A winter story about the coastal climate
This was written on February 12, 2008. It is a good story on how climate varies on the east coast.
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Don’t get me wrong, I love Roanoke. The sun rising over the mountains is pretty hard to beat even when it is so bright that it is almost impossible [...]
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:19:53 +0000
From: Donna Bianco
Subject: WRAL Tar Heel Traveler Story
Scott Mason from WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler did a story on Our Neighborhood School. I thought he did a great job telling my little story and Efrain looked great too!
A big thank you to everyone who has helped our little enterprise over [...]
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 13:47:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wandra Farrell
Subject: “Ikey”
Hello Chathamites,
Just want to say “DITTO” to the lady who wrote about Ikey Straughn, who was the bright light, of the collection site behind Food Lion. You would never have known what a kind and generous man he was, if you had not taken the [...]
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 12:17:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kit Donner
Subject: Stealing animals is not a solution to animal abuse!
I hope others were as outraged as I am about Aurora’s post advocating stealing animals.
I hardly know where to start.
First of all, animal cruelty investigators and veterinarians are trained to recognize animal abuse. There is a [...]
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 09:29:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Sprenger
Subject: Why Are We Feeding Squirrels…..
….if we aren’t going to eat them?
Hi Ahnie Rising…..perhaps you could try mounting a board,etc. above your feeder, large enough so that the squirrels aren’t able to reach the food without stepping on the shutoff?
It appears we’re having pretty good [...]
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:50:21 -0400
From: Diane Swan
Subject: Mural Dedication Ceremony
The Pittsboro Mural Project Dedication Ceremony Planned
Mark your calendars. The Mural Dedication Ceremony is scheduled for Pittsboro’s First Sunday, June 1st, with The Pittsboro Merchants Association. It will feature Rootzie, from 1pm till 3:30. (www.myspace.com/therootzieband) There will be a break from 2 to 2:30 [...]
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Groucho
Subject: Squirrels and Bird Feeders
Ahnie Rising asked about squirrels and birdseed.
I have the feeling you will receive a lot of advice on this topic. There are only two kinds of people who feed birds: Those who have been outwitted by squirrels and those who won’t yet [...]
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 15:46:08 -0400
From: Susan Harris
Subject: Introducing Heart House Flowers
Hi to all. I’d like to introduce my flower business, Heart House Flowers.
I’ve been gardening for about 6 years and grow all my own flowers here in Chatham County (45 different perennials and about 25 annuals). I use all organic gardening methods in [...]
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 08:33:44 -0400
From: Tami Schwerin
Subject: Lyle Estill’s book, Small is Possible
Regarding Lyle Estill’s book, I think the plot actually thickens on page 5. But that’s just me.
Abundance Foundation is selling Small is Possible online:
http://theabundancefoundation.org/small-is-possible.html
Cover photography is by our own Debbie Roos. The book is all about Chatham County…it’s a must read.
On [...]
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:13:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Billy Thornton
Subject: Reply to Bill Prentice’s post on the PTA thrift store boxes.
Once the items have been dropped off at the boxes they are the property of the Thrift Store and anyone removing the items except for those that take the items to the store are [...]
I learned a lot about the U.S. Green Building Council’s highly sought Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program when I worked on one of the project teams for the newly open French Family Science building at Duke.
LEED certification standards are not only environmentally friendly but with today’s high fuel costs they make school [...]
Found the following on the Chatham County Schools web site.
This FAQ is a working document that will continue to be updated. The questions are answered with information available as of April 10, 2007.[My emphasis]
General School System Construction Questions
• What is the order of new schools in the long range facility plan? Currently, he long range [...]
Interesting article in this week’s Time magazine about How to Make Great Teachers
Photo by Mikey Tnasuttimonkol for TIME
Here are the notes I picked from the article -
About 3.2 million people teach in U.S. public schools, but, according to projections by economist William Hussar at the National Center for Education Statistics, the nation will need to [...]