Holly Springs Sun Feature May 2011

BY NANCY CATRINEEDITOR

Rochell Selvey saysKaress Krafters was bornin 2005 out of whatseemed like a never end-ing quest to find suitableskincare products for herhusband Richard’s skincondition.The idea came out of

curiosity. The couple pur-chased a handmade barof soap in hopes of itbeing the miraclecleanser for Selvey’s hus-band, Richard, and itwas. Richard had noreactions to the soap

which peaked Selvey’sinterest in learning moreabout handmade soap.She was even more excit-ed to learn that ingredi-ents for soap makingcould be found in any-one’s cupboard, such asolive oil.Her research began

with a quick Googlesearch of handmadesoap. This turned up along list of various ven-dors who sold handmadesoap. She did anothersearch of ‘how to makehandmade soap’ which

BY NANCY CHANGCLEVELAND EDITOR

With summer on theway and warm weatherhere to stay, horses andtheir owners may bechomping at the bit toget back in the saddle.And one local ridinginstructor is gearing upto help those horse andhuman teams get thebest out of their rides.Allison Trill of

Equestrian Advice willbe hosting four clinicsthis year, the first ofwhich will be held onMay 28 at Cedar GroveFarm in Cleveland.“The weather’s getting

nicer, and peoplehaven’t done thingswith their horses duringthe winter. Then they’llgo into the pasture andtry to work with them,but it doesn’t go so well.There’s a big lack ofc o m m u n i c a t i o nbetween the horse andrider in the springtime,” said Trill.The Horsemanship

C o m m u n i c a t i o nSeminar on May 28 willfocus on groundworkwith the horse, respect

for the space of bothhorse and rider andbody awareness. Trillsays the seminar isgeared towards peoplewho have questionsabout communicationwith their horse.“This clinic will make

the relationship withyour horse more enjoy-able. It will answer peo-ple’s questions whenthey’re asking them-selves, ‘Nowwhy did hedo that? Why isn’t he lis-

tening to me?’” saidTrill. “This clinic will bethe springboard for therest of the clinics, layingthe foundation andunderstanding thateverything we do istelling them something,whether you know it ornot.”The clinic will be held

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Auditors and familymembers are welcometo attend. Participantsshould sign up by May

21.Trill has been teaching

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For the second straightyear, the law firm of Ellisand Winters is one oftwo major sponsors forthe Devils Ridge LadiesGolf Association’s (LGA)charity golf tournamentto benefit the Pretty inPink Foundation.Partner in the firm, MikeWinters, and his wife,Anne, recently spokeabout the impact of theloss of their youngdaughter, Kristi, tobreast cancer two yearsago. A longstandingLGA member, Anne, forseveral years prior toKristi’s illness, had can-vassed businesses in thecommunity asking themto support local women(and men) with breastcancer. She knew of thegreat work done byPretty in Pink on behalfof underinsured womenwith breast cancer.Suddenly, she and

Mike had first-handknowledge of the pain afamily feels when aloved one is diagnosedwith breast cancer. Theyunderstand how theimmense medical billscan pile up during treat-ment. They also knowthe feelings of hopeless-ness that can envelop apatient and her familyespecially when thefunds needed for treat-ment are not available.

Fortunately, theirdaughter had goodinsurance coverage andwas able to access thebest care available. Shealso had tremendoussupport from her familyand her church. Noteveryone is so lucky.This has prompted

Mike and Anne tobecome generous con-tributors to the Pretty inPink Foundation. Theyare especially pleased toknow that all fundsraised are used to treatpatients in the immedi-

ate community. Whilethey may not know howto help an individualpatient, they know thatPretty in Pink certainlydoes.The Pretty in Pink

Foundation was begunby Raleigh breast cancersurgeon, Dr. LisaTolnitch in 2004. A com-passionate physician,she donated her servicesto patients in her prac-tice who lacked insur-ance coverage for theirbreast cancer treatment.Colleagues likewisedonated their services,and to date over 500individuals havereceived services free ofcharge or at greatlyreduced cost in the areasof surgery, oncology andradiation.The Pretty in Pink

Foundation is fundedentirely by donationsand grants. Executivedirector, PennyLauricella, directs exten-sive partnerships withc ommu n i t y - b a s e dorganizations, donatedprofessional servicesfrom physicians andlow-cost contracts withhealthcare facilities. Shechoreographs these ele-ments to provide a one-

