Nine Phillips Middle School musicians have been named to North Carolina Central District Honors Bands. Selected students include: Koya Osada, flute, symphonic band; Corentin Le Hir De Fallois, flute, symphonic band; Anna Quercia-Thomas, flute, concert band; Nina Pande, flute, concert band; Audrey Copeland, trumpet, symphonic band; Justin Morrell, trumpet, concert band; Nathan Cho, alto saxophone,…
CHHS students receive business leader awards
Three students from Chapel Hill High School placed in the Future Business Leaders of America Triad Regional Competition at Southern High School. More than 100 students representing 18 high schools competed at the event. Senior Nicholas Ludlow won first place in the N.C. Future Business Leader category, while senior Stephanie Saldana finished second in the…
District receives communications awards
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools received six Blue Ribbon Awards from the North Carolina School Public Relations Association on Jan. 30. District publications and projects receiving awards include: the district’s parent calendar, which is published in both English and Spanish; the Learning Links, curriculum guides, published in both English and Spanish; the Professional Development Matrix, which…
Foundation establishes international fund
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation has established the Chapel Hill Restaurant Group Endowment Fund for International Understanding. The fund will provide an annual grant to a teacher or certified staff member for travel and study in another country to enhance the teaching of the country and/or its language to the students in the district….
Roots musicians to play Woods Charter benefit
Three popular roots music groups will perform a benefit concert for the Woods Charter School Foundation at Cats Cradle on March 14 at 8 p.m. Eli “Paperboy†Reed and Great Big Gone will be joined by Lynn Blakey and Ecki Heins for the performance. The Woods Charter School in Northern Chatham County is a kindergarden…
School brief: CHHS Jazz Dance
The 13th Annual Chapel Hill High School Jazz Dance, “Speakeasy,†will be held in the main gym on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature swing dance instruction, a silent auction and music by the Tiger Jazz Ensemble. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults in advance or $7 for students and…
School brief: CHHS presents The House of Blue Leaves
Chapel Hill High School Drama will present the comedy The House of Blue Leaves in the Hanes Theater at Chapel Hill High, Feb. 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. each night. The play stars award-winning actor Zach Meicher-Buzzi as a washed-up piano player desperate for stardom, even at the cost of committing his wife to a mental…
School board agenda
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meets tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Items on the agenda include policies regarding: • complaint procedures for students and employees; • children of military families; • authority of school personnel; and • student sex offenders….
Recently: Happy to be here after great preparation
By Valarie Schwartz Rarely does a day pass in our community without police officers answering a domestic violence call. It happens in all neighborhoods to all kinds of people. Since 2001, the Family Violence Prevention Center of Orange County (FVPC) has sought ways to prevent and end family violence by providing a 24-hour hotline, counseling,…
A man in motion now at rest
By Kirk Ross and Margot C. Lester Staff Writers Author, newspaper editor and self-proclaimed “notorious hometown ne’er do well†Roland Giduz was remembered fondly by friends and family on one of those clear, sunny Chapel Hill afternoons he cherished so much. Giduz died Saturday after a long illness. He was 83. What started as a…
Landfill gas project approved
The Orange County Board of Commissioners tentatively approved an agreement with UNC for a gas-recovery project at the Orange County Landfill. The board voted last year to explore the feasibility of a landfill gas-recovery project as a way to reduce greenhouse gases. According to the county, revenues from the project to the Solid Waste Enterprise…
HUD rules no discrimination on Rogers Road complaint
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ruled that Orange County and its municipalities have not discriminated against residents of the Rogers Road area. A group of those residents had filed a complaint of racial discrimination. Rev. Robert Campbell, a leader in the Rogers Road community, filed the complaint in February 2008 on…
Retreat notes
Following are notes from the Feb. 3, 2009 Board of Aldermen retreat: Board of Alderman Retreat February 2, 2009 Potential Action Items 1) Consider increasing aid to agencies a. Ask HSC to identify agencies seeing an increase in clientele b. Get checks out to agencies soon after budget is decided 2) Review and respond to…
Meeting? What meeting?
Update: The town has released notes from the retreat including a set of potential action items. Items are copied and posted here. The Town of Carrboro had a problem sending official notification of the annual Board of Aldermen retreat on Monday at the Seymour Senior Center. The board, mayor and senior staff met for several…
Re-examining religion: ‘Do good. be nice. have fun’
BY Vicky Dickson Staff Writer Writing fiction is as close to being God as you can get.†You might not expect to hear those words uttered by a twice-baptized fellow who grew up attending church five days a week. But James Protzman isn’t your average Jesus invocator. Nor is he your average graduate of the…