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JANUARY 2013contents

{ ALSO INSIDE }CALENDAR 6

PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS 36

PAST TENSE 38

ON THE COVER Photograph by Kim Kim Foster-Tobin

{ SKETCH }

12A table in Mary Alice Loricks Lexington home holds special memories.Its a custom-designed piece of art that tells the tale of her family and life.{ HOME }

BUY PHOTOS:See more photos from

our stories and purchase

photos published in this issue; order

online at thestate.com/lakemurray.

34Bill and June Bowen, both in their 80s, decided to add a new chapter totheir lives by writing books. Junes novel, Island Girl, centers on SullivansIsland, where she grew up. Bills is a collection of philosophies and musings.

A toastto good taste

in theMidlandsIts been a very good year for people

who love food. New restaurants,

new offerings and more to come.

14What were hungryfor in 2013.

16Whats special about longtimerestaurants in the Midlands? Plenty;nd out how to tell us about your favoriteplace.

18Hites. Rawls. Oak Grove BBQ.Mrs. Claras Sandwich Shop. Long-gone restaurants that still leave a good taste

in our mouths.

20How does Terra restaurant in WestColumbia serve up delicious dishesmade from local ingredients? Chef Mike

Davis breaks it down for you.

22David Koon raises cattle in

Lexington County on land his familyhas owned since 1713. Meet Koon, his

family and some of his animals.

30Somethings always cooking atCorley Mill House and Garden inLexington, whether its the slow-cooked

pork and beef briskets for Scott Halls

acclaimed food truck or food for one of the

many special events at the former mill, run

by Halls parents and sister.

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Editor

Betsey Guzior, (803) [email protected]

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stAff WritErs

Betsey Guzior, Joey Holleman,

Diane Morrison

contributingWritErs

Kay Gordon, Marie McAden,Gigi Huckabee,

Deena C. Bouknight

stAff PhotogrAPhErs

C. Aluka Berry, Tim Dominick,Kim Kim Foster-Tobin,

C. Michael Bergen

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{performing arts}

Jan. 3-12: [title of show], Trustus Theatre, (803) 254-9732

Jan. 9-12:Alternacirque: Festival of Doom: Burlesque,

Sideshow and Circus All-Star Showcase, The CMFA Black

Box, (803) 712-3559

Jan. 11, 12:The Secret Garden, Newberry Ballet Guild,

Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-6264

Jan. 11-26: The Fox on the Fairway, Town Theatre, (803)

799-2510

Jan. 11-26: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Workshop Theatre,

(803) 799-4876

Jan. 12: Beethoven & Blue Jeans, Masterworks 4, South

Carolina Philharmonic, Koger Center, (803) 251-6333

Jan. 12 through May: Beauty and the Beast, Columbia

Marionette Theatre, (803) 252-7366

Jan. 13: Glenn Miller Orchestra, Newberry Opera House,

(803) 276-6264

Jan. 15: Strike, USC School of Music, (803) 777-4280

Jan. 17: Miranda Lambert with Lee Brice, Colonial Life Arena,

(803) 576-9200

Jan. 19: Rocketman A Tribute to Sir Elton John, Koger

Center, (803) 739-2275

Jan. 19: Sutton, Holt and Coleman, Newberry Opera House,

(803) 276-6264

Jan. 20: Don Williams, Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-6264

Jan. 23, 24: Elvis Lives, Broadway in Columbia, KogerCenter, (803) 251-6333

Jan. 24: Swingin Medallions, Newberry Opera House, (803)

276-6264

Jan. 25: Up Yonder with Karen Morgan and Vic Henley,

Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-6264

Jan. 25-Feb. 3: Barefoot in the Park, Village Square Theatre,

(803) 359-1436

Jan. 26: LifeChance 2013 International Gala of the Stars,

Koger Center, (803) 251-2222

Jan. 26: Steel Magnolia, Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-6264

Jan. 27: USC Symphony Orchestra Wagner World Wide:

America, USC School of Music, (803) 777-4280

Jan. 27: Faith and the Arts, Newberry Opera House, (803)

276-6264

Jan. 29: Wagner Symposium Concert, USC School of Music,

CALENDAR CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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(803) 777-4280

Jan. 31: Barber of Seville Teatro Lirico

DEuropa, Newberry Opera House, (803)

276-6264

{museums & art}Through Jan. 1: Modern and

Contemporary Art from the Collection,

Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-

2810

Through Jan. 6: The Life and Times

of Congressman Robert Smalls, State

Museum, (803) 898-4978

Through Jan. 6: Mark Rothko: The

Decisive Decade 1940-1950, Columbia

Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Through Jan 6: Alchemy of Art,Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-

2810

Through Feb. 23: Conict Zone, S.C.

Confederate Relic Room & Military

Museum, (803) 737-8095

Through Feb. 24: Snowville!, EdVenture,

(803) 779-3100

Through March 1:The Civil War in

South Carolina: Naval Warfare on the

Coast and Failed Attempts to Take

Charleston, Columbia Museum of Art,

(803) 799-2810

Through April 7: For Us the Living:

The Civil War Art of Mort Kunstler, State

Museum, (803) 898-4978

Through June 2: Civil War in 3D, SC

Confederate Relic Room and Military

Museum, (803) 737-8095

Through June 9: Secrets of the Maya,

State Museum, (803) 898-4978

Through Sept. 6: Conict Zone: A

Groundbreaking Look at War, SC

Confederate Relic Room and Military

Museum, (803) 737-8095

Jan. 2: Wee Wednesdays: Snowy

Wonders! Columbia Museum of Art,

(803) 799-2810

Jan. 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, 31:

