Health and education leaders met Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Chapel Hill to announce a state goal to reduce North Carolina teen pregnancies. The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina released the target of reducing the state’s teen pregnancy rate 30 percent by 2020.
North Carolina’s teen pregnancy rate has declined more than 50 percent since 1990 and experienced the biggest single year-to-year drop last year, according to recently released 2010 data. Despite significant improvements, North Carolina still holds the 14th highest teen pregnancy rate in the United States.
“Oh the heels of such great success, North Carolina needs to keep momentum in reducing teen pregnancy,” said Kay Phillips, executive director of APPCNC. “This goal is intended to help inspire and challenge people to keep working toward effective solutions.”
The state goal has been endorsed by more than 40 organizations, including the North Carolina Pediatric Society, the North Carolina School Boards Association, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, the Institute for Emerging Issues and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine.
In addition to announcing the state goal, APPCNC released a report called the North Carolina State of Adolescent Sexual Health and Action Plan. The report details the current extent of health issues in North Carolina as well as concrete steps parents, community leaders, schools and medical professionals can take to make North Carolina’s adolescents healthier.
The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina is a North Carolina nonprofit leader in preventing adolescent pregnancy through advocacy, collaboration and education.
Learn more at www.appcnc.org.
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Nu-Blu to perform in Raleigh
Pinecastle recording artist Nu-Blu will perform at The Hope Cafe, located at 201 Tryon Road in Raleigh, on Thursday, Feb. 23. The show begins at 7 p.m., and tickets are $10 at the door.
Through the years, Nu-Blu has worked hard to develop a group that would give the listener a diverse experience. By mixing their original songs along with traditional material—and even incorporating songs from other genres—the group has created a unique and driving blend of music that keeps audiences coming back for more.
Nu-Blu was founded by husband and wife team, Carolyn and Daniel Routh. Carolyn, on bass, provides her trademark lead vocals with impressive clarity and vocal range, and Daniel, on guitar, brings his songwriting and vocal talents to the group. The two young guns, Levi Austin (banjo and vocals) and Austin Koerner (mandolin) fill out the ranks, providing the band with a solid and talented backbone.
In May 2010, Nu-Blu released their first album, NIGHTS, along with the single, “Spin on the Red Brick Floor.” Radio immediately welcomed the album as evidenced by its debut at No. 10 on the Euro Americana Chart, reaching as high as No. 7 on the Roots Music Bluegrass Report, and spending more than five weeks on the Americana Music Association’s Top 40 chart as an indie release. Several months later, the band was awarded the “2010 Country Band of the Year” by the Carolina Music Awards.
Released on Aug. 9, 2011, Nu-Blu’s current album, THE BLU DISC, and single, “Other Woman’s Blues” are also seeing much success on multiple chart. It has reached as high as No. 2 on Power Source Magazine’s Top 35 Bluegrass Song chart, and the album has appeared on Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine Top 20 Hot Singles, Roots Music Report Top 50 Bluegrass Albums, The Alternate Root Magazine’s Top 66 Bluegrass Albums and many more. The band recently released a new music video of “Other Woman’s Blues” that is a clever answer song to Dolly Parton’s mega hit “Jolene” (written from Jolene’s point of view.) The video can be viewed at Ya’llWire.com or on Nu-Blu’s website.
Fans are also encouraged to download Nu-Blu’s free smart phone APP that provides live feeds from the popular Bluegrass Blog, WorldWideBluegrass.com, BluegrassTV, Napster, Last FM and Nu-Blu News and Tour Dates.
For more information on Nu-Blu, please visit Nu-Blu.com.
Through the years, Nu-Blu has worked hard to develop a group that would give the listener a diverse experience. By mixing their original songs along with traditional material—and even incorporating songs from other genres—the group has created a unique and driving blend of music that keeps audiences coming back for more.
Nu-Blu was founded by husband and wife team, Carolyn and Daniel Routh. Carolyn, on bass, provides her trademark lead vocals with impressive clarity and vocal range, and Daniel, on guitar, brings his songwriting and vocal talents to the group. The two young guns, Levi Austin (banjo and vocals) and Austin Koerner (mandolin) fill out the ranks, providing the band with a solid and talented backbone.
