Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:57:33 -0400
From: Phyllis Thomas
Subject: Northwest Chatham Fall Festival

I had the pleasure of taking my grandchildren to the Northwest Chatham Park for the Fall Festival Saturday night.

The kids had a blast!  They were given a very nice T-Shirt and a goodie bag.  The goodie bag had a lot of stuff that kids like, but not too much candy.  It was perfect.

There were games where the kids could win prizes, and a hayride. They just keep talking about what fun they had.

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:48:49 -0400
From: Tom Hauck
Subject:  Voting for Chatham School Board Candidates

The website www.ncreportcard.org lists a School-Report Card Snapshot or the performance for each public and charter school in North Carolina.

The ABC’s End-of Grade Tests results for the school, divided into thirteen categories defined by the No Child Left Behind Law (Male/ Female/ White/ Black/ Hispanic/ American Indian/ Asian/ Multiracial/ Economically Disadvantaged/ Not Economically Disadvantaged/ Limited English Proficiency/ Migrant Students/ Students with Disabilities) are shown and then compared to the school district and the state.

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:18:55 -0400
From: Mia Munn
Subject: Why you should vote for Mia Munn for school board

My name is Mia Munn, and I ask for your vote for Chatham County School Board. During the 24 years I have lived in Chatham County, I have focused on my three sons’ activities and their schools, Pittsboro Elementary, Horton Middle, Northwood, and Woods Charter. Over the years I have taught Sunday School, volunteered in the schools, served as PTA president for two years, and founded an athletic booster club. I have also been a scout leader for the past 14 years. Now that my youngest son has graduated from high school, I want to devote my energy to making the Chatham County Schools successful for all our kids.

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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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