Marijke Kylstra of Culbreth Middle School was selected to be in the Middle School All-State Band, which is comprised of the best middle school musicians in North Carolina. This is the second year Kylstra received this honor. Selected students will attend a clinic and perform at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem,…
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School Brief: Student council
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools seeks applicants for the 2008-09 Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council. Positions are available for two students at East Chapel Hill High School who are members of the junior class, one student at Carrboro High School who is a sophomore and two juniors and one sophomore from Chapel Hill High School.
School Brief: Superior band
The Phillips Middle School Symphonic Band earned a superior rating at the North Carolina Central District Band Contest in Raleigh on March 20. The band performed three selections and was required to sight-read a selection after only five minutes of study. The band earned a superior rating last year as well. The band, which is…
School Brief: Holocaust talk
Holocaust survivor Marianne Roberts will speak to social studies classes at Chapel Hill High School on Friday from 2:05 to 3:05 p.m. Roberts fled the Third Reich and moved to the United States with her older sister when she was 18. Her story is documented in the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Roberts will…
School Brief: Dropout award
The State Board of Education’s Globally Competitive Students Committee recognized the dropout prevention efforts of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at its March meeting. The district was praised for decreasing its dropout rate by 29.6 percent. The district’s dropout rate fell to 1.12 percent in 2006-07 from 1.59 percent in 2005-06. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has…
Carrboro High soccer team learning, growing
By Alexandra Mansbach Carrboro Commons writer Even the pouring rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the women’s Carrboro High School soccer team on a recent game night. Carrboro High School took on the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics on March 19 in a game riddled with rain, wind and power outages. But the…
Carrboro plans disc golf course
By Tracey Theret Carrboro Commons writer By the end of next year, Carrboro residents who prefer to putt with a disc won’t have to venture out of town to get their golf fix. The Carrboro Parks Project, a nonprofit that works to improve parks and open spaces in town, plans to raise money to install…
Sports Brief: Lady Heels out
The Lady Tar Heels basketball team was knocked out of the NCAA Women’s Tournament by the Tigers of LSU on Monday. The final score was 56-50. The Tar Heels scored only 21 points in the first half — and while Latoya Pringle scored 19 in the second, the rest of the Heels could add only…
Sports Brief: Bike plan
The Town of Carrboro will hold a public meeting to collect input on a comprehensive bicycle plan that will guide future bicycle improvements. The meeting will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on April 10 in the Carrboro Elementary School cafeteria at 400 Shelton Street. The town asks that community members stop by any…
Clarification
FYI to the busy professionals, the casual readers and those who were just plum flummoxed by the idea of an aerial tramway coming to downtown, please note that it was an April Fool’s jest. And be forewarned, we intend to make this a regular event. So keep your eyes peeled next year. See you on…
Letter From the Editor: A few thoughts about basketball
Whenever the team is encountering difficulties or perhaps in a close contest, Woody Durham, the enthusiastic voice of the Tar Heels, can often be heard telling people to “go where you go and do what you do.†Usually this happens during a timeout or other breaks in the action, so one could assume that he…
Immigrant rights, the rights of us all
By Colin Austin Fear is on the rise in North Carolina. This was the topic of most concern at El Foro Latino 2008, a statewide gathering of Latino leaders held earlier this month near Asheville. Fear of leaving your home, fear of being separated from family and fear of law-enforcement officers. Participants at El Foro…
Drought requires big-picture thinking
By Grady McCallie For those of us living in communities with water restrictions, the current drought is a wakeup call. As with all droughts, there’s no telling for certain when it will end. But even after rains and full reservoirs return, a central lesson should stay with us: Rapid growth in total demand for water…
Another lesson from the lottery
By Chris Fitzsimon On July 28, 2006, the day before the 2006 short session of the General Assembly adjourned, lawmakers passed House Bill 2212, which set up the Lottery Oversight Committee. Gov. Mike Easley signed it two weeks later. The law requires the panel to meet at least four times a year to review how…
On the ballot
The Orange County Board of Elections released sample ballots for the May 6 Primary. The ballots for the Carrboro district will have the following choices. Democratic Primaries Presidential Preference Hillary Clinton, Mike Gravel, Barack Obama, none US Senate Kay Hagan, Duskin C. Lassiter, Jim Neal, Howard Staley, Marcus W. Williams