In May 2010, Nu-Blu released their first album, NIGHTS, along with the single, “Spin on the Red Brick Floor.” Radio immediately welcomed the album as evidenced by its debut at No. 10 on the Euro Americana Chart, reaching as high as No. 7 on the Roots Music Bluegrass Report, and spending more than five weeks on the Americana Music Association’s Top 40 chart as an indie release. Several months later, the band was awarded the “2010 Country Band of the Year” by the Carolina Music Awards.
Released on Aug. 9, 2011, Nu-Blu’s current album, THE BLU DISC, and single, “Other Woman’s Blues” are also seeing much success on multiple chart. It has reached as high as No. 2 on Power Source Magazine’s Top 35 Bluegrass Song chart, and the album has appeared on Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine Top 20 Hot Singles, Roots Music Report Top 50 Bluegrass Albums, The Alternate Root Magazine’s Top 66 Bluegrass Albums and many more. The band recently released a new music video of “Other Woman’s Blues” that is a clever answer song to Dolly Parton’s mega hit “Jolene” (written from Jolene’s point of view.) The video can be viewed at Ya’llWire.com or on Nu-Blu’s website.
Fans are also encouraged to download Nu-Blu’s free smart phone APP that provides live feeds from the popular Bluegrass Blog, WorldWideBluegrass.com, BluegrassTV, Napster, Last FM and Nu-Blu News and Tour Dates.
For more information on Nu-Blu, please visit Nu-Blu.com.
Hagan urges action on National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization
U.S. Sen. Kay R. Hagan (D—N.C.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined a bipartisan group of Senators in urging Senate leadership to take up the long-term reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. The Senate Banking Committee approved a unanimous, bipartisan version of the reauthorization in September 2011.
“North Carolinians hold over 137,000 policies through the National Flood Insurance Program,” said Hagan. “The National Flood Insurance Program is critical to homeowners in flood-prone regions, and the bill we passed out of the Senate Banking Committee will restore the program’s solvency while ensuring coverage remains available to homeowners. NFIP is simply too important to operate on short-term reauthorizations, and I urge my colleagues to take up this bipartisan bill that is so important for families in North Carolina and across the country.”
For more information and to see a copy of the letter, click here.
“North Carolinians hold over 137,000 policies through the National Flood Insurance Program,” said Hagan. “The National Flood Insurance Program is critical to homeowners in flood-prone regions, and the bill we passed out of the Senate Banking Committee will restore the program’s solvency while ensuring coverage remains available to homeowners. NFIP is simply too important to operate on short-term reauthorizations, and I urge my colleagues to take up this bipartisan bill that is so important for families in North Carolina and across the country.”
For more information and to see a copy of the letter, click here.
Gov. Perdue releases advisory panel on offshore energy report
Gov. Bev Perdue on Wednesday, Feb. 8, released the final report of the Governor’s Scientific Advisory Panel on Offshore Energy providing effective guidance to address North Carolina’s offshore potential energy resources—oil, natural gas, wind, thermal and hydrokinetic technologies.
“Our state and nation have critical energy needs if we are going to compete and win in the global marketplace, create jobs and keep our economy growing," Perdue said. "I am pleased and thankful for the diligent work of all the members of the panel. This report provides critical thinking and sound advice so North Carolina can move ahead, in a responsible way, to look at developing offshore energy resources so the state and nation move toward energy independence.”
The report found these resources will most likely be developed outside North Carolina’s jurisdictional waters. This means critical decisions concerning oil and gas exploration will be made at the federal level. The report also highlights that it is critical for Congress to ensure North Carolina receives its fair share of any royalty payments.
“Under current law, North Carolina would not receive a share of lease payments or royalties from development of offshore oil and gas,” the report said. “North Carolina should receive a fair share of leasing fees and royalties to cover these costs and to invest in environmental protection and economic development for the state.”
Gov. Perdue has called on Congress to enact legislation ensuring revenue sharing with the state. She will continue to insist that, before there is any exploration or development, the state must be guaranteed its fair share of revenues.
