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Theater/Comedy Calendar: Dec. 2007

DSI 
STANDUP COMEDY – December 6, 7:30pm. $5
MISTER DIPLOMAT – December 7, 9:30pm. $12
COMEDYSPORTSZ 4 KIDZ – December 8, 5pm. $10
COMEDYSPORTZ – December 8, 7:30pm. $12
BEST SHOW EVER – December 8, 9:30pm. $12

Playmaker’s
THE LITTLE PRINCE – November 28-December 16; Tuesday-Saturday 7pm, Sunday 2pm

ArtsCenter
TRANSACTORS HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA – December 7 – December 8, 8pm.

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Miscellany

Literary Calendar: Dec. 2007

McIntyre’s 

  • December 6: 7PM Open mic night. Call 542-3030 to sign up.
  • December 7: 2PM Nancy Smith Thomas discusses her book Moravian Christmas In The South.
  • December 8: 11AM Lour Ureneck reads from his memoir, Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-Fishing and a River Journey Through The Heart of Alaska.  
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Community

That’s a lot of pajamas

This from OC:

Orange County DSS Holiday Programs Receive Pajama Donation

ORANGE COUNTY- The North Carolina chapter of the Pajama Program has donated over 200 new pairs of children’s pajamas to the Orange County Department of Social Service’s holiday programs.

Marcey Cring and the Pajama Program have made sure that at least 200 Orange County children will be warm and cozy on December 26th. The agency has donated 210 pairs of new pajamas to low-income, at-risk children in Orange County. The Pajama Program is a national not-for-profit organization that provides new, warm pajamas and books to children in need in the United States and around the world. “By providing these pajamas, we hope to create a warm and nurturing bedtime environment for vulnerable youngsters living under difficult circumstances. We are simply trying to make the holidays a little bit warmer for needy children in our community,” stated Ms. Cring, Chapter President.

The Pajama Program is one of several organizations or individuals that have already answered the call for holiday donations. However, there are more than 5,000 low-income children in Orange County in need this holiday season. To try to meet these needs, the Orange County Department of Social Services continues to recruit sponsors and donors for the annual county holiday programs, the Orange County Toy Chest and Share Your Holiday. The programs, sponsored by the Orange County Department of Social Services in partnership with Toys for Tots and Balloons and Tunes, provide new toys and clothing for low-income, at-risk Orange County children during the holidays. The agency and its partners recruit donors and sponsors to provide toys, clothing and food to needy Orange County residents.

Anyone interested in donating new children’s toys to the Toy Chest or sponsoring a family through the Share Your Holiday program is encouraged to contact Serena McPherson or Beachy Sanders at (919) 245-2800. Corporate sponsors can contact Sharron Hinton at (919) 245-2840. For more information, or to donate to the Pajama Program, please contact Marcey Cring at (919) 402-1363.

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Sports

CHHS Field Hockey State Champs

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Via Lew Borman:
Chapel Hill Nov.3–For the Chapel Hill Tigers’ field hockey team, it was an unforgettable season that ended with a 2-0 victory over the Asheville Cougars to take the state public high school field hockey championship. The game was played at Wake Forest University Kentner Stadium.

The game was fast paced and both teams were well prepared having faced each other early in this year’s season.

Senior, Taylor Wahrenbrok scored the first goal early in the first half off an assist from junior, Barbara Parks. Sophomore, Alexis Hebert scored the second goal midway through the second half with an assist by Taylor Wahrenbrock.

The Tiger team capitalized on 9 corners while Asheville had 3. Goalkeeper Alyssa Stefanadis had one save in the final minute of the game.

Tigers Coach Diego Cabellero and Assistant Coach Marie Bounds savored the victory after the intense and hard-fought playoff series.

Caption (via the Parks Family):
Field Hockey PAC-VI Conference Champions CHHS Tigers bring
home the State Championship Title. Front Row: Hunter Newton, Jessie Allen, Meghan Cabell, Barbara Parks, Hannah Martin, Grace Krafte, Bonnie Wilson, Taylor Wahrenbrock, Alexis Hebert, Hanna Root. Back Row: Faith Westdorp, Caroline Williams, Kelsey Buckley, Colleen Falvey, Abby McNeal, Liz Passannante, Savannah Kennedy, Steph Straubel, Kira Borman, Head Coach Diego Caballero, Assistant Coach
Marie Bounds, Lucy Bell, Alyssa Stefanadis.

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Miscellany

FYI: Rain

Keeping track of what kind of recharge we get from this kind of rain — the several days nice and slow kind. This is a particularly good kind of rain when the soil is so parched.