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The Holly SpringsSun knows where thecutest kids live. Righthere. We all know somereally cute kids, butthose who want to earnbragging rights as towho is the very cutestwill have to enter ouronline Cutest Kids con-test. Patriot State Bankis the lead sponsor ofthe newspaper’s latestonline offering, whichwill allow individualsto enter children, birthto 12 years old, in acompetition that pro-vides voters an oppor-tunity to select thecutest children in agebrackets and thenchoose an overall dar-ling who will be namedthe Cutest Kid.The contest is live this

week, which is whenpeople can begin enter-ing children’s pictures.Voting begins at mid-

night on June 1 andcontinues through 5p.m. on June 15.Winners will be

announced later thatweek both online andin print. Like the over-whelmingly popularPetContest from late

2010, the Cutest KidContest is free, both tothose registering and tothose casting votes, andallows as many entriesas a person chooses toupload to the HollySprings Sun’s websitea twww.hollyspringssun.com.Parents, grandpar-

ents, aunts, uncles,brothers and sisters, oranyone who simplythinks a youngster iscute, can enter childrenin the contest, as longas they have permis-sion to do so.Other sponsors of this

contest are Great Clips,New Hope ValleyRailroad and DanceArt. Look for details ofthe contest online inads throughout today’sHolly Spring Sun.

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Back in the saddleLocal riding instructor hosts clinics for horse enthusiasts

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Ellis and Winters are major sponsors of the DevilsRidge Ladies Golf Association’s charity tournamentto benefit the Pretty in Pink Foundation. Pictured are

partner Mike Winters and his wife, Anne.

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The Karess Krafters’ product line includes a selectionof soaps, moisturizers, lip balms, sugar scrubs and

foot care products.

Skin care searchleads to business

of their own

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Riding instructor Allison Trill will be conducting a Horsemanship CommunicationSeminar on May 28.

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April 27-May 3

ArrestsAn arrest was made

April 27 in an incidentreported at the CapesideAve. and Avent FerryRoad intersectionallegedly involving pos-session of marijuana anddrug paraphernalia.An arrest was made

April 27 in an incidentreported off HollySprings Road allegedlyinvolving possession ofmarijuana.An arrest was made in

an April 27 incidentreported off StephensonRoad allegedly involv-ing fraud and no driver’slicense.Jessica Denise Walters,

28, of Holly Springs wasarrested April 28 on asimple assault charge.Phillip Leon Schaeffer,

35, of Raleigh was arrest-ed April 28 on assault ona female and failure toappear charges.An arrest was made

April 28 in an incidentreported at Holly GroveMiddle School off AventFerry Road allegedlyinvolving larceny.Robert Ross Dinkel, Jr.,

22, of Holly Springs wascited April 29 on a driv-ing while impairedcharge.Omar Villegas Torres,

29, of Holly Springs wascited April 29 on a driv-ing while impaired

charge.An arrest was made

April 29 in an incidentreported at Wal-Mart offthe G.B. Alford Hwy.allegedly involving lar-ceny-shoplifting.Jason Allen Stone, 37,

of Holly Springs wascited April 30 on a driv-ing while impairedcharge.Gary Lee Spencer, 52,

of Clayton was arrestedMay 1 on traffickingheroin and possession ofdrug paraphernaliacharges.An arrest was made in

an incident reported offHolly Springs Roadallegedly involving driv-ing while impaired, traf-ficking heroin and pos-session of drug para-phernalia.A minor was arrested

May 2 on an assault witha deadly weapon charge.Maurice Glenwood

Stone, 48, of HollySprings was arrestedMay 3 on possession ofdrug paraphernalia,resisting or obstructing apublic officer, and opencontainer after consum-ing alcohol charges.

CrimesAn animal bite was

reported off Fair GlenRoad April 27. The casewas listed as beingunder further investiga-tion with no chargesfiled.