The report also said there is much more exploration necessary to determine if there is a significant oil and natural gas resource off the state’s coast.
“Previous geophysical exploration for oil and gas in offshore North Carolina suggests limited resources of oil (about 36 days of current U.S. demand) and gas (about 246 days of current U.S. demand),” the report said. “However, larger reservoirs of recoverable oil and gas may be discovered during new, more intense exploration.”
The panel found that North Carolina has the largest offshore wind resource on the east coast.
“The offshore-wind industry may offer significant opportunities for renewable energy generation and for economic development and job creation,” the panel said. “North Carolina’s extensive coastline and large offshore wind resources appear to make it a prime area for offshore wind development.”
According to the report, North Carolina should continue to move ahead to promote opportunities for offshore-wind development with the appropriate statutes, rules and regulations that “foster and encourage appropriate offshore-wind development consistent with concerns for the coastal environment and communities.” The report said the state needed to “engage with the industry to attract to North Carolina a wide range of supply-chain facilities and jobs associated with the emerging wind-energy industry.”
Research and development on other forms of ocean renewable energy—such as thermal and hydrokinetic technologies—is ongoing and appears promising, although these technologies are not yet ready for widespread commercial development. North Carolina is poised to be a leader in the research and development of these potential energy resources. This is due to the state’s unique geographic position between two major ocean currents which meet off Cape Hatteras combined with a strong foundation in energy research and technology innovations.
The panel recommended the state create a program of research and data collection to ensure there is adequate information to evaluate the impacts of offshore energy exploration and energy development. It also suggested North Carolina should engage in comprehensive ocean and coastal resource management to ensure the sustainable and best use of ocean and coastal resources.
The panel’s findings and recommendations stress that development of any offshore energy resources carries risks and benefits.
“Exploration and development of offshore energy resources—oil and natural gas, wind and hydrokinetic technologies and thermal—pose environmental and economic benefits,” the panel said in its findings. “The development of any sources of offshore energy, whether renewable or fossil fuel, will likely have some socioeconomic and environmental impacts. … and challenges related to infrastructure development, including transmission.”
Perdue issued Executive Order 23 in September 2009 creating the Scientific Advisory Panel on Offshore Energy. The 15-member panel was led by former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Willis Whichard. The diverse and knowledgeable scientific panel—with representatives from the energy industry, scientific experts and environmental advocates—developed consensus findings and recommendations in the 146-page report.
“I am most grateful to Justice Whichard and all the members of the panel for sharing the expertise and their hard work, dedication and concern for our state and its precious coast,” Perdue said.
“This panel’s work is an essential step in assessing the impact of offshore-energy development in North Carolina,” the panel said in its findings. “But taking the next steps to develop offshore energy will require a united effort to assess the impacts on North Carolina’s economy, communities and natural resources, to promote economic development of offshore energy that boosts North Carolina’s economy and to establish North Carolina as a leader in offshore-energy development.”
The full report is available online.
“Our state and nation have critical energy needs if we are going to compete and win in the global marketplace, create jobs and keep our economy growing," Perdue said. "I am pleased and thankful for the diligent work of all the members of the panel. This report provides critical thinking and sound advice so North Carolina can move ahead, in a responsible way, to look at developing offshore energy resources so the state and nation move toward energy independence.”
The report found these resources will most likely be developed outside North Carolina’s jurisdictional waters. This means critical decisions concerning oil and gas exploration will be made at the federal level. The report also highlights that it is critical for Congress to ensure North Carolina receives its fair share of any royalty payments.
“Under current law, North Carolina would not receive a share of lease payments or royalties from development of offshore oil and gas,” the report said. “North Carolina should receive a fair share of leasing fees and royalties to cover these costs and to invest in environmental protection and economic development for the state.”
Gov. Perdue has called on Congress to enact legislation ensuring revenue sharing with the state. She will continue to insist that, before there is any exploration or development, the state must be guaranteed its fair share of revenues.
The report also said there is much more exploration necessary to determine if there is a significant oil and natural gas resource off the state’s coast.
