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Written by Gene Galin
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Wednesday, 06 February 2008 |
This digest contains the following messages:
1. Announcing the Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
2. thank you everyone...
3. Bluegrasser Tommy Edwards @ Holly Springs Cultural Ctr.
4. Register now for hands-on QuickBooks for Farms training
5. Krewe name
6. What is the Chatham Chatlist?
7. landscape design recommendations
8. Dog Life
9. gutters
10. auto painting
11. Jordan Lake water
12. checkpoint at the intersection of Lamont Norwood
13. Re: "Keep your eyes on the bad guys..." by Calvin Oxendine
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:03:46 -0500
From: "Sara Waters" <sara.waters.earthlink.net>
Subject: Announcing the Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
What: Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
When: Thursday, April 17 Sunday April 20, 2008
Where: 1439 Henderson Tanyard Road
Silk Hope, North Carolina
Just down the road from Pittsboro, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Raleigh, Durham, and Greensboro.
For more info: Schedule and info at www.shakorihills.org or by calling (919) 542-8142
Stages: The festival will feature more than 40 bands and performers on two big outdoor stages, a large Dance Tent, and an intimate Cabaret Tent.
Featured performers: The Allen Boys, Arrested Development, Big Fat Gap, Bombadil, Boys from Carolina, Cane Creek Cloggers, Chatham County Line, Chris Barron & the Time Bandits, Donna the Buffalo, The Hackensaw Boys, Harper, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, John Specker, Justin Townes Earle, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Keith Secola & Wild Band of Indians, Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, McCarthy Trenching, Northwood Jazz Ensemble, Ray Abshire, Richie Havens, Scythian, Sim Redmond Band, Soul Jibe, Stephanie's ID, Valorie Miller, Wiffer Creek, and many more...
Ticket information: Tickets are on sale now for the festival, and are available online at www.shakorihills.org and by telephone at (919) 542-8142. Tickets will be available at the early bird price thru February 24th: adult 4-day passes are $65. Regular adult four-day passes are $75 in advance and $85 at the gate. Four-day passes for youths aged 13-15 are $35 (children 12 years and younger are free). Day tickets are also available: $22 for Thursday, $30 for Friday, $37 for Saturday, and $26 for Sunday. Chatham County residents receive $5 off day tickets with proof of residence at the gate, and students receive $5 off day tickets with a valid student id. Group rates are also available by phone. Free on-site tent camping and $50 vehicle camping are available. On-site parking is $4 per day or $10 for the weekend.
What else…Other activities include a sustainability fair where area environmental pioneers will come together to share ideas and educate festivalgoers. As always, there will be fabulous craft vendors, gourmet food, healing artists, workshops, poetry and instrument contests, and drum circles. There are lots of family and kids activities as well as a family friendly camping area. Kids can look forward to bubbles, face painting, crafts, mask making, and general fun in the supervised children’s area.
Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance is sponsored by Shakori Hills, Inc., a non-profit formed in order to provide an environment for community building through arts and education for Chatham County and beyond.
For more info: Schedule and info available at www.shakorihills.org or by calling (919) 542-8142. Information is always being updated.
Press information: Online press kit at www.shakorihills.org/press. High-resolution photos and logo available at www.shakorihills.org/press and www.shakorihills.org and on request shakorihills.grassrootsfest.org. More press information coming soon. Contact press.shakorihills.org or shakorihills.grassrootsfest for interview requests.
Sara Waters
Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance Spring Festival: April 17-20, 2008 Hoppin' John Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention: Sept. 19-20, 2008 Fall Festival: October 9-12, 2008 919-667-1960 press.shakorihills.org www.shakorihills.org
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:53:56 -0500
From: Ann Hudak <annbbw.hotmail.com>
Subject: thank you everyone...
for answering my question about lake levels and the drought so thoroughly! What a great resource the chatlist is!! Thanks Gene!!!!!!Ann
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:23:09 -0500
From: "Carol Goodwin" <cmgoodwin.alltel.net>
Subject: Bluegrasser Tommy Edwards . Holly Springs Cultural Ctr.
