By Gaines Steer Hey everybody, if you haven’t ever done so, you had better Google yourself. And yes, I will tell you why…. The ole good news and the bad! It’s like this. My college roommate, Bill (let’s just say it has been around 40 years), decided to Google yours truly. “With a name like…
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Arts Calendar: 01/17/08
Carrboro Photography by Joanna Welborn & Mark Pettit. are we friends? – Jan 3-30. Center Gallery, The ArtsCenter. 300-G E Main St. 929-2737., www.artscenterlive.org. Earth Drawings and Soft Sculpture by Jyoti Duwadi – Jan 3-30. East End Gallery, The ArtsCenter. 300-G E Main St. 929-2737., www.artscenterlive.org.
Community Calendar: 01/17/08
Special Events Join members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Iraq Veterans Against the War and VVAW National Coordinator Barry Romo as he talks about the upcoming historic event — Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan. Fri, Jan 25, 6pm. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St. Free. Visit www.vvaw.org/events for more info.
Community Brief: Bipolar seminar
The UNC School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry will host an educational seminar on bipolar disorder on March 8 at the Friday Center for Continuing Education. For more information, visit www.med.unc.edu/cme/events/ bipolar-disorders-conference or contact Jennifer Mayfield at 962-7399 or jennifer_mayfield@med.unc.edu.
Community brief: Free tax help
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, a program that offers free tax service for low-to-middle-income clients, will begin taking appointments mid-month for tax services beginning in February. For appointments or information, call 968-2070 in Carrboro, 245-2015 in Hillsborough or 542-4512 in Chatham County. Spanish-speaking clients may call 245-2010 in Orange County or 742-1448 in Chatham County.
Plot to become county park
In December, Orange County purchased 145 acres of land in the northeastern part of the county for a future county park. The site is located near the rural crossroads community of Schley, five miles northeast of Hillsborough. The land was purchased for $1,455,300 from Hillsborough resident F.M. Kirby as part of the county’s Lands Legacy…
OWASA to hold public forum
The OWASA Board of Directors will sponsor a public forum entitled “What is the state of our local water supply?†at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. All OWASA customers are invited to attend and participate in the forum, intended to provide information to and receive feedback from customers.
Board to discuss long-term plan
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer In its first meeting of 2008, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will tonight (Thursday) examine the 2008-13 District Strategic Plan, which will help guide the school district through 2013.
School brief: Mini College night
Carrboro High School will hold a Mini College Night on January 24 at 6:30 p.m. Participating colleges include High Point University, Western Carolina University, UNC-Charlotte, East Carolina University, Appalachian State University, North Carolina Central University, Salem College and others. The event will be held in the Carrboro High Café Commons.
School brief: MLK closing
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day. On Tuesday, district offices will reopen and schools will observe a teacher workday.
School brief: Healthy teen forum
The Parent-Teacher-Student Associations of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools will sponsor a Parenting Healthy Teenagers Forum on February 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Chapel Hill High School Hanes Auditorium.
School brief: PAGE meeting
PAGE-CHCCS, a parent advocacy group for academically gifted students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, will meet January 24 at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library.
Carrboro Lady Jaguars
Omni Lester (15) of the varsity Carrboro Lady Jaguars lets fly a shot at the basket during a game against the North Carolina School of Science and Math on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in Carrboro. The Lady Jags won, 43-39. The Varsity Boys team also won against Science and Math Tuesday, 74-56.
Coaches’ Reports: 01/17/08
Culbreth Middle Boys’ Basketball (via Mike Harris, Tuesday 1/15) Culbreth’s Boys Varsity Basketball team improved their overall record to 5-3 with a nail-biting win over a much improved Gravelly Hills team. Culbreth exploded out of the gate, pushing the ball up the court with their preferred fastbreaking offense and opened a 10-2 lead. Gravelly fought…
“I had a dream last night that North Carolina was playing in the national championship game, and…”
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist Will this UNC basketball team go down in history as one of the Tar Heels’ best-ever? The Tar Heels, whose 93-62 skunking of ACC rival NC State on Saturday was their seventeenth win without a defeat, are certainly positioning themselves to be “in the conversation.â€
