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Author: Staff

Community Brief: Swim for Smiles

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

The second annual Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon will be held June 1 at Chapel Hill Country Club. The triathlon is open to children ages 7-17 and is sanctioned by USA-Triathlon. There will be two courses for all levels of participants, each with a swim, bike ride and run.

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Letter from the Editor: 05/08/08

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Ordinarily, the editorial after an election day, and especially after a primary, is our opportunity to scold. Turnout has been so dismal for so long that it’s part of the drill. We even took to reporting the numbers in inverse as a form of shock therapy (as in, “73 percent of the registered voters failed…

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Reduce teen pregnancies to reduce the dropout rate

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

By Paige Johnson For a senior in high school, there is no greater season than spring. Warm weather and trees in bloom seem to coincide with a 12th grader’s growing sense of triumph and potential. Prom night, family celebrations and high school graduation are only days away. Her future is filled with promise or, at…

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Gas tax moratorium? A sputtering idea

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

By Elaine Mejia Earlier this month, presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton, along with gubernatorial candidate Bill Graham, endorsed a temporary gas tax holiday to last through the summer vacation season. These proposals should come as no surprise given the squeeze that rising gas prices is putting on middle-class families. While the notion of…

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Two choices for Wednesday

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

By Chris Fitzsimon When the votes are finally counted Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, except for a few possible runoffs, the primary season will be over and the general election push begins. There are plenty of issues likely to define the general election battle in statewide and legislative races, and plenty of issues that…

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Primary Results 2008

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Orange Co. Results All results as of 12:06 a.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2008. All results preliminary and unofficial. The Board of Elections is scheduled to certify results on May 19. Democratic Primaries Presidential Preference Barack Obama 69.60% 27,824 Hillary Clinton 28.87% 11,540 Mike Gravel 0.62% 249 No preference 0.91% 363

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Orange County diverges from state in two Democratic races

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

by Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Incumbent Lieutenant Governor and Chapel Hill resident Beverly Perdue scored a decisive victory on Tuesday, earning the Democratic nomination for governor over challengers Richard Moore and Dennis Nielsen. On an Election Day in which just over 36 percent of registered voters turned out statewide, Perdue gathered 56 percent of votes…

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Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Kindergarten students at McDougle Elementary School sell flowers as part of the school’s annual “Bunny Ville” event in teacher Karen Reid’s classroom on Friday. For Bunny Ville, students hosted their own businesses, including a pizza shop, ice cream shop, museum, hospital, flower garden and art jewelry shop, and classroom visitors received $10 in “bunny bucks”…

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School Brief: Blood Done talk

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Timothy Tyson, author of Blood Done Sign My Name, will discuss his book and racial challenges at 6:30 p.m. on May 14 in the Carrboro High School Café Commons. His book tells the story of the racial and sexual tension surrounding a 1970 lynching in his hometown of Oxford.

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School Brief: Tech champs

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Carrboro High School students competed in the 29th annual North Carolina Technology Students of America conference in Greensboro on April 12-15. Natalie Carpenter and Amy Dreher received first-place awards for Manufacturing Prototype. In addition, Dakota Pahel-Short received a second-place award for Architectural CAD 2D and Aidan Burns and Sally Rothwell won second place for Construction…

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School Brief: Chess champs

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill-Carrboro students recently competed in the 35th Scholastic Chess Championship. The Rashkis Elementary School Chess Team finished second in the state in their category. Team members are Dane Simon, Hans Singh, Benjamin Senior, Thomas Wang, Joshua Lai, Iyin Battle, Arnav Subramanya, Anida Manocha, Nathaniel Lai and Jeffrey Williams. Dane Simon won second place in…

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School Brief: Teacher grants

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

The Public School Foundation presented 31 Student Enrichment Grants to staff members from across the district at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting last week.

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School Brief: Special PTA

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will hold a meeting to organize a chapter of the Special Education Parent Teachers Association in Chapel Hill on May 14 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library on Estes Drive. At the meeting, members will elect officers, enroll charter members, approve bylaws and pay $10 membership…

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School Brief: Math champs

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Ten students from Phillips Middle School competed in the State Math Finals at UNC-Greensboro on May 1. Students who placed in the contest include: Alex Kelly, ninth place in Algebra I; Bernie Almadoss, 13th in Algebra I; Sheila Deng, fifth in Geometry; Yu Wang, eighth in Geometry; Alice Huang, 20th in geometry; William Holub-Moorman, 16th…

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School Brief: Excellent writer

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Staff

Claire Royals Wilson, a fifth grader at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, recently received the National Award of Excellence from the PTA’s National Reflections Program. For the contest, Claire submitted a piece entitled “One Smile” in the intermediate division of the literature category.

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