Harassing phone callswere reported April 27off Linden Ridge. Thecase was closed; leadswere exhausted.Larceny was reported

at Holly Ridge MiddleSchool off Holly SpringsRoad April 29. The caseis under further investi-gation.Larceny-shoplift ing

was reported at Wal-Mart off the G.B. AlfordHwy. April 29. The caseis inactive.Larceny was reported

off Arbor Light DriveApril 29. The case wasclosed; leads wereexhausted.Assault and possession

of drug paraphernaliawere reported April 30off Trayesan Drive. Thecase is under furtherinvestigation.Property damage was

reported off Blalock St.April 30. The case isinactive.Larceny and larceny of

a firearm were reportedoff Talley Ridge DriveMay 1. The case is underfurther investigation.Drug trafficking was

reported May 2 offKentworth Drive. Thecase is under furtherinvestigation.Attempted breaking

and entering and larcenywere reported May 3 offTimber Springs Lane.The case was closed;leads were exhausted.

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Selvey was able tolocate many tutorials onhow to make soap, butthat was not enough.Says Selvey, “I am moreof a visual person so Idug more into theresearch with the help ofGoogle.” She stumbledupon a very active forumthat discusses everythingabout handmade bathand body products (thedos and don’ts). Thisforum had links to avideo of a person actual-ly making soap. Selveystudied that video andloads of posts about soapmaking. “Once I wasconfident,” says Selvey,“I bought supplies fromthe grocery store and therest is history. I washooked after the firstbatch.” The couple hadso many batches of soaparound the house fromtheir experimenting, thatthey began giving themaway to family andfriends. Some friendspassed a few bars on totheir friends who in turnwere requesting more.From there, their hometurned into a soap- mak-ing factory.

All of the KaressKrafters’ products aremanufactured in theSelvey’s home in Holly

Springs.Most of their ingredi-

ents are purchased inbulk, therefore theyorder ingredients onlinefrom various vendorswho cater to handmadebath and body manufac-turers. They also shop atthe Raleigh Farmers’Market as well as theDurham Farmers’ Marketfor ingredients such ashoney, goats milk andherbs.

97 percent of all theirsales are online. They sellfrom Their main web-s t o r e(www.karesskrafters.com), their Etsy store(www.ccrafters.etsy.com)and they recently part-nered withOverstock.com in 2010 tosell their products on thatcompany’s website. Thispartnership has reallyincreased sales and expo-sure for Karess Krafters.

In addition to these ven-ues, the Selvey’s sell theirproducts at various festi-vals throughout the RTParea and at Swank locat-ed in Pinehurst, NC.They just obtained UPCcodes so they will beapproaching a few storesin the area to showcasetheir product line.

The Karess Krafters’product line includes aselection of soaps, mois-turizers, lip balms, sugarscrubs and foot care

products.All of the homemade

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Karess Krafters’ mois-turizers are specially for-mulated for dry, scalyskin and contain a vari-ety of butters and nour-ishing vegetable oils. Thelip balms are created in abase of hemp oil for itshealing and nourishingproperties and the sugarscrubs are infused withnatural oils and buttersthat will help soften,refine and smooth thetexture of your skin.

For more informationon purchasing any of theKaress Krafters’ hand-made bath and bodyproducts, you may visittheir website atwww.karesskrafters.com

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riding lessons in thearea for a few years, andas she began branchingout and teaching localclinics, EquestrianAdvice took off. Afterworking three jobs tosupport her love of rid-ing, Trill’s student basehas grown so much thatshe is now able to focuson teaching full time.“Last year I had a few

students in the area andwas teaching part time,mostly on the weekendsand sometimes anevening here andthere,” she said.Now, Trill says, she is

able to accommodateher students’ schedulesat virtually any pointduring the week.Trill has also started

taking on horses for fulltraining, working withones that haven’t beenridden in a while toreestablish the ground-work, and then workingwith the horse and ridertogether to make surethe transition goessmoothly.“My goal is just to bet-

ter your relationshipwith your horse in anyway that I can,” shesaid. “I don’t just teach‘riding.’ I teach every-thing from getting thehorse out of the pasture,tacking up, groundmanners, stretchingexercises for horse andhuman, safety on theground and on the horseand proper care afterriding.”Trill is also partnering

with several local farmsto offer instruction and

horse training as need-ed, including ButterflyHorse Ranch in HollySprings, where sheplans to conduct a clinicthis summer; ClevelandRiding School inGarner; Ephesians Farmin Fuquay-Varina; andHorse Creek Farm inRaleigh.“Finding instructors