Streaming streamwatch on Morgan Creek and Cane Creek and the Eno River and the Haw River

OWASA.org, NC Droughtwatch

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If you haven’t already, now would be a good time to get your buckets out.

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Weather

Stop using so much water

This means you mr. and ms. water waster

Just got this note from OWASA:

DROUGHT AND WATER CONSERVATION UPDATE
FOR OWASA CUSTOMERS

Additional water conservation is needed due to the continuing severe drought. OWASA has several months of water supply on hand, but we need to conserve now in case the drought continues into 2008 and our lakes are not replenished by next spring.

Water supply and demand data (as of October 12, 2007)

· Our Cane Creek Reservoir and University Lake are about 53% full.

· The community’s average water demand from October 4 to 11 was 9.7 million gallons per day, which is substantially higher than the target of 8.3 million gallons per day for October during a Stage One water shortage. (emphasis mine)

· Based on projected demands, and with about 1.8 billion gallons of water in our two primary reservoirs, we have enough water in storage to last 5 to 6 months without additional rainfall.

· Our reservoirs have received no water flow since early August from the creeks and streams that normally feed them.

· Rainfall to date in October has totaled only about 0.1 of an inch, compared to the historical average of 4 inches in October. Rainfall has been more than 7 inches below normal in the past 12 months. October and November are normally the two driest months of the year in our area.

· The NC Drought Monitoring Council recently redesignated the drought conditions for our area as “exceptional,” a more severe rating than the previous “extreme” drought level.

Stage One Water Shortage; Water Use Restrictions

On September 27th, the OWASA Board of Directors formally declared a Stage One Water Shortage with the goal of reducing the community’s water demand by at least 10%.

The Stage One mandatory water use restrictions listed below are in effect for OWASA drinking water until further notice.

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Miscellany

Memories of Home

By Shirley Jones Mallard 

Charred timbers mark the spot today where once stood the home of the Carney Andrews family. They were the first to own the house, followed by Isaac and Bessie Mae Hardy (1938-1945), Percy and Lucille Perry Vickers (1945-1956) and Susan Barnett (1999-present). This is the story of the home at 507 North Greensboro Street in Carrboro which burned beyond repair on October 1, 2000.

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Miscellany

Pirates and Gypsies

This month is always active for shows and this year is no exception. But this is always a big month for pirates as well. Halloween comes to mind, of course, but so does Blackbeard, who prowled the waters off our coast and had about the most punk flag ever hoisted.

The old pirate gets his annual honor this month when The Cave presents Blackbeard’s Lost Weekend. The three-day festival is always one of the best ways to catch a fleet of locals in one harbor (OK, I’ll stop). This year’s lineup features the scruffy likes (hey, they really are scruffy) of Spider Bags, The Gondoliers, Coffin Bound and Adult Film Makers.

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Miscellany

Theater & Comedy Calendar

ArtsCenter
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Friday October 19 7pm
$7 (presented by Bright Star Children’s Theatre)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch: A postpunk glamrock musical
Friday October 12 8pm
Saturday October 13 8pm and 11:30pm
$15, $7 students

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Miscellany

Art Walking and otherwise

Carrboro
Archer Graphics
206 E. Main St. 929-7522.
House artists Ronnie Parks, Mary Mendell, Jenifer Padilla, Trey Mainwaring. Mixed Media: New images from House Artists.

ArtsCenter
300-G E. Main Street 929-2787.
Works by Hunter Levinsohn in the East End Gallery. Annual Faculty Show runs through Oct. 10.

Carrboro Massage Therapy
102 Ashe Street
Opening Oct. 7 for a show of  photos by Mark Terry, along with the paintings of Jenifer Padilla, jewelry by Roberta Marasca, pottery by Mark Terry, paintings by Malik Wagenseil and original art by Sarah Stainback.

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Miscellany

In search of angels

As it looks to a new era, The ArtsCenter wants help seeing its future

By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer 

Wanted: Dreams. Specifically, dream up an ArtsCenter. Then, bring your visions, ideas and imaginings to 300 East Main Street on Oct. 21.

That’s the task The ArtsCenter is asking anyone in the community to take up as part of the center’s effort to get the discussion rolling about how best to build a bigger and better center for the arts.

Anyone who has spent time around The ArtsCenter director Jon Wilner knows he can be quite animated when he’s talking about strengthening the connections between the center and the community. Picture that in overdrive, because that’s the gear that he and the staff at The ArtsCenter are in right now.