Giggle Science/Messy Play, EdVenture,

(803) 779-3100

Jan. 4: Baker & Baker Art of Music,

Music for Rothko, Columbia Museum of

Art, (803) 799-2810

Jan. 5: Gallery Tour: Mark Rothko: The

Decisive Decade 1940-1950, Columbia

Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Jan. 7:Toddler Take Over, EdVenture,

(803) 779-3100

Jan. 6,13, 20, 27: Gallery Tour: Highlights

of the Museums Collection, Columbia

Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Jan 10: Contemporaries Wine 101,

Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Jan. 17: FAAC Lecture on African-

American Painter Allen Crite, Columbia

Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Jan. 18: Lecture and Book Signing: A

Memoir of James De Veaux, Columbia

Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Jan. 19: Museum Roadshow, State

Museum, (803) 898-4952

Jan. 19-May 11: Step Right Up

The Sideshow in America, McKissick

Museum, (803) 777-7251

Jan. 20: Tour de Lengua Espanola,

Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-

2810

CALENDAR FROM PAGE 7

French masters.Henri de Toulouse-Lautrecs Dancer Seated on a Pink Divan, part of ColumbiaMuseum of Arts Impressionism from Monet to Matisse exhibit, Jan. 25 through April 21.

COURTESY COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART


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Jan. 21-May 17: Dawn of Freedom:

The Freedmens Town of Mitchelville,

McKissick Museum, (803) 777-7251

Jan. 22: Craft Bar Happy Hour, Columbia

Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Jan. 25-April 21: From Monet to

Matisse, Columbia Museum of Art, (803)

799-2810

{sports}

Jan. 3: Gamecocks vs. Tennessee Lady

Vols Womens Basketball, Colonial Life

Arena, (803) 576-9200

Jan. 5: Carolina Cage Fights One Pro

MMA, Township Auditorium, (803) 576-2350

Jan. 5: Gamecocks vs. S.C. State

Bulldogs Mens Basketball, Colonial Life

Arena, (803) 576-9200

CALENDAR CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Jan. 10: Gamecocks vs. Vanderbilt

Commodores Womens Basketball,

Colonial Life Arena, (803) 576-9200

Jan. 12: Gamecocks vs. Auburn Tigers

Mens Basketball, Colonial Life Arena,

(803) 576-9200

Jan. 17: Gamecocks vs. LSU Tigers

Womens Basketball, Colonial Life Arena,

(803) 576-9200

Jan. 19: Gamecocks vs. Vanderbilt

Commodores Mens Basketball, Colonial

Life Arena, (803) 576-9200

Jan. 26: Gamecocks vs. Arkansas

Razorbacks Mens Basketball, Colonial

Life Arena, (803) 576-9200

{special events}

Through Jan 6: Main Street Ice @ Boyd

Plaza, Hampton & Main, (803) 545-3100

Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26: All Local FarmersMarket, 701 Whaley, (803) 917-4702

Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26: Soda City Farmers

Market, Main Street, www.facebook.

com/SodaCity

Jan. 6: WNOK Bridal Expo, Columbia

Metropolitan Convention Center, (803)

865-9497

Jan. 8: Woodrow Wilson Family Home:

Hard Hat Tour, Historic Columbia

Foundation, (803) 252-7742

Jan. 11: Robert Mills Historic DistrictWalking Tour, Historic Columbia

Foundation, (803) 252-7742

Jan. 13: Second Sunday Roll:

Homeplace Bus Tour, Historic Columbia

Foundation, (803) 252-7742

Jan, 17: Garden Tour of the Robert Mills

Grounds, Historic Columbia Foundation,

(803) 252-7742

Jan. 19: Women of Hampton-PrestonTour, Historic Columbia Foundation, (803)

252-7742

Jan. 19: World Beer Festival, Columbia

Metropolitan Convention Center, www.

worldbeerfestival.com

Jan. 20: Dollar Sunday, Historic

Columbia Foundation, (803) 252-7742

Jan. 26: Quilt Workshop, Historic

Columbia Foundation, (803) 252-7742

Jan. 26: Red Shoe Run, Colonial Life

Arena, (803) 254-0118

Jan. 26: Mountain in the Middle Trail

Race, Harbison State Forest, (803) 907-

1742

Compiled by Diane Morrison

CALENDAR FROM PAGE 9

Girls on re.Country music star Miranda Lambert will perform with Lee Brice at Colonial Life Arena Jan. 17.


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{sketch}

T

he incised, handpainted tablesits in Mary Alice LoricksLexington home. I callit my memory table, she

says, because all the imagesand sayings on the table remind me ofmy family and places that have specialmeaning to me.

A few years ago, while visiting herdaughter, Kori, in Alexandria, Va., Lorickchanced upon a showroom at a companythat crafts unique and colorfully paintedfurniture. Tables, blanket chests, mirrorframes and other wooden objects looklike folk art pieces on steroids. Exoticbirds, fanciful owers and swayingpalms are some of the elements used byindividual artists to create furnishings

designed to be conversation pieces.I got their business card and decidedthat someday, if I could afford it, I wouldlike to get one of their tables, recallsLorick. She liked a style called a day andnight table, which depicts the sun on oneside and the moon on the other.

When Lorick inherited some money,she decided to fulll her dream and createa one-of-a-kind table that represented her

life. She chose a 48-inch round, pedestaltable that would t the bay window areaof her sunroom. Five suede-coveredParsons chairs, each in a different color,surround the table.