“Previous geophysical exploration for oil and gas in offshore North Carolina suggests limited resources of oil (about 36 days of current U.S. demand) and gas (about 246 days of current U.S. demand),” the report said. “However, larger reservoirs of recoverable oil and gas may be discovered during new, more intense exploration.”
The panel found that North Carolina has the largest offshore wind resource on the east coast.
“The offshore-wind industry may offer significant opportunities for renewable energy generation and for economic development and job creation,” the panel said. “North Carolina’s extensive coastline and large offshore wind resources appear to make it a prime area for offshore wind development.”
According to the report, North Carolina should continue to move ahead to promote opportunities for offshore-wind development with the appropriate statutes, rules and regulations that “foster and encourage appropriate offshore-wind development consistent with concerns for the coastal environment and communities.” The report said the state needed to “engage with the industry to attract to North Carolina a wide range of supply-chain facilities and jobs associated with the emerging wind-energy industry.”
Research and development on other forms of ocean renewable energy—such as thermal and hydrokinetic technologies—is ongoing and appears promising, although these technologies are not yet ready for widespread commercial development. North Carolina is poised to be a leader in the research and development of these potential energy resources. This is due to the state’s unique geographic position between two major ocean currents which meet off Cape Hatteras combined with a strong foundation in energy research and technology innovations.
The panel recommended the state create a program of research and data collection to ensure there is adequate information to evaluate the impacts of offshore energy exploration and energy development. It also suggested North Carolina should engage in comprehensive ocean and coastal resource management to ensure the sustainable and best use of ocean and coastal resources.
The panel’s findings and recommendations stress that development of any offshore energy resources carries risks and benefits.
“Exploration and development of offshore energy resources—oil and natural gas, wind and hydrokinetic technologies and thermal—pose environmental and economic benefits,” the panel said in its findings. “The development of any sources of offshore energy, whether renewable or fossil fuel, will likely have some socioeconomic and environmental impacts. … and challenges related to infrastructure development, including transmission.”
Perdue issued Executive Order 23 in September 2009 creating the Scientific Advisory Panel on Offshore Energy. The 15-member panel was led by former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Willis Whichard. The diverse and knowledgeable scientific panel—with representatives from the energy industry, scientific experts and environmental advocates—developed consensus findings and recommendations in the 146-page report.
“I am most grateful to Justice Whichard and all the members of the panel for sharing the expertise and their hard work, dedication and concern for our state and its precious coast,” Perdue said.
“This panel’s work is an essential step in assessing the impact of offshore-energy development in North Carolina,” the panel said in its findings. “But taking the next steps to develop offshore energy will require a united effort to assess the impacts on North Carolina’s economy, communities and natural resources, to promote economic development of offshore energy that boosts North Carolina’s economy and to establish North Carolina as a leader in offshore-energy development.”
The full report is available online.
Local, global food issues on menu for UNC-Duke symposium
Local and global food issues will be on the menu at "Shared Tables: A Triangle Symposium on Local and Global Food Studies." Food security and the future of farming are daily concerns in many North Carolina communities, and the symposium will capitalize on the local food movements gaining ground on all the Triangle campuses.
The symposium takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Duke University. Keynote addresses will be presented by award-winning food journalist and farmer Tom Philpott of Mother Jones magazine and by Will Allen, founder and executive director of Growing Power in Milwaukee.
Events are free and open to the public, but space is limited, so participants are asked to register in advance. Registration has closed for the Feb. 28 keynote event and Feb. 29 lunch.
On Feb. 28 at Hyde Hall at UNC, symposium topics include:
* Food, technology and politics internationally and in Europe;
* Food security, sustainable food systems and global change;
* Does it matter where my food comes from? and
* Food or fuel? South America, Africa and the United States.
On Feb. 29 in the Von Cannon Room and Reynolds Industries Theater at the Bryan University Center at Duke, symposium topics include:
* Voices of the Triangle food movement in our universities;
* Farm Bill 2012;
* Farming in North Carolina;
* Food and humanities, culture and faith; and
* Food access in our communities.
