Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:38:25 -0500
From: Stacy Duck
Subject: Thank you Rev. Gray

The Chatham Social Health Council would like to thank Reverend Gray and the First Missionary Baptist Church family for the amazing service this past Sunday. We appreciate the welcome from everyone and the help to celebrate NBHAAD – National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The service was so uplifting and the support for the Chatham Social Health Council was outstanding. Thank you all for everything!

Stacy Duck, Executive Director, Chatham Social Health Council

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:33:40 -0500
From: Patricia B. Learned
Subject: Kudos to The General Store Cafe and the Jesus Singer

Kudos to The General Store Cafe and The Jesus Singer for a wonderful brunch time on Sunday.  To The General Store Cafe for the healthy, delicious food which nourished our bodies and to The Jesus Singer for the inspirational music which fed our soul.  Hopefully you will have many repeat performances.
Patricia B. Learned

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:28:53 -0500
From: Catherine Deininger
Subject: Haw River Watch Social

You are invited to a Haw River Watch Social!  Join us for camaraderie and to learn more about water monitoring research in our area and see some of our favorite river critters close-up.  Team leaders, can you please forward this to your team members–thanks!

Here are the details:

What:  Haw River Watch Social

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:26:51 -0500
From: Marissa Jelks
Subject: Chatham County Board of Health Accepting Award Nominations

The Chatham County Board of Health is now accepting nominations for the 2009 Community Health Partnership Award.

The award is for the local community partner who has advanced the practice of public health in Chatham County during 2009 by participating in partnerships that address prevention of disease, promotion of healthy lifestyles, provision of quality health services, and protection of the environment.

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:10:20 -0500
From: Calvin Oxendine
Subject: General Store Complaint Department on the Chatlist

Thanks Henry for making your observation about the loyalty of a number of patrons of the GSC.  I am a patron of the General Store and I love their food.

That aside, I also have a number of customer service issues arise over my years of patronage.  I have attempted to find resolution to my unease through contact with Vance and Joyce directly, over the phone and through email.  My multiple attempts at contact went unanswered and my problems with GSC unresolved.  Despite being ignored I have returned, again and again.

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:50:37 -0500
From: Mike Fox
Subject: The “truth” about the General Store Cafe

My wife and I have been to the General Store on many occasions.  The objective fact of the matter is that they are extremely inconsistent.  You can have an awesome dining experience on one visit, and then a terrible one on the next visit and then an awesome experience on the following visit again. There is no pattern that I can discern, and  I think this partially accounts for why you see such divergent opinions and reviews.

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:33:09 -0500
From: Belinda Dowdy
Subject: Chatham Job Club to start Monday, March 1

Chatham Job Club

Do you need a place to meet other job seekers, share ideas, and  network?

Chatham Job Club is for you!

We meet for an hour each Monday night to discuss job searches and  career advancement. We help each other network to make connections  that can lead to work. We provide support to anyone seeking  employment.

Cost:                           Free!

Meeting time:         7 p.m. every Monday. Starting March 1.

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:46:36 -0500
From: Claire de la Varre
Subject: Summer tours to Provence in June

Want to spend 2 weeks in Provence, France, this summer? We are two moms of juniors at Woods Charter School and are running two concurrent small group tours in France in June (6/19-7/3), one for teens of high school age and one for women. Accommodation, in shared, twin rooms, is in a fabulous 17th century manor house and separate guest house, with a
pool, close to the charming village of Gordes. Each tour will have separate accommodation, transportation and itinerary. We are not a tour company, just two moms who love France.

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:47:12 -0500
From: Al Cooke
Subject: Growing Your Own Food

Thinking of growing a spring garden?  Chatham County Center of Cooperative Extension will offer an introduction to food gardening including fruits and vegetables. This program will be a repeat of a program offered last fall.  It will cover the basics of garden site requirements, plant needs, soil preparation, variety selection, planting times, and harvesting.

In addition the class will cover some of the fruit crops that are easy to grow and likely to produce an abundance of fruit for the summer breakfast table or desert selection.  Significant among these fruits will be the berry crops.

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:43:15 -0500
From: Mimi (Fletcher) Clayton
Subject: New Culinary Arts Program at CCCC

Central Carolina Community College (Pittsboro campus) is beginning a Natural Chef Culinary Arts Program.

This program emphasizes Nutrition and Therapeutic Cooking where students learn the principles of health promotion disease prevention and how recovery ultimately leads to longevity.   A Basic Culinary Techniques course of study will also be offered.  Food Science and Farm to Fork (preserving, organic, seasonal food) along with International and US Regional Cooking techniques are a few of the planned course offerings.  Classes begin this fall.

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