Bluegrass
Six String Caf=E9 Presents www.sixstringcafe.com=20
Chatham County's own Tommy Edwards=20
joined by Jack Lawrence
Friday, February 15 . 8 pm=20
Holly Springs Cultural Center
http://www.hollyspringsnc.us/dept/park/culture/schedule.htm
Tickets $12 via www.etix.com=20
Tommy Edwards is an award winning bluegrass guitarist and song writer. = He has entertained audiences for over 35 years in solo performances and = as the leader of North Carolina's Bluegrass Experience. A champion = bluegrass picker, Tommy is one of the country's best known performers.
Joining Tommy in this special evening will be Jack Lawrence who is = heralded as one of the finest acoustic guitarists in the country. = Referred to as an "acoustic powerhouse," his musicianship on the flat = top guitar has mesmerized audiences for decades. Jack's style is = eclectic, encompassing Americana, blues, bluegrass and "sophisticated = folk." Jack is highly regarded in his most prominent role as partner to = Doc Watson.
About Holly Springs Cultural Center
Holly Springs Cultural Center is located a block from Town Hall in the = downtown Village District of Holly Springs. It is convenient to the = entire Triangle and is just 20 minutes south of Raleigh's Interstate 440 = Beltline.=20
Developed in partnership with Wake County, the complex includes a new = Wake County Branch Library.=20
This state-of-the-art $5 million facility lies in the heart of a = thriving community. More than 150,000 live within a 10-mile radius. More = than 300,000 visitors a year are expected at Holly Springs Cultural = Center.
Our Mission Statement=20
To bring the community together with cultural programs and great events = that are diverse, inspiring, festive and memorable.
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:46:24 -0500
From: "Debbie Roos" <debbie_roos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Register now for hands-on QuickBooks for Farms training
February 20-21, 2008:
Hands-on Training: "QuickBooks Pro for Farms"
The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension presents a two-day training on QuickBooks Pro for Farms as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on February 20-21, 2008 at the Agricultural Building Auditorium in Pittsboro, NC. This training will be for first-time users, or people who feel like they are first-time users!
QuickBooks computerized record-keeping systems have been put into service on many area farms over the last several years. To help demonstrate the use of this program in farm situations and to help answer questions in regards to the software, Cooperative Extension is sponsoring a two-day training of “hands-on, how-to” instruction. The workshop will be taught by Lara Worden, certified QuickBooks user and area agriculture agent. We will be setting up a computer lab in our auditorium, so each participant will have his/her own computer (provided by Chatham County) throughout the workshop.
Training topics:
- Setting up your company
- Setting up the chart of accounts
- Understanding the basics of accounting
- Entering everyday transactions
- Reconcile accounts
- Payroll
- Working with reports
- Account summaries for tax preparation and business analysis
- Prepare tax forms
- Special farm accounting transactions
- Tips & tricks on using the software
Note: This February training will be followed by another training on April 7 for intermediate users of QuickBooks Pro. This workshop will be from 5:00-9:00 pm and will be taught by Marty Hayes and farmer Alex Hitt. There will not be a computer lab set up for the April workshop but part of the workshop will be devoted to problem-solving specific questions that participants submit in advance. Details on the April workshop will be released later in February.
The training will go from 10:00 am-5:00 pm on Wednesday February 20, and from 9:00 am-4:00 pm on Thursday February 21.
The cost of the two-day training is $80 to cover reference materials and refreshments. Lunch will be on your own.
Registration space is limited and pre-registration is required. I expect this training to fill quickly. Preference will be given to Chatham County farmers. Other farmers will be admitted if space is available. We will return your check if the workshop is full.
The deadline for registration is February 14, 2008.
To register, download a registration form from the growing Small Farms website at http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/workshops.html and mail with your check made payable to Chatham County Cooperative Extension to Debbie Roos at P.O. Box 279, Pittsboro, NC 27312. Contact Debbie Roos at
919-542-8202 for more information.
I hope to see you there!
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
North Carolina State University
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Chatham County Center
Growing Small Farms Website:
http://www.growingsmallfarms.org
Post Office Box 279
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Email: debbie_roos.ncsu.edu
Phone: 919.542.8202 Fax: 919.542.8246
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:54:56 +0000
From: FRANK BENNETT <fjb675.hotmail.com>
Subject: Krewe name
the Krewe of Haw, of course...