Each day of the symposium concludes with a keynote address. At 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in the UNC FedEx Global Education Center, Philpott will discuss factors that affect the world's ability to feed its population sustainably in the years to come. Philpott is the cofounder of Maverick Farms, a center for sustainable food education in Valle Crucis. Philpott has also served as columnist and editor for the online environmental site Grist and has covered food politics for Newsweek, Gastronomica and The Guardian. Food & Wine named Philpott one of 10 innovators who "will continue to shape the culinary consciousness of our country for the next 30 years."
At 7 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Reynolds Industries Theater in the Bryan University Center at Duke
University, Allen will discuss the challenge of providing food security for urban and disadvantaged communities. Growing Power is an organization dedicated to cultivating, producing and delivering healthy foods to underserved, urban populations in Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and beyond. Named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow in 2008, Allen has worked with First Lady Michelle Obama on her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity. He also has worked abroad to strengthen food security for schoolchildren in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Managing sponsors include UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies; Triangle University Food Studies; and UNC Kenan-Flagler Center for Sustainable Enterprise.
Additional partners and sponsors include UNC Institute for the Environment; Center for International Business Education and Research; UNC Center for European Studies; UNC African Studies Center; UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities; UNC Honors Program; UNC Comparative Literature Program; UNC Global; Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute; Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment at Duke Fuqua School of Business; and Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment.
For more information and a full schedule, visit http://sharedtablessymp.wordpress.com. Lunch will be provided for registered participants both days.
The symposium takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Duke University. Keynote addresses will be presented by award-winning food journalist and farmer Tom Philpott of Mother Jones magazine and by Will Allen, founder and executive director of Growing Power in Milwaukee.
Events are free and open to the public, but space is limited, so participants are asked to register in advance. Registration has closed for the Feb. 28 keynote event and Feb. 29 lunch.
On Feb. 28 at Hyde Hall at UNC, symposium topics include:
* Food, technology and politics internationally and in Europe;
* Food security, sustainable food systems and global change;
* Does it matter where my food comes from? and
* Food or fuel? South America, Africa and the United States.
On Feb. 29 in the Von Cannon Room and Reynolds Industries Theater at the Bryan University Center at Duke, symposium topics include:
* Voices of the Triangle food movement in our universities;
* Farm Bill 2012;
* Farming in North Carolina;
* Food and humanities, culture and faith; and
* Food access in our communities.
Each day of the symposium concludes with a keynote address. At 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in the UNC FedEx Global Education Center, Philpott will discuss factors that affect the world's ability to feed its population sustainably in the years to come. Philpott is the cofounder of Maverick Farms, a center for sustainable food education in Valle Crucis. Philpott has also served as columnist and editor for the online environmental site Grist and has covered food politics for Newsweek, Gastronomica and The Guardian. Food & Wine named Philpott one of 10 innovators who "will continue to shape the culinary consciousness of our country for the next 30 years."
At 7 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Reynolds Industries Theater in the Bryan University Center at Duke
University, Allen will discuss the challenge of providing food security for urban and disadvantaged communities. Growing Power is an organization dedicated to cultivating, producing and delivering healthy foods to underserved, urban populations in Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and beyond. Named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow in 2008, Allen has worked with First Lady Michelle Obama on her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity. He also has worked abroad to strengthen food security for schoolchildren in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Managing sponsors include UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies; Triangle University Food Studies; and UNC Kenan-Flagler Center for Sustainable Enterprise.
Additional partners and sponsors include UNC Institute for the Environment; Center for International Business Education and Research; UNC Center for European Studies; UNC African Studies Center; UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities; UNC Honors Program; UNC Comparative Literature Program; UNC Global; Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute; Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment at Duke Fuqua School of Business; and Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment.
For more information and a full schedule, visit http://sharedtablessymp.wordpress.com. Lunch will be provided for registered participants both days.
Program focuses on people of color in the American Revolution
During Black History Month, the N.C. Museum of History and the Sons of the American Revolution will present the program Return to Tradition highlighting a lesser-known fact about the American Revolution: significant numbers of people of color fought for the Patriots during the war.
This free program on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. to noon in Raleigh features keynote speaker Brig. Gen. James Gorham, the first African American general in the N.C. Army National Guard. His talk will focus on these soldiers who served in integrated troops during the war for independence.