On the sun half of the table, Lorickordered a garden scene that had a rockwall, reminiscent of the wall in hergrandmothers garden. The mockingbirdin the scene is symbolic of one of Loricksfavorite books, To Kill a Mockingbird,

while the yellow daisies in the gardenrepresent her mothers favorite ower.For her son Luke, a USC fan, Lorickplaced an imposing gamecock, standingregally in the garden.

The beloved family cat, Wilbury, evenmade an appearance. The artist placedhim poised among the grasses. The artistadded other creatures, like butteries,oating across the sky. But Lorickrequested not to have any squirrels in thescene. I was having a problem with themat the time and didnt want them even inmy imaginary garden.

Lorick knew that she wanted a crescentmoon above a cabbage palm in the nightscene to represent South Carolina. Sheasked for a natural beach setting withsand dunes, palms, sea oats and beachcreatures such as a sea turtle comingashore. When the children were little,we started taking them to Edisto Beach.We stayed at Egrets Point so I asked foran egret in the picture. An alligator

another inhabitant of Edisto was alsoa must.

The edge of the table is reserved forany phrases or names that a person mightwant to wrap around the table as a frame.

Lorick chose names of family membersinterspersed with special sayings ofsignicance to her. When Luke was littleand I would put him to bed, he wouldalways say, See you when the sun comesup. So I wanted that on the table.

Lorick likes the fact that objects carvedon the table arent always in correctproportion to others. For instance, aower might be the same size as a tree.But I like that folk art quality of thepiece, she explains.

When the table arrived, Lorick checkedher list of items she had requested to be

incorporated in the design. She didntremember seeing the cricket she hadrequested. On her second inspection, shespied it perched on a leaf near Wilbury,who was watching the cricket intently, hishead cocked to the side, just like he did inLoricks real garden.

Gigi Huckabee is a freelance writer based inthe Midlands.

Carved full of memories

Story by Gigi Huckabee Special to Lake Murray and Northeast magazines Photographs by Tim Dominick

Artist capturesLexington womans talein one-of-a-kind table

Images have meaning.Mary Alice Lorickstable features images that tell the story of her life.

From left, a gamecock represents her sons love

of USC, palmetto and moon for South Carolina

and Wilbury, the family cat.


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Weve already developed

a taste for ... the hot barwith multiple vegetarianoptions at theWholeFoods Marketin CrossHill Market ... the trufefrites atOak Tabletopped with shavedsmoked gouda and thepork dumplings, stuffedwith pork belly cont

with herbs and cheese ...spicy ramen atMenkoi

Were going to make

a reservation for... atable on the top deck ofLiberty on the Lake,scheduled to open thisyear at Marina Bay inLake Murrays newestdevelopment ... the nextHarvest Dinner at City Roots ... a table near the kitchen atBasil

Thai restaurant, opening soon at Cross Hill Market ...

Raise a glass to ... the arrival of Chicago-based Goose Islandbeers at selected craft beer houses in Columbia ... wine dinnersat local restaurants such as Cotton Grill in Lexington, SolsticeKitchen, Gervais & Vine and Rosso Trattoria Italia ... thefth annualWorld Beer Festival Jan. 19 at the ColumbiaMetropolitan Convention Center ...

Mmmmm ... the charcuterie board atMotor Supply... the cheeseselection atGourmet Shop

We long to be ... smelling the freshly baked bread fromHeathers Artisan Bakeryat the Soda City Market on Saturdays... or the scones atCrust, which opened in November in

{a toast to good taste}

W

eve got a big appetite for food

in the Midlands in 2013; so

much thats new, exciting and

anticipated.

Yum!At left, Chef Joseph Jacobson preps a golden tile sh for dinnerat The Oak Table restaurant. Customers peruse shelves of Certied

South Carolina Grown products at 302 Artisans; Colas is one of the

new restaurants that opened in downtown Columbia during 2012; a

re-baked pizza crisps in the oven at Noahs Antica Pizzeria in Irmo.

What werehungry for in 2013

KIM KIM FOSTER-TOBIN/[email protected]


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Rosewood ... or the cookies atAlly& Eloise ... or the trufes atLady

Antionettes in the Vista

Were browsing ... the aisles of302Artisan, featuring lots of SC Certiedfoods ... the farm shed Saturdaymornings at the SC Farmers Market...

Were itching to... take a class atCharleston Cooks! in the Cross HillMarket ... order a cupcake from Sweetat the Village at Sandhill ... buy wine at

Trader Joes, opening on Forest Drivesoon ... bite into a slice of authenticNeapolitan pizza fromNoahs AnticaPizzeria on St. Andrews Road .. nd agreat meal during Restaurant Week,Jan. 10-20, throughout South Carolina.Look for Midlands restaurants to offerdeals on meals.

TIM DOMINICK/[email protected]

JEFF BLAKE/[email protected]

JEFF BLAKE/[email protected]


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s a child, a favorite memory is of the seven of us seated at a round table at a family restaurant onSaturdays. Each of the ve children typically ordered the same cherished menu item week afterweek. Sunday afternoons were reserved for brownie sundaes at a local ice cream shop. As an adult,pangs of disappointment are still felt when passing a favorite pizza place that closed down ve years

ago.We get attached to the places we love to frequent. We count on certain foods prepared in particularways. We make connections with the employees and owners of those establishments. Even in this era of

fast food and chain restaurants,there are landmark businessesthat Columbia residents fromLake Murray to the Northeastfaithfully support.

THE RUSTY ANCHOR1925 Johnson Marina in Chapin, (803)749-1555

Serving since: 1993

Whats special? People watching whilesitting under the shade on a Saturdayafternoon, listening to live music.

