Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 21:24:00 -0400
From: Shay Hall
Subject: Sprott Center Fundraiser Breakfast

You’re invited to an Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser breakfast to support Sprott Youth Center in Moncure!

The Sprott Center has served as a safe place for children and youth to gather for fun, education, and recreation in Southeastern Chatham County.  Efforts are currently underway to renovate and reopen the Sprott Center.   You can be a part of this great work!  Just show up and eat some good food!

$7.00 per person

WHEN: Saturday, June 9, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar
1325 Plaza Boulevard
Sanford, NC 27330

–
Peace,
-Shay Hall.
Pastor, Buckhorn UMC/Ebenezer UMC
www.buckhornchurch.org
www.churchbythelake.org

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:12:02 -0400
From: Lynn Contant Fass
Subject: Chatham County’s future? on the Line

Chatham County,

Chatham County is facing an environmental crisis; Jordan Lake is impaired and
Fracking is likely to be forced on us and the main discussion on the
chatlist is snakes and recycling.  Oh we have those big time! Chatham County
also has a few commissioners that don’t seem to be able to think for
themselves.  Remember the game, “follow the leader”. Even if that leader is
taking Chatham County over a cliff.    Where is the research and hard facts
to backup their decisions of the draft Cary Land Use Map with Chatham County?
  Many areas of this recent map should be up for an intense review.  Wake
up every body, we are in trouble.    ****

All the area within one mile of the lake was one house per five acres.  But
then, all of a sudden, this became one house per once acre.  What happened
to the idea of protecting Jordan Lake, a drinking water supply?    I also
question why the commissioners created a high density donut hole at Mt.
Pisgah and New Hope Road.  This density is surrounded on three sides by
Markham Planation and Woods of Chatham, large lot subdivisions.  This makes
no sense!****

Mr. Bock says he wants to protect Jordan Lake, this is not going to happen with this map.  ****

Now Fracking:  Are you  aware or prepared for the pipelines that will
follow a fracking pad?  I have been a victim of these pipelines in the
past.  Yes, a natural gas line ran through my farm and Williams Natural gas
pipeline told me they would be in and out of there in a week – I wouldn’t
even know they had been there.  Seven months later, I still had with a 50
foot wide, 12 ft. deep, 1000 ft.+ mud trench through the middle of my horse
farm.  Pastures were non-existent, fencing was destroyed, and to add insult
to injury, Williams (Transco) trucked out my topsoil to sell and use on
another site.  This all happened within 25ft. from my well, my only water
supply to the horses and my home.  They went through a beautiful natural
spring fed stream, didn’t protect it. There was ground rumbling, that would
rattle my windows, the smell of natural gas at times, would fill the air,
just some of the things to expect from a natural gas pipeline companies. They
lied to me then and they will lie to you now. If your land is in the way of
the pipeline, too bad!!  They are coming through with a massive natural gas
pipeline, and it won’t benefit you or your neighbors in any way.  These
pipelines will go out to the highest bidder to run and control, and now
that is China.  Fracking should be banned in NC and all states.  It is
causing major health issues, I can’t eat natural gas, breathe it, nor drink
it, I need pure air and non-toxic water to live.  I know of no other way to
survive, as does the world.  When the earth is off balance, so are we!
 Stop Fracking Now.

Best regards,
Lynn

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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:09:28 -0400
From: Jack Stevens
Subject: Moncure Lions Club Fundraiser Dinner.

WIN $2,000!

And many other prizes, at least every 10th ticket drawn will win a prize!

You Do Not Have to be present to win

The Moncure Lions Club is having the 6th Annual, Steak Dinner for Two Fundraiser
Complete with Baked Potato, Salad bar, Homemade Dessert, and Drink
Get a ticket and join us with a friend, it will be a great meal.

Every Steak Dinner ticket includes an entry in our, Reverse Drawing

Doors open for Dinner at 5 PM, Drawing will start at 7 PM, at the Sanford Fair Grounds “Sanford Lions Club Building” April 21st, 2011

Please make your Check out to the Moncure Lions Club be sure to include Donation in the memo line on the bottom left of your check.

The Moncure Lions Club needs your support,
This will be an annual event.

Ticket price is $50 each
There will be no more than 200 tickets sold.

For more information or Tickets
Ernest Renegar, “Event Coordinator” # 919-935-4180
Or any Moncure Lions Club Member
(Lion Jack Stevens 919-542-0894)

We Thank You for your Support!!!

Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 21:27:02 -0400
From: momopom
Subject: McManus

I had a solicitation from McManus [asking for a donation] sent to my email inbox. It was addressed to me personally, calling me by my first name.

Does anyone know how a candidate gets email addresses?

To unsubscribe you cannot just click on a button, but have to fill out several lines of personal information first.

As with those automated calls around election time, this unsolicited email makes me less likely to endorse a candidate.

Cindy.

Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 12:32:23 -0500
From: Angela Partin
Subject: Holy Week Services at Moncure United Methodist Church

A Good Friday service will be held this Friday, April 6th, at 7:00 PM.  Our Easter worship service will begin at 9:00 AM on Sunday, April 8th, followed by a covered-dish breakfast.  Everyone is invited to join us!  The church is located at the corner of Old US 1 and Post Office Road in Moncure.

Thanks.
Angela Partin

Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 16:27:35 -0500
From: Mia Munn
Subject: CCS budget reduction suggestions

Mr. Logan sent out the list below of 40 suggestions to reduce the CCS 2012-2013 budget deficit. These were suggested by the district’s senior leadership team, the Budget Advisory Committee, and the Chatham County Association of Educators.  These suggestions will be shared with the board of education at the meeting Monday, March 5.

The CCS staff will estimate the savings from these suggestions this week and present the numbers to the budget advisory committee at the Thursday, March 8, meeting.  The suggestions will then be used to develop scenarios for the BOE to discuss on Monday, March 12.

If you have any additional suggestions, send them to Mr. Logan by 5pm Monday so they can be included in the discussion Thursday. If you want to give feedback on this suggestions, you can also email me directly.

Mia

•    Increase class size:  Present teacher/pupil ratio in Chatham County Schools is better than state teacher/pupil allocation formula.  By increasing class size, teaching positions could be decreased and savings realized.
•    Redesign alternative school: SAGE has been designed and staffed to serve our 9-12 at-risk population.  The state requires each LEA to offer an alternative program, not an alternative school.  Several approaches exist which would allow the school district to continue SAGE under a different design which would save cost.
•    Reduce specials (art and music programs).
•    Reduce instructional support: curriculum coaches (9), instructional facilitators ( ), and instructional technology facilitators (3).
•    Delete high school testing coordinators (3).
•    Reduction of Teacher Assistants: could reduce by grade level, by hours of employment, or by days of employment.
•    Mr. Hamm requested last March that we ask Surry County how they manage with a low level of central office staffing. Research this issue.
•    Benchmark against counties of similar size. Ask how they are staffed, and how they are dealing with the budget cuts (for next year and in the past 3 years). Some of this has been done, will share with budget committee..
•    Review staffing against state and local staffing guidelines. Eliminate anything in excess of those guidelines.
•    Examine out-sourced contracts – could the work be better done in-house? An example – do we still need Safelle contract, or could we handle that ourselves now that the custodians know what to do (we could
keep the token reward system). Have custodians handle lawn care instead of outsourcing.
•    Consider bringing the AVID program coordination in-house, at employee cost (or part of an employee) instead of consultant cost. Consultants typically are much more expensive than employees.  Total cost of AVID needs to be reviewed.
•    Some assistant principals could cover more than one school…esp. elementary, due to the fact that there may be fewer after school and evening extracurricular activities that would require principal’s attendance.
•    Eliminate assistant principals (above state-funded levels) (7 state paid, 6 locally paid). Have APs teach one or more classes a day.
•    Cost out what could be saved after transportation by closing one of the small schools. How long would bus rides be?
•    Add a staff member to look for efficiencies.
•    Look at a 4 day school week.
•    Are there any recently-created positions (past 5 years) that we once did without, and could do without again?
•    Reduce Administrative Assistants. In business, it is unusual for directors or small (<50) departments to have an administrative assistant.
•    Look at Other Professional Staff. What positions are of lowest value?
•    Homebound teacher for county. Other teachers used to be given extra pay to deliver home bound instruction. The position was created more recently.  The district has 1.2 positions designated for fulltime home bound service and has been in place for years.
•    Set up a “share your ideas” web page – ask the community for ideas. The budget survey was intended to gather community input.
•    Across the board pay cut (ask the commissioners if they would consider reducing the supplement).
•    Reduce local salary for employees on contracts being renewed this year.
•    Can the testing coordinator positions at the high schools be eliminated and be assigned to a central office employee?
•    Eliminate Testing Coordinators (suggested three times).
•    Eliminate Instructional Facilitators (suggested two times)
•    Librarians/media specialists could cover more than one school (esp. small schools and lower grade levels). Volunteers can do some library duties.
•    Curriculum coaches…we have not had them until recently. We can do without them.
•    Do away with curriculum coaches.  That position is a bonus – not mandatory. (suggested 3 times).
•    Could the schools generate money (grant writer or other sources)?
•    Limit buying new technology – we don’t have to have as many computers as we do.
•    Investigate if some preschool programs need to find space in other facilities (such as local church buildings). There are a variety of different programs and funding for them could be complex. Unless the cost of keeping them on main campuses is already completely funded via other means (such a federal funds), it’s possible that schools still pay to have them occupy space…esp. if schools have extra mobile units due to limited space. More classroom space for k-12 can amount to fewer mobile units.
•    Reduce the number of sports (high school and middle school). Charge a participation fee.
•    Change the Instructional Facilitators to shared positions at the high school level, possibly 1/2 teaching load + 1/2 Instructional duties.
•    Shifting financial responsibility for Driver’s Education to parents. Is this an area that is instructionally necessary?
•    In the past apparently, CCS used to hire folks before/after EOCs and brought in a Testing Coordinator just for that time. Other times of the year, counselors performed those duties. Counselors perform those duties at the elementary level, so do we need TC in the secondary schools?
•    We discussed that if sports were cut, that would impact funds received from the PTA Thrift Stores.  For example, not all teachers volunteer, but they do benefit from funds generated by cheerleaders who work, etc.
•    Discontinue paying the cost for duel enrollment courses at CCCC.
•    Discontinue paying cost of AP courses at high schools.
•    Discontinue paying the cost of PSAT for those not paid for by the state.

Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:37:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Jenny Powers 
Subject: Be Active NC

Be Active North Carolina (www.activenc.org),  a non-profit organization that promotes physical activity and healthy living opportunities across the state, has been focusing on Chatham County this last year.

Working with the Chatham County Health Department, Be Active is working to help the citizens of the Moncure area create more opportunities for healthy living. The hope is to establish a parnership with Be Active, the citizens of Moncure, and the Sprott Center and to develop programming that would be available to all age groups and interests.

In the first step to create a wellness coalition of concerned citizens and community leaders, Be Active will be meeting with the Southeast Chatham Citizens Advisory Council on Tuesday, January 17, 7 p.m., at the Moncure Fire Department.

Anyone interested in learning more about this new wellness opportunity for Chatham County is welcome to attend.

Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:32:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jenny Powers
Subject: Chatham County Council on Aging

    The Chatham County Council on Aging will be giving a presentation at the next meeting of the Southeast Chatham Citizens Advisory Council, Tuesday, October 18, 7 p.m. at the Moncure Fire Department. Representatives will provide information on programs and services of the Council on Aging, as well as on the Seniors Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP). All seniors and interested family members are encouraged to attend.
 
    The Southeast Chatham Citizens Advisory Council, comprised of residents and business owners primarily within Moncure, Haywood, Pea Ridge, Merry Oaks, Brickhaven and Corinth areas, was established in 2001 to provide a unified community voice directed at good planning and zoning and to present community concerns to county and state offices of oversight. We welcome and encourage participation of all residents, businesses and organizations within our community.

Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 15:41:43 +0000
From: Karen Heilman
Subject: Margaret Pollard

I have a student in my AP English Language and Composition class who is writing a research paper about Margaret Pollard. The topic is how an elected official has shown courage through a political act.

This student would like to speak with anyone who has worked closely with Ms. Pollard or a family member who can provide insight into this topic. She will need the information by the end of next week (10/13). Please email me directly and I will get you in touch with this student. Thank you for your help.

Karen Heilman, M.Ed.
Chatham Central High School
14950 NC Hwy 902 West
Bear Creek, NC 27207
919.837.2251

Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:46:25 -0400
From: Angela Partin
Subject: Homecoming at Moncure United Methodist Church

The Moncure United Methodist Church will be having its Homecoming celebration this Sunday, September 18th, at 11:00 AM.  A covered-dish lunch will follow the worship service.  Everyone is invited to join us!
 
The church is located at 16 Post Office Road (corner of Old US 1 and Post Office Road) in Moncure.
 
Thanks.
Angela Partin