“Though nearly lost to history, these Patriots of color served as equals in the typical regiment of Continental soldiers,” said Earl Ijames, Curator at the N.C. Museum of History.
First African American in North Carolina Will Be Inducted Into SAR
Another program highlight will center on Raleigh resident Chaz Moore, whose enslaved ancestor, Tobias “Toby” Gilmore, fought for the Patriots in the American Revolution. During a brief installation ceremony, Moore will be the first African American in North Carolina inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution. He is a firefighter with the Raleigh Fire Department.
Moore’s ancestor was born in coastal West Africa as Shibodee Turrey Wurry. At age 16, around 1758, this son of a chieftain was kidnapped by slave traders and sent to Rhode Island aboard the slave ship Dove. He was purchased by Capt. John Gilmore of Massachusetts and became known as Tobias Gilmore. He enlisted in the Continental Army and fought in several major battles.
Learn more about this lesser-known, yet important, part of our nation’s history during Return to Tradition on Feb. 25 at the Museum of History.
This free program on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. to noon in Raleigh features keynote speaker Brig. Gen. James Gorham, the first African American general in the N.C. Army National Guard. His talk will focus on these soldiers who served in integrated troops during the war for independence.
“Though nearly lost to history, these Patriots of color served as equals in the typical regiment of Continental soldiers,” said Earl Ijames, Curator at the N.C. Museum of History.
First African American in North Carolina Will Be Inducted Into SAR
Another program highlight will center on Raleigh resident Chaz Moore, whose enslaved ancestor, Tobias “Toby” Gilmore, fought for the Patriots in the American Revolution. During a brief installation ceremony, Moore will be the first African American in North Carolina inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution. He is a firefighter with the Raleigh Fire Department.
Moore’s ancestor was born in coastal West Africa as Shibodee Turrey Wurry. At age 16, around 1758, this son of a chieftain was kidnapped by slave traders and sent to Rhode Island aboard the slave ship Dove. He was purchased by Capt. John Gilmore of Massachusetts and became known as Tobias Gilmore. He enlisted in the Continental Army and fought in several major battles.
Learn more about this lesser-known, yet important, part of our nation’s history during Return to Tradition on Feb. 25 at the Museum of History.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
OWASA hosts blood drive
On Friday, Feb. 24, OWASA will sponsor an American Red Cross blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Community Room on the lower floor of OWASA’s Administration Building, 400 Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro.
“The winter months are particularly challenging, so we are especially grateful to those who roll up their sleeves this time of year,” said Caroline Allison, American Red Cross Donor Recruitment Representative for the Carolinas Blood Services Region. “Patients in our area hospitals depend on the generosity of blood donors every day. There is always a special need for donors with type O negative blood. O negative is the universal blood type and can be given to patients of any type in an emergency situation.”
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Accident victims as well as patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, blood disorders and other illnesses receive lifesaving transfusions every day. There is no substitute for blood, and volunteer donors are the only source.
Donors must be in general good health, have photo identification, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be at least 17 years old or 16 years old with parental consent. Donors who are 18 and younger must also meet height and weight requirements
People who come to donate will have the chance to win a pair of roundtrip domestic tickets from Delta Air Lines and be entered to win one of three three-day oceanfront vacation rentals at the Islander Inn and Suites on Emerald Isle, courtesy of Bluewater Real Estate and Vacation Rentals.
Anna Maria’s and OWASA will provide food.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org or contact Kelly Chapman at (919) 537-4370 or kchapman@owasa.org. Making an appointment will allow the donation process to go more smoothly for everyone. Walk-ins are welcome after noon. Information is also available from the American Red Cross at 1-800-RED CROSS.
“The winter months are particularly challenging, so we are especially grateful to those who roll up their sleeves this time of year,” said Caroline Allison, American Red Cross Donor Recruitment Representative for the Carolinas Blood Services Region. “Patients in our area hospitals depend on the generosity of blood donors every day. There is always a special need for donors with type O negative blood. O negative is the universal blood type and can be given to patients of any type in an emergency situation.”
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Accident victims as well as patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, blood disorders and other illnesses receive lifesaving transfusions every day. There is no substitute for blood, and volunteer donors are the only source.