The Rusty Anchor Restaurant has beenserving everything from burgers andlet mignon to fried popcorn shrimpand lobster. General manager ToddDeming, who has been overseeing theestablishment at Johnson Marina onLake Murray for almost 10 years, saysThe Rusty Anchor is a draw for family

and friends because of its festive lake-sideambiance and wide selection.Customers have a view of the lake

from every table inside the restaurant,says Deming.

From the late spring to early fall,customers dine and enjoy music on the40-top deck or hang out and eat on theadjacent Quarter Deck, which seats 200.

A few employees remember eating

Story by Deena C. Bouknight Special to Lake Murray and Northeast magazines Photographs by C. Michael Bergen

FAVORITES CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

Midlands most favorite

eateries still going strong


FILE PHOTOGRAPH/THE STATE


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LEXINGTON ARMSRESTAURANT & LOUNGE316 Main St., Lexington, (803) 359-2700

Serving since: 1980

Whats special? A aming bananasFoster arrives at your table during Frenchnight

Lexington Arms Restaurant & Loungehas been in the same location since itopened and still offers many of the samemenu items. Duncan Crowe, who startedLexington Arms with his wife, Elisabeth,

says that the focus from the beginninghas been to offer fresh seafood, seasonalspecials, daily specials and an extensivemenu. On German nights, there areseveral authentic veal dishes to choosefrom, while French nights offer tablesidepreparation of such dishes as steak aupoivre or steak Diane.

But, oh, the prime rib. Thats what somany people come for. We cook it theold fashioned way, he says, slow roastedon the bone for two-and-a-half to threehours.

All six of the Crowes children have

been involved in some way or anotherin the family restaurant. Phillip, theyoungest son, has been the chef for morethan 15 years. Other employees havebeen with the Crowes for almost 20 years.

Crowe says his wife ofcially retired10 years ago, but he cant imagine notshowing up for work. At 76, he says hehas seen babies grow up to have theirown babies. Lasting friendships withregular customers is the joy of thisbusiness, he adds. I enjoy it very much.

Hello, mate!Duncan Crowe, left, a native ofLondon, England, opened the Lexington Arms

Restaurant and Lounge on Aug. 4, 1980. His

son Phillip, right, manages the kitchen. Top right,

Crispy ounder served with an apricot sauce

with crushed red pepper, garlic, and shallots is

a favorite on the menu. Bottom right, Photos of

friends adorn the wall of the Lexington Arms.


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at The Rusty Anchor with their families when they werechildren. Others have parents who worked there when they wereteenagers or young adults.

Whole families regularly patronize The Rusty Anchor. Specialnights when children eat for half-price or free are always draws,as are all-you-can-eat specials. And, two of the most consistently

popular menu items have been the lightly ash-fried WasabiTuna and the seafood platter with either fried or broiled shrimp,oysters, scallops and ounder.

SHEALYS BAR-B-QUE340 E. Columbia Ave. in Batesburg-Leesville, (803) 532-8135

Serving since: 1969

Whats special?Ask the waitress for a pully bone, which meansthe wishbone in the chicken.

Tommy Shealy remembers his father cooking a hog at theirhome on weekends while he was growing up. In 1969, when

Tommy was a teenager, his parents decided to turn theirweekend pastime into a full-edged culinary endeavor. ShealysBar-B-Que opened in Batesburg-Leesville and has been servingsome of the same families for 40 years.

The communities on the outskirts

of Columbia didnt have many

restaurants before their population

began expanding in the past 50

years. Before WWII, about the only

places to eat outside of family homes

around Lake Murray and in Northeast

Richland were the local boarding houses,

according to local historians.

A few other eateries popped up in the

years after the war.

In Lexington, the choices downtown

were Hites and Rawls restaurants,according to longtime Lexington attorney

Hugh Rogers.

Hites, at the intersection of Main

Street and Columbia Avenue, almost

reached its 50th birthday before closing

in 1996. Customers could sit down for

meat-and-three meals in the restaurant

or grab the popular hamburgers,

sandwiches and fries at the snack bar.

Rawls was closer to the courthouse,

making it a favorite for quick lunches with

lawyers and courthouse workers.

Outside of Lexington, the choices

included the barbecue buffet at OakGrove Barbecue, which operated for

years on Oak Drive before the building

burned down. Chavis Bar-B-Que

occupies that location today.

And out by the lake, the culinary

choices were few, but Snelgroves

Landing was known for its hot dogs.

Snelgroves closed in 2003.

In Northeast Richland, the earliest

fast food operations were snack bars

that took root on U.S. 21 and U.S. 1.

Travelers stopped at Clara Boney

Martins stand in Blythewood to enjoy

hamburgers, hot dogs and a variety

of fried fruit pies under the shade of a

sycamore tree on Wilson Boulevard. The

ofcial name was The Clara Shop but

locals knew it as Mrs. Claras Sandwich

Shop, according to the Blythewood

Historical Society.

The shop closed years ago, and

Martins family moved the building to the

back of some property nearby. Its still

standing, with the sign advertising 15-

cent hot dogs, 25-cent hamburgers and

10-cent pies.

The Whales Tail was one landmark

restaurant on Broad River Road that still

resonates in the minds of baby boomers

who grew up in Columbia. It closed in

the early 1980s.

FAVORITES FROM PAGE 16

I remember...Mrs. Claras Sandwich Shop in Blythewood. The building is not on its original site butlocated in the back yard of Mrs. Martins daughter, Dorothy Blume. It has been given to the Blythewood

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Serve up your memories

Have a memory of a long-gone restaurant in the Midlands.