that will travel to yourhorse is not very com-mon,” she said. “Butwhen you work with ahorse on site in theirhome environment,everything is more com-fortable and relaxed.”Along with her stu-

dent base, Trill’s trainingspace is growing aswell.Cedar Grove Farm

owner GlenwoodParrish added lights tothe arena to make train-ing at night possible andbegan dragging thearena weekly to make itlevel and smooth. He isalso working to put in asecond training area onthe farm that will beabout four times the sizeof the current arena.“[Parrish] has been a

true blessing,” said Trill.“He has been pricelessto my success and sup-port. He is not obligat-ed to any of it, but it isappreciated more thanwords can tell him.”Trill also began distrib-

uting a monthlynewsletter through herweb site filled withhorse related tips, infor-mation and upcomingevents. After beginningwith three participants,now 35 horse enthusi-

asts are the recipient ofthe newsletter. Thoseinterested in receiving itcan sign up on theEquestrian Advice“Contact Us” page.And as if Trill wasn’t

busy enough with les-sons and clinics, she isalso a competitive riderherself, qualifying lastyear for Regionals at thesecond level in dres-sage. This year, her goalis to qualify at the thirdlevel, and her ultimatedream is to compete atthe Olympic level.“There’s always room

for growth, and I’m con-stantly continuing myown education so I canbetter my students aswell,” said Trill.And at the end of the

day, it all comes down tothe students.“I want to say thank

you to all my studentsand support group thathas helped me throughthe past year andallowed me to growEquestrian Advice towhere it is today,” saidTrill. “My student basehas grown enough toallow me to teach fulltime now and concen-trate on bettering myselfat what I love to do -bring the joy of horses toothers through teach-ing.”To sign up for the May

28 clinic, visitwww.eques t r i anad-vice.net to find therequired paperwork.For more information,contact Trill at (330) 352-0325 or e-mail [email protected].

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According to a new sur-vey, North Carolina willbe the fourth most popu-lar tourist destination thissummer. Supporters ofconservation funding inNorth Carolina say that iswhy the North CarolinaGeneral Assembly shouldsupport the state’s conser-vation trust funds.

Only Florida, Californiaand New York outpaceNorth Carolina in the lat-est American ExpressSpending and SavingTracker, which askedAmericans about theirsummer travel plans.

“We don’t have a DisneyWorld, Disney Land orStatue of Liberty. WhatNorth Carolina does haveare beautiful places likethe Blue Ridge Parkwayand Outer Banks,” saidKatherine Skinner, execu-tive director of TheNature Conservancy anda member of the Land forTomorrow executivecommittee. “If we aregoing to continue to leadthe southeast and most ofthe nation when it comesto attracting tourists, thenwe need to keep conser-

vation momentum goingstrong.”

Skinner and others areconcerned that the budgetapproved by the NorthCarolina House last weekdoesn’t support economicstimulus through conser-vation funding. Many ofthe beautiful places thatattract tourists to ourstate, like the Blue RidgeParkway and the OuterBanks, have been protect-ed with support from theconservation trust funds.

Pending legislationwould reduce dedicatedrevenue to two of thestate’s conservation trustfunds by half, the Parksand Recreation TrustFund and NaturalHeritage Trust Fund. TheHouse budget alsoincluded just $10 millionfor the Clean WaterManagement Trust Fund -the state’s largest conser-vation coffer - limitingacquisition spending toonly $1 million. Gov.Beverly Perdue’s pro-posed budget to theGeneral Assembly put$50 million into the CleanWater Management Trust

Fund."North Carolina has

been a national leader inpublic conservationspending, and that's pay-ing off for our economy,"says Skinner. "The resultis that we are also anational leader intourism. But, there arestill many places leftunprotected. Cutting thetrust funds now doesn'tmake good economicsense."

Earlier this spring, theNorth CarolinaDepartment of Commerceannounced that NorthCarolina was the sixthmost visited state in 2010,accounting for a record$17 billion in tourismspending. Conservationspending is also payingoff in other segments ofthe economy. In February,the Trust for Public Landreleased a study thatshowed for every statedollar spent on conserva-tion, North Carolina got areturn of four dollars interms of natural services,things like safe drinkingwater, flood control andclean air.

NC ranks as one of thenation’s top vacation spots

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