Donors must be in general good health, have photo identification, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be at least 17 years old or 16 years old with parental consent. Donors who are 18 and younger must also meet height and weight requirements
People who come to donate will have the chance to win a pair of roundtrip domestic tickets from Delta Air Lines and be entered to win one of three three-day oceanfront vacation rentals at the Islander Inn and Suites on Emerald Isle, courtesy of Bluewater Real Estate and Vacation Rentals.
Anna Maria’s and OWASA will provide food.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org or contact Kelly Chapman at (919) 537-4370 or kchapman@owasa.org. Making an appointment will allow the donation process to go more smoothly for everyone. Walk-ins are welcome after noon. Information is also available from the American Red Cross at 1-800-RED CROSS.
Classes teach about gardening, vegetables
It’s not too soon to start your vegetable garden! Attend the first in a series of classes on basic techniques and tips to grow organic vegetables in your home or community garden. Monthly classes will be offered at the MLK Jr. Park community garden at 1120 Hillsborough Road in Carrboro. The first class will be Sunday, Feb. 26, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. This class will cover soil preparation, bed building tips, planting peas, onions, and other early spring crops. Learn how to start tomatoes and other seedlings indoors for summer vegetables. Class will be held rain or shine.
A donation of $10 per class is requested; all proceeds will go to the Growing Healthy Kids Community Garden, a project of the Orange County Partnership for Young Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that every child in Orange County arrives at school healthy and ready to succeed. Classes will be taught by Maria Hitt, Growing Healthy Kids garden manager. Come to one class or all!
Register by Thursday, Feb. 23, with Cherie Brooks at (919) 967-9091 or cbrooks@orangesmartstart.org. Donations will be accepted at the time of class. For more information, visit www.orangesmartstart.org.
A donation of $10 per class is requested; all proceeds will go to the Growing Healthy Kids Community Garden, a project of the Orange County Partnership for Young Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that every child in Orange County arrives at school healthy and ready to succeed. Classes will be taught by Maria Hitt, Growing Healthy Kids garden manager. Come to one class or all!
Register by Thursday, Feb. 23, with Cherie Brooks at (919) 967-9091 or cbrooks@orangesmartstart.org. Donations will be accepted at the time of class. For more information, visit www.orangesmartstart.org.
ChathamArts' Sustainable Cinema Series honors Black History Month
In February, ChathamArts' Sustainable Cinema Series will celebrate Black History Month by screening two powerful films:
THE LOVING STORY
Who: Director & Producer Nancy Buirski; Producer & Editor Elisabeth Haviland James
What: On Oscar 2012 Shortlist for Best Documentary. Official Selection of SilverDocs, Tribeca, Full Frame and Hamptons International Film Festivals
When and where: Shown Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. in Fearrington Village Barn, located on U.S. 15-501 midway between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.
How much: Purchase advance tickets $8 online. Print the receipt for ticket. Admission will be $10 at door the day of the screening.
THE LOVING STORY (documentary feature) is director Nancy Buirski’s film about Loving v. Virginia, a watershed civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute unconstitutional in 1967.
A racially charged criminal trial and a heartrending love story converge in this documentary about the Lovings, an interracial couple who fell in love and married at a tumultuous social and political time in American history yet nevertheless brought about change where previously no one else could. Through stunning archival footage of the Lovings, the film revisits this public battle through the eyes of a private couple who simply wanted to have the right to get married and live in the place they called home.
The Loving Story is produced by Nancy Buirski’s production company Augusta Films, LLC, in association with HBO Documentaries. The film was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Buirski is the founder and was the director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Producer/Editor Elisabeth Haviland James is based in Durham, where her company, Thornapple Films, is headquartered. Additional local crew members include: Cinematographers Rex Miller and Steve Milligan; Sound: Mark Barroso. Co-producers Nancy Buirski and Elizabeth Haviland James will be in attendance for Q&A if possible.
The Loving Story screening is sponsored by The Southern Documentary Fund, an organization that encourages documentary media projects made within or about the American South. Through services like fiscal sponsorship, SDF aims to connect people, ideas and resources—furthering their goal of growing a community of documentary artists.