Share your story with Lake Murray and Northeast

magazines. Send us an email at

[email protected] or drop us a line at P.O.

Box 1333, Columbia SC 29201, Attention: Lake Murray/

Northeast magazines

Barbecue has been Shealys life. The restaurant still usesthe same slow roasting process for the barbecue, as well as thesame ingredients and recipes as it always has. The volume isjust much larger than when they started, so cooking barbecueevolved from the cast iron kettle that his father originallyused to larger steam kettles. Today, around 6,000 pounds areprepared weekly.

Although two sauces are offered mustard and vinegar based

mustard has always been the most popular. In recent years,Shealys has bottled, labeled, and sold its mustard-based sauceat South Carolina grocery stores. Even though Shealys parentsare deceased, he says their legacy lives on in the hearts andstomachs of second and third generation customers. Makingpeople happy and seeing them enjoy themselves is what thisbusiness is all about, says Shealy, who admits that he never tiresof eating barbecue himself.

LITTLE PIGS BARBECUE4927 Alpine Road, Columbia, (803) 788-8238

Serving since 1962

Whats special? Its a barbecue joint, try the pulled pork (andon Sundays you can go a little upscale with shrimp and grits).

The restaurant started in Columbia on Rosewood Drivein 1962, and original owner Lawrence Brittain moved it in1978 to its current location in Northeast Richland. Back thennobody called it the Northeast Richland. It was more like thehinterlands.

I asked (Brittain) What in the world are you doing movingout there? says Champ McGee, who worked for Brittainand eventually took over as owner. Turns out, Brittain wasa trailblazer, and Little Pigs is one of the longest-runningrestaurants in the Northeast.

Its a classic Southern barbecue buffet, with a serving linethat has grown from 20 to 40 items, including three kinds of

barbecue pork along with chicken. The restaurant seats 172,and its often full.Little Pigs fans were worried when a re destroyed the

building in 2009, but McGee rebuilt quickly and was re-openedin ve months. We were packed those rst few weeks back,McGee says. When you get customers who eat with youweekly, or monthly or at least a few times a year, they miss you.

The publicity from the re and the excitement about thereturn of Little Pigs might have helped the restaurant earn abest-in-South Carolina honor from Southern Living in 2010.

Customers keep coming back for the quality of the food andthe friendliness of the staff, McGee says.

Deena Bouknight is a freelance writer based in the Midlands; staffwriter Joey Holleman contributed


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{a toast to good taste: on the menu}

Chef Mike Davis

of Terra in West

Columbia showcases

the nest of local

seasonal produce

and sustainable

products on his

restaurants menu.

As citrus season

comes into full

swing, expect desserts featuring Meyerlemons and blood oranges. And the

new year will see some favorite items

returning to Terras menu such as

beef cannelloni, braised short ribs and

Anson Mills polenta.

We asked Davis to present us with

a meal featuring the best in local

ingredients.

Terra is located at 100 State St., WestColumbia, (803) 791-3443, terrasc.com

Appetizer: Beet salad with

pecans, City Roots Farm

(Columbia) radish and zesty

mix and Split Creek Farm

(Anderson) goat cheese mousse

Close to home cooking


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Entree: Grilled Manchester Farm quail (Sumter) with Anson Mills

Charleston Gold brown rice, City Roots Farm red kale, sweet potato,

wild mushroom and bourbon jus

Dessert: Eggs from Wil-Moore Farms

(Lugoff) are used to create a pistachio-

avored crme Brule, meringue cookies and

fresh ice cream (cookies-n-cream, salted

caramel and peppermint avors) with a

snookerdoodle cookie


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Bloodlines of livestock

and people have deeproots at Dutch Fork farm

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David Koon knows and respects his 100-cattle herd so thoroughly hecan point one out and tell you its personality traits, health and familyhistory. Some in the current herd have come down through bloodlinesof cows raised by his ancestors: His great-great-great-grandfather John

Jacob Calhoun Koon, established the Dutch Fork area farm in 1713, soon afteremigrating from Germany.

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When Koon sells angus or charolais beef, or cows that are across between the two, at the nearby Saluda Livestock Market,they are not sold on the hoof or by the head as most areafarmers measure cattle. For him, its by the face.

During harvest time, Koon gets help from one of his foursisters, Cindy, who also tends her small herd of boer goats in aseparate fenced pasture on the family farm. He relies heavily onAmy, his wife of 18 years, for moral support and sporadic helpwith a breached calf. Otherwise, Koon manages single-handedlythe 210 acres of Double Acres Farm, cut through by the

Newberry & Laurens Railroad line and Broad River Road.His only other herding help comes from four llamas and

Nickodemus, a burro with a lot of attitude.Llamas and donkey, by nature, dont like canines, explained

Amy Koon. That means not only dogs, but also the coyoteswe can hear yipping out in the woods that edge the home place,especially late at night when a train is passing by.

The cows are far more comfortable with David Koon, their

KOON CONTINUED ON PAGE 28

Down on the farm.David Koon raises cows to sell at the nearby Saluda Livestock Market not on the hoof or by the head as most area farmers.David knows and respects his 120-cattle herd so thoroughly he can point one out and tell you its personality traits, health and reproductive history and who

its parents were. A small herd of boer goats owned by Koons sister thrives in a fenced pasture.


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Til the cows come home. Cows dont like to wait; they get loud if they dont get fed on time, Koon said.


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caregiver, so he moves easily among theskittish animals to check on them and,when its market time, to coax them intothe bed of his 1953 International truck.He has taken an average of 60 head ofcattle a year to market.

