Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:08:31 -0500
From: Brooke Cromwell
Subject: Full Service Travel Agency for Every Budget!

Hi, Hola, Aloha, Bonjour…My name is Brooke and I run a full service, fully accredited/insured Travel Agency, BowFly Adventure Travel. If you are looking for a quick weekend get-away, a business travel planner or someone to help you plan your European cruise – I can help.

I never charge booking fees and have been in the industry for more than 15 years.

Please let me:

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Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:53:06 +0000
From: Donna Bianco
Subject: Business Update

What is Our Neighborhood School?

IT’S A SCHOOL!
The private school is dedicated to individualized attention as well as a creative curriculum. Students are involved in the running of the restaurant and catering, maintenace of the school grounds, they are stewards of the Rain Garden which is located behind the Pittsboro Community House, they participate in the Jr. Solar Sprint Program where they are building a solar model car and will compete in a race at NC State in the spring. Right now my 7th and 8th graders are hard at work with Geometry and each are taking a different foreign language via the computer. We also work on our keyboarding skills. We are participating in the Journey North Tulip Project which is an experiment involving students across the Northern Hemisphere tracking the growth of tulips as the season changes from winter to spring.

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 13:19:54 -0500
From: Doug Nicholas
Subject: Triangle Land Conservancy conserves three more Deep River tracts

Triangle Land Conservancy conserves three more Deep River tracts; Three state conservation agencies fund purchase of 286 acres

Working with the NC Division of Parks and Recreation and tapping funding from three state conservation trust funds, Triangle Land Conservancy recently completed three conservation purchases in the “Forks of the River” area of the Deep River to augment the White Pines Nature Preserve and the Deep River State Trail.

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Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:10:45 -0500
From: Elliot Cramer
Subject: setups: liquor by the drink

Someone else pointed out that

2.  Pittsboro (and most of the rest of Chatham) has already approved all of the various ways of serving liquor, wine and beer, except for the retail sale of mixed beverages. Technically, in Pittsboro, you could bring your own liquor and buy set-ups at an establishment set up for that, but you can’t let the person behind the bar do the pouring.

This used to be done in Orange and Wake.  Ask your favorite establishment to start serving setups

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:58:42 -0500
From: Heather Johnson
Subject: Chatham Bookkeeping Services

No Business Too Small!!

The end of year is coming…

Stop paying your CPA to complete bookkeeping tasks and let me help you organize your small business financials. I specialize in developing accounting systems and training you or your staff on how to run them. I am an expert in Quickbooks Pro and Peachtree software and can help you to customize these programs for your business.

I also have bookkeeping services available at every level. I have a flexible schedule and am available evenings. I offer a free consultation.

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:55:47 -0500
From: New Horizons
Subject: Business Introduction

Where in Pittsboro can you find a pair of shoes for work?  or an outfit for next weekend’s party?  or even that perfect gift for your co-worker?  Why at New Horizons Trading Company of course!  Located at 52 Hillsboro Street, in the heart of historic downtown Pittsboro, New Horizons Trading Company carries a wide range of merchandise for almost any occasion.

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:42:00 -0500
From: Cathy Head
Subject: 25 years of Hope

Relay for Life is in its 25th year nationwide as a fund-raising event for the American Cancer Society. This is an exciting year for the Relay for Life as we are celebrating 25 years of Hope in 2009.

It is an event that celebrates the lives of those who have battled cancer, honoring those who have survived and remembering those who have succumbed to it.

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 01:44:29 -0500
From: Sara Kane
Subject: Business introduction

*Five Element Acupuncture in Pittsboro. – Sara Ruth Kane, L.Ac.*

A year and a half has passed since I opened my acupuncture practice in Pittsboro at the Chatham Wellness Center.  I introduced myself through this wonderful chatlist and then was happy to see some of my patients offer their testimonials on my behalf here as well.  My name is Sara Kane, and I relocated here from Miami, Florida, where I was dean of students, clinical supervisor and faculty member at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture.  When my school decided to relocate to Gainesville, I decided the time had come to fulfill a long-held wish to live near my sister, who has lived in Moncure for several years now.

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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:55:53 -0500
From: julia kennedy
Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3282

Regarding liquor by the drink:

I have no moral or religious objections to LBTD but am adamently opposed to sprawl, especially sprawl perpetuated by giant big box corporations.

Jonathan Davis has a valid point regarding the influx of chains (first the restaurants, then everyone else will follow). For an example just drive up to that hellish stretch of 15-501 between Chapel Hill and Durham. Not my idea of smart urban planning-it is really just a race to see how much retail space (did we really need Indigo Corner at that intersection too?) can be packed into one ugly, crowded stretch of road.

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