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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:27:00 +0000
From: ggalin.bellsouth.net
Subject: What is the Chatham Chatlist?
Okay fellow Chathamohicans -
After dealing with compiling and editing posts for the "Chatham Chatlist 2006: January - June" book I'm having writers block.
I received the first copy of the latest draft from lulu.com yesterday and started going through it looking for formating errors, typos and mispellings. I am NOT applying the AP style guide to the content and I am NOT rewriting folk's posts.
As a history major I'm excited about having a printed record of the information that has been provided in the Chatlist.
Looking through the book I found that I was missing a description of what the chatlist is. How do I describe it to someone who may be new to the county and has never ever heard of this little group of ours?
As someone who has been involved in the chatlist since inception, it is hard for me to step back and to try to explain to someone who might pick up the book and look at it; what the chatlist is about and why it's worth reading this collection of chatlist posts.
Therefore I ask for your assistance in helping me assemble a few description paragraphs of what the chatlist is to put on the back or inside cover of the book.
You can either email me your ideas and prose directly or post it to the chatlist.
As always, thanks so much for all your assistance.
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:53:39 -0500
From: "Aria Skin & Laser Spa" <aria.bellsouth.net>
Subject: landscape design recommendations
Leslie Booker has a landscaping company and she is a landscape architect as
well. Super nice lady who really knows what plants work best for the area
and how to arrange them so your yard is easy to care for and looks
fantastic. She lives in Pittsboro 545-0315.
Another option to look into is Poultry Villa on 15-501. I haven't worked
with them personally, but they are local and offer full service landscape
design and install service. 542-3916.
For more basic yard maintenance services I would call Brian Rogers who also
lives in Pittsboro 542-9892
Vernon Mulanix
Aria Skin & Laser Spa
919-968-7772
www.arialaser.com
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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:08:01 -0500
From: Forrest Greenslade <forrest.forrestgreenslade.com>
Subject: Dog Life
Chatham Artists Guild
artstour.blast.com <mailto:artstour.blast.com>
http://www.chathamartistsguild.org/
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*It’s a Dog’s Life at Pittsboro’s Carolina Brewery and Grill*
Chatham County painter Shannon Spoor Bueker will exhibit a whimsical
collection of canine shenanigans in the February/March Chatham Artists
Guild show at the Carolina Brewery and Grill on route 15/501 in Chatham
County. /*Dog Life*/ contains over a dozen paintings of dogs in the
woods, both joyful and trouble-making. Art-lovers, dog-lovers and
brew-lovers are invited to meet the artist at a reception on Sunday,
March 2nd from 4 to 6.
“I love dogs. I love their beauty, energy, silliness, optimism and
intensity,” Bueker says. “Living with dogs in a rural country setting
has been filled with joys and punctuated by sorrows. I have learned over
and over that dogs are predators. It's great to let them run in the
woods, but they definitely do not always tread lightly on their paths,”
she continues. “I care for all animals, so in my years of dog ownership,
I leashed up my dogs more and more. That way, I could look the other
animals in the eye without guilt. We are all tangled up together in
nature, each of us affecting the others we live with and alongside.”
“Every one of Shannon’s paintings tells a story of dogs intersecting
with Chatham’s rural nature,” notes Forrest Greenslade, Guild President.
“In one painting, squirrels and foxes scamper in all directions just
ahead of curious dogs. In another, an opossum scrambles to the top of a
tree just in time to escape a night time pack of mischief.”
Bueker’s use of line and spare color pallet give these paintings an
earthy feel full of action. “For me, the most compelling puzzle
artistically continues to be orchestrating line and color, she explains.
“The process of my painting is layering color and line, keeping wispy
lines of charcoal, describing movement and strengths, and developing a
rich, varied surface. I see my work as trying to expose the grace,
reveal the density of it, unfolding the layers of interactions,
interconnections and the surprising overlaps.”
Bueker has lived in Chatham for 15 years. Her studio is in her basement,
where she and the paintings vie for space and light like plants. “This
life we have is a gift. It is a wonder to me that it comes in so many
shapes, sizes and forms,” she asserts. “My drawing and painting have
long been motivated by the need to respond to the beauty I see around me
-- the amazing grace of trees and plants, the fluidity of animals, the
outrageous colors of the earth.”
