larger pasture, away from his barn, at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Goats wander out to pasture (far right) at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Joe, the goat herder and guard dog, shakes after jumping around as people walk through the barn at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Jackie Bean stands near a pair of show goats at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
A goat stands against its metal stall divider at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Jackie Bean parks his ATV at the entrance to one of his barns at D and J Goat Farms on Friday, October 16, 2015 near Robbins, North Carolina. Jackie Bean and his son Derek Bean have been raising livestock for years, specializing in goats for almost a decade. The farms produce commercial stock, breeding stock and show stock Boer goats.
Muddin’
Fifteen-year-old Hannah Johnson rides Cami with 13-year-old Faith Kane (background) on Ebony as they work around barrels in the rain for practice on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the Harness Track and Fair Barn in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The girls with the Central Carolina Barrel Racers were going to perform demonstrations for the Annie Oakley Boom Day event, but with the rain keeping most spectators away, the group decided to practice for the State Fair.
Celebrate
Members of the Pinecrest team celebrate after winning a match during a volleyball match between Pinecrest High’s School Junior Varsity team and Jack Britt High School’s Junior Varsity team at Pinecrest High School on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Waiting in the rain
As the rain picks up, Pam West stands under the tent at the Vintage Nook with her granddaughter Ella Hall at the Shaw House Vintage Fair on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the Historical Shaw House off Morganton Road in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
High Falls Halloween Parade
Students participate in an annual Halloween Parade at High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Zoey Upchurch walks through a band of light streaming through the gymnasium windows while dressed as a Zombie Prom Queen during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Bands of light stream across the students as they walk during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Bands of light stream across the students as they walk during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Bands of light stream across the students as they walk during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Kaydence Wright (left), Tommie Hussey (center, left), and Kamryn Brown (far right) are dressed up as Paper-Rock-Scissors during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Jeremiah Britt (center) won first place for his Headless Scientist costume during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Students walk as various characters during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Kaitlyn Garner, wearing a pink sweater and carrying a pink umbrella with pink streamers, walks as a jellyfish during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Students walk as various characters during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Eli Meyers, dressed as a military member, jumps and laughs as he walks during the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Chase Dunn (right) sits in the stands dressed up as a rapper with an inflatable boom-box as he and other students wait for the beginning of the Halloween Costume parade in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Andy Murphy sits in the stands as a hammerhead shark as he waits for the parade to begin in the gymnasium of High Falls Elementary School on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Her Bucket List
Beth Patterson Casilio goes through the instruction and preparation for a tandem jump at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina. Casillo said the jump was on her bucket list.
Beth Patterson Casilio and Robbie Rushton land at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Beth Patterson Casilio and Robbie Rushton are seen in the sky at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Beth Patterson Casilio, with her tandem instructor Robbie Rushton, and Steven Cox with his tandem instructor Mike Elliott, are seen in the sky after jumping from a plane at 14, 000 feet at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
The plane pilot watches people board at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Tandem Instructor Robbie Rushton and Beth Patteron Casilio board their plane at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Beth Patterson Casilio and Robbie Rushton stand with other jumpers who are waiting for their plane at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Tandem instructor Robbie Rushton (center) leads the group to their plane at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Tandem instructor Robbie Rushton helps Beth Patterson Casilio into her harness and gear as they prep for her tandem jump at the Raeford Drop Zone on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Evening showers kept most patrons from the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
As the rain intensifies, umbrellas are seen across the grounds at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Two patrons ride the giant swing in the rain at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Patrons walk through the drizzly grounds at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Three-year-old Jada Phillips (left) and 5-year-old Zeke Phillips (right) ride in a fire-engine on a carousel at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Three-year-old Shawn Ryder waits for his group as he picks the next ride at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Game operator Jill sits at the Tag Balloon (left) and Quark Gun (right) booths as she waits for players at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Patrons walk through the grounds at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Many rides required at least three tickets per patron to ride at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Children are seen climbing and playing in a jungle gym type of ride at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
Bumper Car Operator George Wills waits for the gates to open at the Moore County Fair on Thursday, October 1, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.
