Luck at the highest level of collegiate and professional sports is not indicated by the bounce of the ball but the health of the top athletes performing for a team.
Cruizers donations
Cruizers Convenience Marketplace recently presented $20,000 to 28 local schools and a charity as part of ExxonMobil and BP grant programs.
East wins first N.C. History Bowl
East Chapel Hill High School hosted the first N.C. History Bowl, and the varsity team took home the championship.
Macbeth Off-Kilter wins awards
Culbreth Middle School won five awards at the North Carolina Theatre Conference middle school play festival for their production of Macbeth Off-Kilter, directed by Terra Hodge.
Students selected for Governor’s School
Twenty-two students from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have been selected to attend the N.C. Governor’s School this summer.
CHCCS Chinese students honored
Twelve district students received honor prizes in the Preliminary N.C. Chinese Speech Contest and 10 students will compete in the final contest on May 5 at N.C. State University.
Smith student competes in geography bee
On Friday, Vijay Dey, a sixth-grader at Smith Middle School, will represent the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at the state level of the National Geographic Geography Bee.
Smith math team honored
On March 16 the Smith Middle School math team competed in the State MathCounts Finals in Durham. All eight students from Smith finished among the top 26 individuals in the state and the team came in second place.
Student honored for volunteer service
Chapel Hill High senior Kristen Powers was presented with a medal on Wednesday to honor her selection as one of North Carolina’s top two youth volunteers for 2012 in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program.
Amendment threatens parental rights
On or before May 8, I will be voting against the proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution.
BIG CITY: New districts, familiar faces
For a while there a real primary contest was brewing for Democrats in North Carolina’s Fourth U.S. Congressional District.
LETTER: 140 West site a missed opportunity
I felt validated to read Joe Buonfiglio’s editorial (“Chapel Hill 2020 flawed,” The Carrboro Citizen, 3/4/12) on what a farce the Chapel Hill 2020 meetings are and how they are a vehicle for developers to do as they wish while making the workshops appear to have widespread public support.
LETTER: Treatment by police questionable
I am a UNC-Chapel Hill senior writing to let the town of Carrboro know about an incident with the Carrboro Police Department about two weeks ago.
LETTER: Carrboro Commune shifting focus away from issues
I support the Occupy Movement locally, because I have spent my life fighting against arbitrary authority, and for social and economic justice.
FLORA: Watch out for this one!
Well now, I had a wonderful, easy-to-grow, native wildflower groundcover all lined up for this week’s Flora when an awful, innocent-looking plant alien pushed it aside.