Vicky Jarrett, editor of Our State Magazine http://www.ourstate.com on the September issue,with Ron Stutts. Wayne Pond on the Chapel Hill based Adventures in Ideas Program www.adventuresinideas.unc.edu; Homestead Steakhouse and Restaurant, Timberlake, NC.  www.thehomesteadsteakhouse.com ; John Hairr  on canoeing a 19th-century survey route on the Neuse River; Rosie Molinary: on a bicycling tour of the Outer Banks; and Tommy Hays article on new UNC-Asheville Chancellor Ann Ponder.