The beef Koon sells in Saluda isshipped out west and processed before itmakes it way into the grocery chains.

Koons beef is highly prized at marketbecause he uses no hormones or articialinsemination in raising his cattle.

The beef from Koon cows is not asfork-tender as cuts packaged and waitingat the grocery store. That doesnt stoplocals from asking Koon if they can buya side of beef from him. He has to turnthem down. As FDA regulations havebecome more stringent, it has becomemore and more prohibitive to processyour own meat, he explained.

Koon began working at the farmwhen he was 7 years old. His father,Calvin Koon, was the fth generationof Koon to work the land. David Koonattended Clemson University to becomean agricultural engineering major. Heis a 2001 recipient of Woodmen of theWorlds Conservation Award, and also hasreceived Richland County Farm Bureaus1987 Young Farmer Award and RichlandConservation Districts 1990 YoungFarmer Award.

He also operates an on-site sawmill.This farm has always been both, said

Koon, the only one of ve siblingskeeping the operation viable.

Cows dont like to wait; they get loudif they dont get fed on time, so I get tothe saw mill when I can because woodcan wait, he said.

Koon mills local wood for his own useand for a variety of consumer purposes,often to exacting specications. A veryold cedar tree felled by a 2011 storm is waiting for its sap to recede so he canmill it. It could take months or years. Ablack walnut that once provided AmyKoons grandfather shade dried out for six

years before David Koon made his wife abed frame out of it.

He can build anything, she said,gesturing to the stately grandfather clockstanding sentinel in their downstairscenter hall. He crafted a china cabinetfrom an over-sized chinaberry tree whenhe was just a teen. Floor boards milledfrom various tree species cover a sectionof their upstairs hallway. I salvage wastewood. These slabs used to re breadovens in bakeries downtown. Sawdust is

used for chicken houses, shavings are usedfor customers horse stalls, cedar chips forcontrolling eas in dog beds, and otherwood chips are bought for landscaping orlining ower beds. Theres some use for itall, Koon said.

His approach to farming and millingenables him to practice the stewardship

he believes in so fervently. We hope tobecome even more sustainable aroundhere with more of a garden than wevehad, he said. But for now, nothing goesto waste on this farm.

Rachel Haynie is a freelance writer based inthe Midlands.

KOON FROM PAGE 25

Pastoral.Some cows in the current herd have come down through bloodlines raised by hisforebears. His great, great, great grandfather John Jacob Calhoun Koon established the farm in 1713

soon after immigrating to the Dutch Fork area from Germany.


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Milling time.Koon also operates an on-site sawmill. He millls local wood for his own use and for a variety of consumer purposes, often to exactingspecications. He can build anything, Koons wife, Amy said.

Natural born guardians.Llamas, along with a donkey, help with herding and protecting the catt le on Koons farm. They naturally dont like canines,which helps keep the coyotes at bay.


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Sheila and Steve Hall know how to throw a party. Over the last 15 years, the Lake Murray couple hashosted more than 3,000 banquets, anniversary dinners, birthday luncheons and weddings in theirturn-of-the-century plantation-style home the Corley Mill House and Garden.

What once was a rundown residence is now the family business. Their daughter Stephanie and sonScott help run the popular reception venue, an off-site catering company and their latest ventureBone-inArtisan Barbecue on Wheels.


Story by Marie McAden Photographs by C. Aluka Berry

A family affairCorley Mill House and Garden

Simple beauty.An old barn is seen from the garden of the Corley Mill wedding event center in Lexington.

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Q on the go.Chef Scott Hall hands a customer an order from his Bone-In Artisan Barbecue truck. Bone-In was named one of the 20 best food trucks inthe United States.

Less than a year after hitting the road, Bone-

in Artisan Barbecue on Wheels was named

one of the 20 best food trucks in the United

States by Smithsonian magazine. And the

accolades just keep on coming.

Last summer, GQ included it among its list

of Best Places to Eat Right Now. Its been

featured on two cooking channel programs

and will be highlighted on an upcoming BRAVO

reality TV show and on the Travel Channel.

Food trucks are a big part of todays food

culture, said Bone-in chef Scott Hall. Its themelding of casual street food with creative

cuisine.

This is not your corner hot dog cart. Hall

starts with bone-in pork shoulder and brines it

for 24 hours in a bath of spices, salt and sugar.

Its rubbed with salt, garlic and more spices,

smoked for 14 hours in a low temperature

smoking chamber and then hand-pulled using a

unique shredding method.

We serve it on the truck the same day its

pulled so you dont get the wet-dog taste

that pork takes on after two or three days of

refrigeration, Hall said. Its not a health issue,

its about avor.

Both the hickory smoked pork and beef

brisket are served on baked-in-the-morning

focaccia bread and served with gingered apple

carrot coleslaw and your choice of salad or

hand-cut raw fries.

Along with the barbecue staples, Bone-ins

menu can include specials like chicken and

wafes, beer-battered fried sh and chorizo

and pimento cheese on sourdough. Foodiefans can check out the trucks weekly menu

and scheduled stops online or with their smart

phones.

Social media is a huge part of our business,

Hall said. We have 4,000 followers on both

Facebook and Twitter. Were constantly engaged

with our customers.

Marie McAden is a freelance writer based in theMidlands.

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The Halls came into the receptionrental and catering business after runninga successful orist in Columbia andLexington in the early 90s.

People would come in and ask us ifwe knew of any place where they couldhave a reception, Sheila Hall recalled.They wanted something different.