The typical morning flow is seen in a pre- kindergarten school classroom at the newly opened HOPE Academy on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Julian Vargas plays with legos at HOPE Academy, a recently opened pre-school, on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
West Williams and Kialee Lopez play dress up at HOPE Academy, a recently opened pre-school, on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Julian Vargas takes off a sweater as Jaidy Avila Parra (center) and Hailey Prieto (left) play with puzzles at HOPE Academy, a recently opened pre-school, on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Kialee Lopez and Liam Lambert flip through books in a little reading nook at HOPE Academy, a recently opened pre-school, on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Teacher Julie Pitts speaks to her students as they sit in a circle at HOPE Academy, a recently opened pre-school, on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Jaidy Avila Parra peeks at her class during circle time in the toy kitchen area at HOPE Academy, a recently opened pre-school, on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Roberto Villa Hernandez puts his name tag on the attendance board at HOPE Academy, a recently opened pre-school, on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Robbins, North Carolina.
Paint Fight
The Young Life paint fight night took place on Monday, September 21, 2015 at the Sandhills Children Center in Southern Pines.
Members with the Southern Pines Gracious Retirement Living Community prepare for their rides in Ageless Aviation’s Pilot Darryl Fisher’s Boeing Stearman biplane at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines. Ageless Aviation is a dream organization with a mission to provide opportunities for elderly veterans the chance to fly in a Boeing Stearman biplane, the same aircraft used to train many military aviators in the 1940Õs.
Pilot Darryl Fisher flies with co-pilots during the Ageless Aviation ride at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Larry Deister and Pilot Darryl Fisher taxi out for their Ageless Aviation plane ride at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Larry Deister waits in the co-pilot’s seat in Darryl Fisher’s Boeing Stearman before his Ageless Aviation plane ride at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Pilot Darryl Fisher helps Larry Deister into the co-pilot’s seat of his Boeing Stearman for Deister’s Ageless Aviation plane ride at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Larry Deister makes a joke and crosses his chest before taking his turn in Founder, President and Pilot of Ageless Aviation Darryl Fisher’s plane at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
DeeDee Miller laughs with Founder, President and Pilot of Ageless Aviation Darryl Fisher and his daughter Nicole Fisher (far right) after Miller’s plane ride at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Pilot Darryl Fisher taxies with DeeDee Miller in the co-pilot seat as he takes her for her Ageless Aviation ride at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
DeeDee Miller climbs into the co-pilot’s seat at the front of Darryl Fisher’s Boeing Stearman for her Ageless Aviation plane ride at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Adrian de Pasquale, DeeDee Miller and other people from the Southern Pines Gracious Living Retirement Community listen to Founder, President and Pilot of Ageless Aviation Darryl Fisher before he takes guests on rides in his Boeing Stearman biplane at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Founder, President and Pilot of Ageless Aviation Darryl Fisher laughs with the group of people from the Southern Pines Gracious Living Retirement Community before taking guests on rides in his Boeing Stearman biplane at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Members with the Southern Pines Gracious Retirement Living Community mingle on the tarmac as they prepare for their rides in Ageless Aviation’s Pilot Darryl Fisher’s Boeing Stearman biplane at the Moore County Airport on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
Adrian de Pasquale (center) and Harry Diebold (left) step off the bus to the entrance at the Moore County Airport to attend the Ageless Aviation event where members of the Southern Pines Gracious Retirement Living Community will take turns riding in Darryl Fisher’s Boeing Stearman on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whispering Pines.
In Motion
The 26th annual Tour De Moore cycling event took place across Moore County on Monday, September 7, 2015. Cyclists left the Campbell House in Southern Pines at 7:15 AM, 8:30 AM and 9:30 AM on 100 mile, 50 mile and 28 mile (consecutively) rides, with various finishers completing their rides near mid-afternoon at the Campbell House for a cookout and music.
Hugs and Habitat
Soon-to-be Homeowner Roberta Blue hugs team wrangler and organizer Jack Paterek — who works with the group volunteering their time– as Stephanie Gray (left) smiles at a Habitat for Humanity site off Fuller’s way on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 in Aberdeen, North Carolina.
Waiting
Captain Matt Long, who’s with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, stands near Van Dusen Hall as he waits to perform Taps during the Moore County Public Safety Memorial Dedication on campus at Sandhills Community College on Friday, September 11, 2015 in Pinehurst.
Moments with an Olympian
Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee shakes speaks with kids during a meet and greet in the Teen Center at the Boys and Girls Club on Thursday, September 24, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
As we remember
A member of the honor guard folds his hands behind his back during a 9/11 memorial service at the Southern Pines Fire Department on Friday, September 11, 2015 in Southern Pines. Community Public safety members and an audience gathered in remembrance of the 14-year-anniversary of the tragedy which took place on September 11, 2001 in New York City.