WOLF CALL
Raleigh Director Rob Underhill's 12-minute narrative transports us back to 1956. The previous year, 14-year old Emmett Till from Chicago had gone missing in Money, Miss. Later, the boy's mutilated body was found in a river. William Bradford Huie of Look magazine sits down with the two men acquitted for the boy's murder, Roy Bryant Jr. and J.W. Milam, to discuss the trial. This historic drama became a lightning rod for moral outrage and pivotal in inspiring a whole generation of young people to commit to social change in the 1950s.
WOLF CALL is the winner of seven festival awards, four nominations, dozens of official selections and recently nominated for Outstanding Independent Short Film by the Black Reel Awards. Director Rob Underhill, actor Mike Wiley and cinematographer Aravind Ragupathi in attendance for Q&A.
Director Rob Underhill has written, directed, and produced dozens of short films, numerous music videos and several feature films. WOLF CALL stars Mike Wiley (a Chatham County resident) in multiple roles. Wiley is the winner of best actor awards in 2009 and 2010 for his performance in 'Empty Space,' including best actor at the 25th Black International Cinema Berlin. He is the 2010 Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to his numerous school and community performances, he has also appeared on Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel and National Geographic Channel.
THE LOVING STORY
Who: Director & Producer Nancy Buirski; Producer & Editor Elisabeth Haviland James
What: On Oscar 2012 Shortlist for Best Documentary. Official Selection of SilverDocs, Tribeca, Full Frame and Hamptons International Film Festivals
When and where: Shown Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. in Fearrington Village Barn, located on U.S. 15-501 midway between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.
How much: Purchase advance tickets $8 online. Print the receipt for ticket. Admission will be $10 at door the day of the screening.
THE LOVING STORY (documentary feature) is director Nancy Buirski’s film about Loving v. Virginia, a watershed civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute unconstitutional in 1967.
A racially charged criminal trial and a heartrending love story converge in this documentary about the Lovings, an interracial couple who fell in love and married at a tumultuous social and political time in American history yet nevertheless brought about change where previously no one else could. Through stunning archival footage of the Lovings, the film revisits this public battle through the eyes of a private couple who simply wanted to have the right to get married and live in the place they called home.
The Loving Story is produced by Nancy Buirski’s production company Augusta Films, LLC, in association with HBO Documentaries. The film was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Buirski is the founder and was the director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Producer/Editor Elisabeth Haviland James is based in Durham, where her company, Thornapple Films, is headquartered. Additional local crew members include: Cinematographers Rex Miller and Steve Milligan; Sound: Mark Barroso. Co-producers Nancy Buirski and Elizabeth Haviland James will be in attendance for Q&A if possible.
The Loving Story screening is sponsored by The Southern Documentary Fund, an organization that encourages documentary media projects made within or about the American South. Through services like fiscal sponsorship, SDF aims to connect people, ideas and resources—furthering their goal of growing a community of documentary artists.
WOLF CALL
Raleigh Director Rob Underhill's 12-minute narrative transports us back to 1956. The previous year, 14-year old Emmett Till from Chicago had gone missing in Money, Miss. Later, the boy's mutilated body was found in a river. William Bradford Huie of Look magazine sits down with the two men acquitted for the boy's murder, Roy Bryant Jr. and J.W. Milam, to discuss the trial. This historic drama became a lightning rod for moral outrage and pivotal in inspiring a whole generation of young people to commit to social change in the 1950s.
WOLF CALL is the winner of seven festival awards, four nominations, dozens of official selections and recently nominated for Outstanding Independent Short Film by the Black Reel Awards. Director Rob Underhill, actor Mike Wiley and cinematographer Aravind Ragupathi in attendance for Q&A.
Director Rob Underhill has written, directed, and produced dozens of short films, numerous music videos and several feature films. WOLF CALL stars Mike Wiley (a Chatham County resident) in multiple roles. Wiley is the winner of best actor awards in 2009 and 2010 for his performance in 'Empty Space,' including best actor at the 25th Black International Cinema Berlin. He is the 2010 Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to his numerous school and community performances, he has also appeared on Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel and National Geographic Channel.
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