The Corley Mill House t the bill.Built in 1908, the two-story whiteclapboard house had been the former

residence of the Corleys, who ran alumber mill in the area for nearly acentury. When the Halls bought thehouse in January 1997, it was in disrepairand in need of serious landscaping.

There wasnt a blade of grass in theyard, Sheila Hall said. It was pretty bleak.

Despite its unsightly appearance, thehistoric house had enough panache to sella bride-to-be on the site for her weddingreception. Three months after buyingthe property, the Halls were playing host

to 425 guests. It would turn out to be thebiggest event ever booked in the facility.

Although the 2,000-square-foot housecould not begin to accommodate such alarge crowd, the backyard offered plentyof space. The Halls quickly set to workon creating a picturesque garden thatwould serve as the backdrop for the party.In addition to landscaping the yard, SteveHall hand-built a large white gazeboand wraparound deck overlooking thesurrounding countryside.

The week following the reception, they

hosted their rst wedding. As word gotout about the new venue, reservationsbegan pouring in.

After that rst year, we sold theorist, Sheila Hall said. We couldntkeep up with both. We were having twoto three weddings a weekend.

With the business in full swingand growing, they decided to build a5,000-square-foot addition that includes agallery, a second outdoor deck and a largereception hall with a stage and seating

All in the family.The Hall family from left, Scott Hall, Stephanie Hall, and their parents Steve andSheila Hall. Scott Hall and his family run Corley Mill wedding event center in Lexington. Scott Hall also

uses the site to prepare his famous briskets and other barbecue delights for his food truck. At left, a

painting of Corley Mill House in the gathering room of the wedding event center.

Need moreinformation?

Corley Mill House and Garden

www.corleymillhouse.com or (803)

957-1818

Bone-in Artisan Barbecue on

Wheels

www.artisanbbqtruck.com or

(803) 728-7512

Scott Hall Catering and Event

Design

www.scotthallcatering.com

On Twitter: @Artisanbbqtruck

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space for up to 220 guests.Although bookings have slowed a bit

with the sour economy, advance noticeof one to one-and-a-half years is stillrequired to reserve the house for an eventon weekends in spring, summer and fall.

Most of the weddings are held

outdoors, Stephanie Hall said. Peoplelike the look of an old Southernplantation home with the Magnolia andpecan trees. And its a lot less expensivethan Charleston.

For the bigger parties, the Halls hire await staff. Other than that, Sheila, Steve

and Stephanie take care of everythingthemselves. They cook the food, set uptables and chairs, lay out the linens anddecorate the hall and gardens.

Mom, dad and I have worked everyevent weve had here the last 15 years,said Stephanie Hall, 41. Were reallyhands-on. We dont want to leave

anything to chance. We want every eventto be the best it can be.Scott Hall, 35, joined the clan four

years ago after a 10-year stint in NewYork working in restaurants and runninghis own catering business. With thesupport of his family, he started ScottHall Catering and Event Design, an off-site catering business offering cutting-edge haute cuisine.

In March 2011, the enterprising chefjoined the gourmet food truck revolutionwith Bone-in Artisan Barbecue onWheels. His parents and sister jumpedright in to help.

Stephanie takes the orders, I serve upthe food and my husband fries the hand-cut chips and beer-battered sh, SheilaHall said. Its a family affair.

Marie McAden is a freelance writer based inthe Midlands.

Fit to be tied.A yard ornament at Corley Mill wedding event center.

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Chapin authors Bill and June Bowen are naturalstorytellers raconteurs in the truest sense of theword.

Southern born and bred, they each learnedearly on at the feet of their elders the intrinsic

value of sharing tales, perhaps on front porches with friendsand relatives on Sunday afternoons or in the parlor on early

evenings with family. They learned to listen, to remember, torecount the stories and then to write.The couple, both in their 80s, have written books which were

published last summer. Bill, a Charleston native, put togetherhis collection of stories, anecdotes, poems and homespunphilosophy in his Gleanings of an Old Geechee. June, whogrew up on Sullivans Island, wrote her rst novel, IslandGirl, an historic romantic drama set on Sullivans Island in a40-year time frame from the 1940s through the 1970s. Thestory is based on true facts.

Bill and June met as teenagers from rival high schools andfell in love in between high school and college.

June had a scholarship to College of Charleston, and Billgraduated from Mars Hill in North Carolina. They got marriedand moved from the Lowcountry to Greenville, where Bill wasin the food brokerage business. They moved to Chapin 30 yearsago to be closer to their families. In December, they celebratedtheir 58th wedding anniversary. They have three daughters andeight grandchildren.

They have traveled to all 50 states and beyond to SouthAmerica and Europe. They have boarded 25 cruises.

They excel at duplicate bridge and are active in their seniorgroups at Chapin United Methodist Church. Both playedtennis and were an integral part of the Mists Kitchen Band forve years.

They also love words.Bill won a limerick contest in The State newspaper in 1995.

The next year, June won the contest. They still can recite thoselimericks. Bill wrote regular columns for the newspaper between1995 and 1997. He still likes to pen letters to the editor aboutimportant matters, but his rst love is writing poetry.

Bill last year decided to put some of his writings in a bookform. He said in his 80 years, hes experienced much of what hewrote in his book.

Its about love, life and death, he said. Its also about livingin and around Charleston, South Carolina, during and afterWWII. Its about shing in the rivers and the lakes, which,at the time, were teeming with sh and other wildlife. Itsprofound, its funny, and its thought-provoking.

June, too, had been thinking about writing a book for

a while, but she didnt know how to use a computer. Onemorning last year, she woke up and said, Im going to writea book. Island Girl was born. Bill tutored her in becomingcomputer literate.

