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Miscellany

Revaluations in Orange County

From this week’s issue — Reporters Margot Lester and Rich Fowler offer a detailed look at the revaluation issue.
• Main Story: Revaluations squeeze home, business owners
• How revaluations are calculated
• How to appeal your revaluation
• Neighborhoods with the biggest gains and drops.

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Miscellany

Superintendent won’t take pay raise

Don’t know the specifics of the system, but it shows some leadership to turn down a raise hard-wired into your contract. If the entire top tier of local and state gov decided to do this we’d see some real savings.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported Friday that Guilford County school superintendent Maurice Green told the school board that giving him the 3 percent raise during the poor economy would create a hardship for the school system.

N&R story

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Weather

Take the day off

If you’re one of those people who’ve been Jonesin’ for Spring, you may want to spend as much of today as you can outside as it will be, um, springlike. Winter’s last gasp (crossing fingers) is coming this weekend. (Insert usual panicked comments about slight possibility of snow here.)
Wunderground’s Thursday weather by the hour.

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Miscellany

Day in 100

TPM has really been doing a bang up job with their day in 100 seconds. Here’s Tuesday, which was, er, kinda big.

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Miscellany

Documentary Screening: “You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow”

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26TH
The documentary “You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow” will be screened, sponsored by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. There will also be a discussion with filmmaker Robin Washington.
The event will take place at the Horace Williams House, 610- E. Rosemary St., 7 p.m.
You can read more about this documentary here.
http://www.robinwashington.com/jimcrow/3_doc.html
You can read more about the filmmaker, Robin Washington here.
http://www.robinwashington.com/

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Sports

Duke walking

Kinda like moonwalking only the ref don’t see nuthin’.

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Miscellany

SXSW Triangle meetup

If you’re going to SxSW this year, join other Triangulites at a pre-fest meetup on March 10 from 6-9 PM at Capstrat (1201 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh). And if you’re giving a talk or leading a session, you can even preview it at the meeting. To RSVP or reserve your preview slot, contact Evan Carroll at ecarroll@capstrat.com or visit www.lovediesubmit.com.

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Miscellany

Coffeehouse exhibitions announced

Coffeehouses announce exhibitions
Painter Kathy D. Miles-Morgan is showing her paintings at Caffe Driade on Franklin Street during the month of March. She studied art at UNC and is a realist who loves nature themes, as well as portraits and abstract art. Kathy works in other media, including hand-beading and crocheting jewelry.

Painter Jamie Nervo is the featured artist for March at the Open Eye on N. Greensboro Street in Carrboro. Her work depicts life’s everyday events and characters with a twist, masking the harsh realities of life and focusing instead on the positive and light-hearted issues we encounter each day. Jamie studied art at the Fashion Institute of Technology in N.Y. and fine art at Old Dominion University. Another painter, Kal Fadem, will exhibit his work in the Side Room.

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Arts & Music Community

Remembering Central High School

The Orange County Historical Museum is kicking off its special exhibit in honor of Central High School on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mt. Bright Baptist Church in Hillsborough. The event will present the important journey of the historically black Central High School. The Central Community Band will perform at the event and a panel of speakers – including students, teachers, coaches and principals – will talk about their experiences at the high school. The Orange County Historical Museum opened the special exhibit, Remembering Central High School: Looking Back, Facing Forward, on Feb. 15. It will run through March. For more information visit the website www.orangehistory.org.

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Community

March is Women’s History Month

The Orange County Commission for Women will celebrate Women’s History Month on Saturday, March 21 at the Southern Human Services Center (2501 Homestead Rd.) in Chapel Hill from 10 a.m. until noon. There will be a catered breakfast followed by a panel discussion focusing on local women’s accomplishments of the year. The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Office of Human Rights and Relations at (919) 960-3875.

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Community

Record turnout for UNC Dance Marathon

Starting on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. and lasting for 24 hours, the UNC Dance Marathon attracted a record number of students standing on their feet in support of the N.C. Children’s Hospital. More than 1,800 students pledged to stand at the 11th annual Dance Marathon. The event is UNC’s largest student-led fundraiser and is held every February to celebrate the organization’s year-long fundraising efforts.