Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Here are the latest North Carolina state high school football playoff brackets. The first round of games is scheduled for Friday, November 14. East Guilford (7-3) will play at Northwood in Pittsboro. West Columbus (5-5) will play at Jordan-Matthews in Siler City. Chatham Central (2-8) will play at Mount Airy (10-0).

Angie Brady-Andrew, Principal of Siler City Elementary School, has been named the 2008-2009 Chatham County Principal of the Year. She will advance to the regional level of competition.

Farmers who sell meat, poultry, and eggs in North Carolina must comply with state and federal laws designed to ensure that meat and poultry products sent into commerce are wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) enforces these laws.

"Citizens’ College – How Government Works" is coming to Jordan Matthews High School as a voluntary “after school program” beginning on Thursday, October 29.

I strongly support Gene Galin in the Board of Education race. This is a non-partisan race. Plus quite frankly I vote for those who I believe will have the best impact.

Recently there was a post to the Chatlist asking about who and what the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension is. Due to a full schedule is has taken awhile to get a response back to the Chatlist, but this is the story of who and what we are.

<em>Our house along the Haw River is surrounded by large Beech trees. They seem to be diseased with a fungus and/or insect parasite. Both yellowish and black “blobs” have appeared on the lower branches, and there are some branches that have developed a whitish infestation-looking coating.</em>

What about the other races? Few people, other than political insiders, are asking this question when they talk about the possible results of the upcoming elections in North Carolina.<br /><br />Related:<br /><a href="http://www.unctv.org/ncbookwatch/">NC Book Watch</a> <br /><a href="http://www.ourstate.com">Our State Magazine</a> </p>

On August 18, 2008, the Board of Directors welcomed Ronald Garcia-Fogarty as Executive Director of The Hispanic Liaison. The Hispanic Liaison is a grassroots community based, nonprofit organization founded in 1995.

In my opinion, what started as a wonderful and needed idea to empower the small, disconnected progressive groups around Chatham, back in the Bunkey days, has turned into a very pushy, very closed minded, out of touch organization.