They attended a book fair in Columbia last spring and wereencouraged. June told a publisher then that she was writing abestseller.

I like my book, she said. I think its good.Junes book was published by XLibris in August and Bills

in September. Since then, they have spoken at book clubs andhave had some book signings.

Now that she has one book nished, June wants to writemore. She said shes not really a writer but a storyteller with astory to tell.

Bills philosophy is that life is fun every day. Don Quixote ismy hero.

Kay Gordon is a freelance writer based in the Midlands.

More information

Buy Gleanings of an Old Geechee and Island

Girl, published by XLibris, from Amazon.com,

BarnesandNoble.com or your favorite bookstore. They

also are available on e-readers, Nooks and Kindles.

Details: Visit www.islandgirlbyjunebowen.com or www.

gleaningsbybillbowen.com.

A couplewith stories to tell

Story by Kay Gordon Photographs by Tim Dominick

Chapin authors publish rst books in their 80s

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LMYRA donates $10,000 to the MDA

The Lake Murray Yacht Racing Association(LMYRA) haspresented a $10,000 donation to theMuscular Dystrophy

Associationfor research on Friedrichs Ataxia, a rare diseaseof the nervous system. LMYRA raised the funds from theproceeds of its Outback Cup Regatta, held at the ColumbiaSailing Club in October.

Receiving the check were Dave and Karen Desseyn, ownersof the Outback Steakhouse restaurant on Harbison Boulevard,which was a regatta sponsor. Jeff Smith, president of theOutback Steakhouse restaurant chain, has two children with thedisease.

Lexington Haiti project gets $10,000

Childrens Charities of the Midlands representative and LakeCarolina Development president David Tuttle awarded $10,000to Haiti Children Project, a non-prot organization founded byone of Lake Carolinas homebuilders, Wade McGuinn..

Some of the funds raised at the Lake Carolina Wine &Food Festival in October were earmarked for Lexington-based Haiti Children Project. The organization supportsan orphanage that provides a home for 39 displaced childrenin Jeremie, Haiti. The project hopes to expand its servicesto provide a feeding and school program for hundreds ofchildren in the local village. For more information, visit www.haitichildrenproject.org.

GARDEN NEWSPeter Hatch, former director of garden and grounds forMonticello, will talk about his newest book, A Rich Spotof Earth: Thomas Jeffersons Revolutionary Garden atMonticello, at a program put together by the South CarolinaMidlands Master Gardeners Association.

The program is 6 p.m. Jan. 15 at the South CarolinaDepartment of History and Archives, 8301 Parklane Road.Admission is free for SC Midlands Master Gardener members;$15 for non-members, payable at the door.

For reservations, email [email protected] or call(803) 749-1905; Press 2 to leave a message

ARTS

The next meeting of the Crooked Creek Art League is Feb.18 at 7 p.m. at Crooked Creek Park, 1098 Old LexingtonHwy., Chapin. The next meeting of the Seven Oaks Art Leagueis Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Seven Oaks Park at 200 Leisure Lane,Columbia.

The Metropolitan Opera Companyof New York returnsto Columbia Jan. 26 to search for the next great opera singer.Columbia is one of 40 locations in which singers younger than30 can audition in front of three judges.

The auditions are at Columbia College and are open to the

public. On Jan. 25, the Met holds a fundraiser featuring one of

the judges, soprano Mary Delaney.

UPCOMING

The Lake Murray Symphony Orchestras next concertis Feb. 24 at the Harbison Theatre at Midlands TechnicalCollege, 7300 College St. Showtime is 3:30 p.m. The programincludes music English Folk Song Suite and Haydns SurpriseSymphony No. 94, plus the William Tell Overture andChabriers Espans. Admission is free, but donations are taken atthe door. Details: (803) 400-3540 or www.lmso.org

Singer Gladys Knightwill headlinetheAuntie Karen Foundations10th annual Legends of... concertFeb. 22 at the Koger Center. Knight,who famously performed in the groupGladys Knight & the Pips, has been astar since the 70s. Her hits include IfI Were Your Woman, Neither Oneof Us (Wants to Be the First to SayGoodbye) and, of course, MidnightTrain to Georgia.

Tickets, which cost $50-$125,can be purchased by calling (803) 251-2222 or calling www.capitoltickets.com.

Get tickets now for a special concertfeaturing nationally known singerConnie James with the SandlapperSingers, set for Feb. 8. James, a NewYork City singer and actress, is aColumbia native who also attendedthe University of South Carolina.She has toured with comedian BobNewhart, starred in a one-womanshow, Fever: A Tribute to PeggyLee, and has acted in severalindependent lms. Other guest artists

include the Dick Goodwin Jazz Ensemble and the SandlapperSingers Orchestra.

To purchase tickets, visit www.sandlappersingers.org or call(803) 381-5481.

Have an item for People, Places and Things? Email [email protected]. Event notices can be included in our monthly calendar,but must be sent at least six weeks in advance.

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{ past tense }

JULY 1975

Construction of The Bounty Seafood Restaurant on Caughmans Pond Road near Highway 378 in Lower Richland

County. The seafood restaurant was popular with people who came for the buffet and sometimes got a ride around

the pond (in a much smaller boat called the Baby Bounty). The restaurant was owned by B.C. Inabinet of Defender

Industries, an industrial maintenance rm. The restaurant supposedly was built as a replica of the HMS Bounty.

Inabinet, who opened other seafood restaurents in the Midlands, died in 1983; the restaurant closed a few years

after.

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