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Community briefs 10/31/08

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Staff

Library book sale

The Friends of the Orange County Public Library will be holding its fall book sale at the Main Library at 300 W. Tryon St. in Hillsborough, Nov. 7 to 9. During this event, you can select gently used hardback books, paperbacks, DVDs, CDs, puppets and children’s books for purchase for as little as 50 cents for paperbacks. The sale benefits the Friends of the Orange County Public Library.

On Nov. 7, the sale is open to members only from 3 to 7 p.m. On Nov. 8, the sale is open to anyone from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And on Nov. 9, the sale is open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and from 3 to 5 p.m. it will be a bag sale at $3 per bag.

For more information, call 245-2525, see www.co.orange.nc.us/library or contact your local OCPL branch.

Jordan Lake Bluegrass Festival

The Jordan Lake Bluegrass Festival will be held Nov. 1 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Jordan Lake Farm on Martha’s Chapel Road in Apex.

The festival will feature the bluegrass music of Constant Change, Sweet Potato Pie, Nu-Blu and more. Participants are encouraged to bring their instruments. In addition, the festival will offer children’s activities including birdhouse and pumpkin painting, hayrides, face painting, balloon animals, cycle rides and storytelling.

Local food will be available and nonprofit environmental agencies will provide information. Tickets are available online at www.etix.com and www.jordanlakeartsandmusic.org or at any Specs Eyewear location.

A Hillsborough Halloween

Starting on Halloween, Hillsborough will begin its winter Last Fridays weekly celebrations.

Halloween will be special, with downtown events including trick-or-treating at Matthew’s Chocolates; storytelling at Weaver Street Market from 5:30 to 7 p.m., a costume contest at Churton Realty from 6 to 8 p.m., trick-or-treating at the Orange County Historical Museum from 6 to 9 p.m., spooky music at the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church at 6:30 and 8 p.m., and ghost stories at the “Spirits of Hillsborough” tour every 30 minutes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Orange County Visitors Center for $10 for adults and $5 for kids.

For general information on Last Fridays, contact the Hillsborough Arts Council at 643-2500, www.hillsboroughartscouncil.org or the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough/Orange County Visitors Center at 732-7741 or www.historichillsborough.org

Hats Off to the Kids

“Hats Off to the Kids!” is a chance for the community to celebrate the work being done to support the children of incarcerated women. Hosted by Our Children’s Place, the celebration will take place on Sunday, Nov. 2 from 2 to 4 p.m., in the ballroom at the Siena Hotel, Chapel Hill. Tickets are $25 each.

Refreshments will be served. Call 843-2670 for information.

Flotilla commander

Thomas Hill, retired vice commander of Chapel Hill’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 98, will serve as flotilla commander of the Coast Guard support element for 2009.

Hill, a Pittsboro resident, replaces Genet Hutcheson, who has served as flotilla commander for the past two years. Robert Cooper, a computer specialist for UNC, will become vice commander of the service organization.

The Coast Guard Auxiliary is a volunteer organization chartered by Congress that operates under the orders of the commandant of the Coast Guard. Its members conduct sailing and powerboat classes, offer free safety-equipment inspections to boat owners, assist in safety patrols, aid in search and rescue and help with water-pollution cleanup.
Hill, Cooper and other flotilla leaders will be installed at the Change of Watch Ceremony at the N.C. State University Club on Jan. 24 at 6 p.m.

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