The *Chatham Artists Guild* (www.chathamartistsguild.org
<http://www.chathamartistsguild.org>) is a non-profit organization of
regionally and nationally recognized visual artists. Each year, Guild
members open their studios to the public through the Chatham Open Studio
Tour. Visitors travel throughout lovely rural Chatham County to meet
artists in their own work spaces, and share their ideas on art and the
creative process.
*Carolina Brewery{*,www.carolinabrewery.com
<http://www.carolinabrewery.com>} a locally-owned brewery and
restaurant, has drawn international attention for its handcrafted beers,
all brewed in-house by Brewmaster Jon Connolly and his team. Carolina
Brewery is equally dedicated to food and its expanding menu, which
raises the bar on traditional bar fare. Both the Chapel Hill and
Pittsboro kitchens feature Culinary Institute of America graduates.
Carolina Brewery & Grill Pittsboro feature the same award-winning beer
and great food as the Chapel Hill location. Brewmaster Connolly oversees
brewing operations in Pittsboro, and the new facility produces all beer
for Carolina Brewery’s expanding restaurant, grocery, and direct to
consumer sales. In the kitchen, Head Chef and Culinary Institute of
America graduate Andrew Forster has moved from Chapel Hill to run the
Pittsboro restaurant.
Caption: Three Dogs, an acrylic by Chatham Artists Guild painter Shannon
Bueker.
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Media Contact:
Forrest C. Greenslade, PhD
President, Chatham Artists Guild
919-545-9743
sculptor.forrestgreenslade.com
http://www.chathamartistsguild.org
http://www.forrestgreenslade.com
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:24:27 -0500
From: "Cathy Holt" <choltyoga.embarqmail.com>
Subject: gutters
Elizabeth,
You asked about gutters.......I highly recommend getting them done by
Chimney's Plus. They are in the Pittsboro phone book.
Cathy Holt
http://www.cathyholtyoga.com
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:37:23 -0500
From: "Sam and Jen" <samtjenp.gmail.com>
Subject: auto painting
Hi -
I "crunched" one of the fenders on my husband's cute little car - being the
creative frugalmeister he came up with the idea of ordering one and finding
someone to paint it locally.
I'm looking for recommendations for someone who would be willing to paint
the replacement piece and charge us a reasonable labor fee - we will install
the newly painted, dent-free fender ourselves!
Thank you,
Jennifer P.
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:37:47 -0500
From: "Mike Fox" <therealmjfox.gmail.com>
Subject: Jordan Lake water
Another thing to consider when looking at the level in Jordan Lake is who
draws from it. Cary is the major user of that lake and unlike Raleigh,
Durham, and other municipalities, Cary has been under year-round water
restrictions for several years. This is because Cary's massive growth
caused them to use up all their capacity and run out of water in the late
1990's, when there wasn't a drought. They were having a manmade
"development drought" so to speak. They've since expanded their capacity,
but kept the restrictions. So they've been conserving longer than anyone
else. The other major Jordan user is OWASA and I'm not sure if they do the
same thing with year-round restrictions.
Raleigh and Durham on the other hand seemed happy to use water pretty freely
until recent months.
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:03:58 -0500
From: <hurlmanp.bellsouth.net>
Subject: checkpoint at the intersection of Lamont Norwood
Last Wed there was also a checkpoint at the intersection of Lamont Norwood
and Puythress near Manns Chapel Church. They were checking licenses and
registration.
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:11:07 -0500
From: "Monnda Welch" <monnda.embarqmail.com>
Subject: Police road check
Hi all, was wondering what the cause of the police road check was on Sat.
night. I think that it was happening at about 9 pm or so, close to the Chevy
dealership on 15/501. Do you think that they might have been checking the
party goers at the Mill?
See my web site at: www.monnda.com
Metals artist & folk artist Chatham Granny
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:33:46 -0800 (PST)
From: HS <thrifty_lady.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: "Keep your eyes on the bad guys..." by Calvin Oxendine
PLEASE do not rush to judgment about what happened and how. It was obvious from your post that you were making some rather substantial assumptions. I'll be SHOCKED if these guys "just walked out" and even MORE SHOCKED if Sheriff Webster and his fine crew isn't just as appalled as we are.
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