next week's edition

So, I've got a few things cooking for next week.

Yesterday, I went to this great presentation from Jan Tu, with the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, at the Orange County Library about dinosaurs and prehistoric life. There were lots of cute kids there, and Jan even brought out some live animals. It definitely was a blast — and the kids seemed to like it too.

I got up with county Tax Assessor John Smith to talk about property revaluation. He said that despite perception, he's had about the same number of appeals as he did four years ago, when the last revaluation occurred.

From last week's Board of Ed meeting, Orange County Schools have a lot of great technology in them. I'm hoping to get up with Angie Veitch to talk about it all.

Finally, there's another Board of Ed meeting this Monday. Normally, they're every two weeks, but the Jan. 20 meeting (moved to Tuesday because of MLK Day), got canceled because of the snow.

If any of you have any ideas for county-related stories or profiles, shoot me an e-mail at v dot shortley at newsoforange dot com or post a comment here.