Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:18:21 -0400
From: Connie McAdams
Subject: Say_It_Ain’t_So_Joe

Leading up to the primary election in the spring, my son, who is finally old enough to vote in a presidential election, came home from college for a weekend visit.  He proudly planted an Obama yard sign in front of our house, and went back to school.  A few days later the sign mysteriously disappeared.  We were disappointed, but we let it go.  On Primary Election Day in May, my son drove home from Greensboro just so he could cast his vote for Barack Obama.

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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:54:48 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: hurricane preparedness for horticultural producers

With some possible severe weather coming our way this weekend, I thought it would be a good idea to provide some food for thought on how to best prepare small farms. I was not able to find any existing resources that related specifically to diversified farms so I put together a web page that included input from several of our experienced farmers.

Please visit Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farm website at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/hurricanes.html to view this document.

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:09:29 -0400
From: Gary Simpson
Subject: Citizens’_College_comes_to_Jordan_Matthews

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:46:58 -0400
From: Gene Galin
Subject: Last week before Election Day

As is the tradition here on the chatlist all LOCAL candidates for the Chatham Board of Commissioners and the Chatham School Board, plus the Soil and Water Board are invited to introduce themselves and let chatlisters know why we should vote for them.

Gene

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:40 -0400
From: Gerald  Totten
Subject: BOARD OF ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsement of Board of Education Candidates
By Gerald Totten, a Current Board of Education Member

As a sitting member of the Chatham County Board of Education I’ve been asked by many people who I endorsed and felt would be the most significant newly elected members of the Chatham County Board of Education for the next four years.  The question should more properly have been worded “why” about my choices.

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:52:55 -0400
From: Debbie Tunnell
Subject: Pumpkins Needed

Pumpkins on Bynum’s Pedestrian Bridge Halloween Eve.
Soon it will be time for the pumpkins to be bought so that Jan Berger and crew can do their magic carving and then set the pumpkins on the Bynum bridge for all to come and admire over the waters of the Haw. Jan would like to ask….if anyone knows where pumpkins can be purchased for $3 or less, please call him.  This is a volunteer Chatham community event.  He’s hoping to purchase around 60+ pumpkins for a low low cost.

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:39:57 -0400
From: Larry Hicks
Subject: Gene Galin for BOE

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

Gene has the history in Chatham … no, I’m not talking longevity vs. his opponent … but a history that runs back to the Strategic Plan Development Committee and various other boards on which he served. Gene is connected and understands the links between education, community, economic development, and Chatham’s growth.

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:04:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chuck Piper
Subject: Re: New Mailing List Resource (yawn)

>I have created a new communications resource for Chatham County.
>Building on the popularity of the Chatham Chatlist, I’ve started a
>number of new mailing lists call “The Chatham Free Lists”:

What is this, Yahoo Groups or something?  For those who don’t understand my sarcasm, it’s very common for Yahoo Groups discussions to be infested by posts promoting other groups covering basically the same subject. It seems many people are more interested in building a group than discussing the subject at hand.

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:54:01 -0400
From: Peter Theye
Subject: BOE Race

Hi Everyone,

I am very troubled by the O’Brian endorsements from the Chatham County Democratic Party, the Chatham Coalition, and the Chatham County Association of Education.  I can not remember anything like this happening before. These actions make me feel as dirty as some of the push polls that occurred with Bunkey and Gary Phillips.

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Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:10:00 -0400
From: Allie
Subject: I am going with years of community involvement

The Chatham Coalition candidates for school board both seem like nice young men.

However both of them have been here for only 2 to 5 years and have not had much long-term community involvment. One day in the future they may make fine candidates.

This week I plan to go to the polls and vote for Gene Galin and Mia Munn for the Chatham School Board.

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