Your weekly Bob Barker moment

These are two small things that fall in between publication dates or that we intended to squeeze into this week's paper but could not. They are completely unrelated, I promise:

• The next Artists' Salon, sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission, will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, at the West End Theatre at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro.
Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Salons are free, for artists of all kinds — performing, visual, literary or other, are encouraged to meet, network and build a better arts environment for all Orange County Artists.
The topic for February will be “Making Money Online Through Art.” Guest panelists will be Sarah Powers (Visual Art Exchange) and Michelle Lyon (Knockabout). Both of these venues are located in City Market in Raleigh. Sarah will focus on “Fast & Easy Websites” and Michelle will focus on “How to Sell Online.”
The purpose of the salon is to bring together artists of all disciplines in a casual setting to share ideas, concerns and information. It is the hope of the Orange County Arts Commission to not only bring the artistic community together but to facilitate closer ties between artists and the general community of Orange County.
Anyone planning to attend, should RSVP to the Orange County Arts Commission at 245-2335 or arts@co.orange.nc.us.

• And from the Bob Barker files, some notes on pets (via Orange County):
"The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has declared
Feb. 24 'Spay Neuter Day' in Orange County, at the request of the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB), to encourage citizens to spay and neuter pets and to raise awareness about pet overpopulation in the county.
The ASAB and the Animal Services Department have made the reduction of pet overpopulation in Orange County a priority. 'Spay Day USA,' recognized nationally by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), is designed to raise awareness and help eliminate the need for euthanasia as a means of population control.
Animal Services, with assistance from the Department of Social Services (DSS), has partnered with AnimalKind's 'The $20 Fix' program to offer low-cost and no-cost spay and neuter surgeries to pets of qualifying households in Orange County. In recognition of 'Spay Neuter Day,' Animal Services is kicking off and promoting this partnership through targeted
advertising and outreach efforts. It is the hope of Animal Services and Orange County that this program will increase the number of pets that are spayed and neutered in the County, and in turn help eliminate the ongoing problem of pet overpopulation we face as a community.
For more information, call Sarah Fallin at 967-7383."

Also, on the note of pets, be sure also to take advantage of cheap rabies clinics.