Chatham Chatlist Highlights

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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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:37:55 -0800 (PST)
From: joseph barr
Subject: Service for Old Computer

Take it to Tritech next to Radio Shack off 64 in Siler City. Ask for Josh the owner. He is the best for computer repair and hi-tech advice. He will give you an estimate for best/worst case scenarios and has very reasonable prices for his services. This guy is terrific and knows more about computers than anyone I have used in the triangle. Chatham is lucky to have Tritech. I have been told they may open a shop in Pittsboro. I have an older computer and Josh has saved me hundreds in repairs.

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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:27:32 -0500
From: Gene Galin
Subject: East Chatham Baseball Tryouts for 9/10 & 11/12 on Feb 28

The registration form for the 2010 East Chatham Baseball spring season is now available and can be downloaded from
http://www.eteamz.com/eastchathambaseball/
Go to the Handouts section to download the form.

*Importants Dates:*
Registration (5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12): February 1, 2010 – February 15, 2010
Registration (13-15): Deadline: April 30, 2010

*Tryouts:*
7/8 Division: February 21, 2010 (2-4PM) @ Pittsboro Elementary
9/10 Division: February 28, 2010 (2-4PM) @ Pittsboro Elementary
11/12 Division: February 28, 2010 (4-6PM) @ Pittsboro Elementary
13-15 Division: May 1, 2010 (10AM) @ Horton

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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:47:40 -0500
From: Henry Blair Jr.
Subject: Vicious patrons of General Store Cafe

First, I have never eaten at the General Store Cafe.  No reason, I have just never had the opportunity.

For the last few years, I have noticed a pattern on the Chatlist.  If someone writes about a negative experience at this restaurant, they are personally attacked for sharing their experience.  Those who defend the General Store Cafe, never give details of why they like to eat there.  They just indicate their general positive feelings for the cafe and then attack
the person sharing their specific negative experience as being incompetent in resolving their issues with poor service, poor food, etc.

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:31:06 -0500
From: Gene Galin
Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Bulletin Board Topics

1. AN OPEN LETTER TO REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES IN CHATHAM  (Read 2956 times) at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,16875.0.html

2. Can Chatham County Afford a 40 million Dollar High School at Present  (Read 2473 times) at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,17163.0.html

3. New Construction by Wal-Mart  (Read 1219 times)  at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,17280.0.html

4. Andrew’s Store Road  (Read 1073 times) at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,17216.0.html

5. Galloway Ridge sued by estates of murdered women  (Read 746 times) at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,17220.0.html

6. Coverup in Pittsboro?  (Read 664 times)  at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,17330.0.html

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