Around The Triangle
Duke Football Head Coach David Cutcliffe
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Duke Football's David Cutcliffe
Duke's Football program won six games in the past four seasons. In one of his last actions before leaving for the Athletic Director's position at LSU, Joe Alleva made a change at head coach for the Duke Blue Devils. David Cutcliffe has taken over, and he's brought a winning history to a program that is in desperate need of a turnaround. Cutcliffe has proven amazing with quarterbacks, having worked with both Peyton and Eli Manning, and Heath Shuler (US Congress). David Cutcliffe is candid and unscripted in this conversation on what it takes to be a coach, a teacher, and the new guy in town.
 
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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ORANGE COUNTY
The Orange County Department of Social Services is currently accepting applications for inclusion in the Disaster Special Needs Registry in preparation for hurricane season.
Generally, those eligible do not require hospital care but may need assistance beyond what is provided in a standard Red Cross Shelter. This may also include individuals who are homebound.
Individuals with any of the following should consider submitting an application:
Minor health or medical conditions which require observation or monitoring ordered by a physician
Contagious health conditions requiring minimal precautions or isolation
Chronic conditions requiring assistance with activities of daily living, but not hospitalization
Medication and vital sign monitoring with professional assistance
Mental health or developmental problems that could not be handled by Red Cross Shelter Staff
For more information, please contact Felicia McLean-Torry at the Orange County Department of Social Services (919) 245-2884.
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GOT COINS?
STUDENTS WILL SOON BEGIN COLLECTING SPARE CHANGE FOR Olive Garden’s 14th-annual Pasta for Pennies PROGRAM benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. PROCEEDS fund cancer research and services FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CLASS THAT RAISES THE MOST MONEY in each school RECEIVES a pasta partY FROM OLIVE GARDEN. For more infoRMATION, call your local Society chapter at
(919) 677-3993 or visit www.lls.org/NCE. Olive Garden’s local Pasta for Pennies will take place in the following counties: Cumberland, New Hanover, Pitt and Wake
Effective July 1, 2008
The Orange County Animal Services Department will be updating Civil Penalties and Fees.
These penalties and fees cover animal ordinance violations including animal mistreatment, public nuisance, and failure to vaccinate or license pets.
The increases are designed to encourage responsible pet ownership and improve the safety of not only the animals, but the community as a whole.
The increases will only affect those pet owners who violate county animal ordinances.
May 17, 2008
Dre’ Bly Celebrity Golf Classic
Dre’ Bly, one of the University of North Carolina’s greatest football alumni, will host The Third Annual Dre’ Bly Celebrity Golf Classic on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 11 A.M. The golf event, which will raise funds for the Dre’ Bly Foundation, will be held at UNC Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill and will be open to the public with a limited number of playing spots available. Tickets will be available at the course on the day of the event: $5.00 for adults with children under 12 free. To inquire about sponsorships, participation and to see a full list of participants visit www.drebly.golfreg.com or call 919-942-9993.
May 23, 2008
6th Annual Golf Tournament
Friday, May 23, 2008
9am
River Ridge Golf Course
3224 Auburn-Knightdale Road
Raleigh, NC 27610
Cost: $150 for an individual
$600 for a foursome
*Entry Fee includes: Greens Fees, Golfer's Gift Package, Breakfast, Snacks, Non-Alcoholic Beverages, and a post game meal provided by Logan's Roadhouse
**Online Registration is now available!
www.houseofhopeofnc.com/golf_email.html
June 2008
Cumberland County Summer Reading Clubs @ Your Library
To participate, pick up a Summer Reading Club packet at any library location between June 9 - July 31. Funding for the Summer Reading Club is provided by the Friends of the Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, Inc.
Book a Librarian
Do you want to learn more about how to…
Create and use your own e-mail account?
Get started with a school assignment?
Use a word processor?
Download e-books or classical music?
Search the Internet?
Book a session for up to 45 minutes. Sessions must be booked in advanced by calling the location. Customers are limited to two sessions per month.
Mondays, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
East Regional Branch Library
485-2955
Thursdays, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
North Regional Branch Library
822-1998
June 21, 2008
Charity Golf Classic
Save the date and tell your friends and neighbors...the 2008 Bob Deakin Charity Golf Classic will be held on Saturday 21 June at Crooked Creek Golf Club just outside of Raleigh, NC. As in previous years, the tournament will benefit the Carolinas Center For Hospice and End of Life Care. www.carolinasendoflifecare.org
More details will follow in the coming weeks. As always, any and all participation is greatly appreciated and goes to a great cause (i.e. sponsorships and additional player participation is welcome)! Please contact me for more information.
August 24, 2008
Ramblin’ Rose-Winston-Salem Women-Only Triathlon
Registration is now open. The Ramblin’ Rose Sprint Triathlons, which are designed to celebrate the empowerment of women, bring together women of all ages and athletic ability, in a collective movement to inspire, support and propel each other to do even more than they thought possible. Race officials anticipate the event will fill to capacity with 500 participants.
The YWCA affirms that women's human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. It is a movement that reaches women and girls, providing them with the space and skills to develop leadership to achieve justice, peace, security, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment for the entire community.
Another benefactor to the event is Girls on the Run (GOTR) Forsyth County. GOTR is a nationally-acclaimed character development program for girls ages 8-12 that uses running to prepare young women for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
Scheduled for August 24, 2008, participants can look forward to a fresh 250-yard swim in the eight-lane competition swimming pool, an exhilarating 9-mile bike through meandering hills and rural Winston-Salem and an exciting 2-mile run to the finish line.
Around The Triangle
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Angels Among Us
Angels Amog Us is a charitable organization who raises money for brain tumor research. The funds are donated to the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University. Event Chair Ron Briton, and event volunteer Mary Woodall share their personal stories of how they came to be involved with Angels Among Us, and discuss the signature event of this determined non-profit organization, and urge participation on April 26.
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Raleigh and the Drought: Part One
In part one of this two-part interview, City of Raleigh Public Utilities Director Dale Crisp discusses Raleigh's efforts to cope with the lack of rainfall in the Triangle, the science of drought, and measures taken by the City to limit daily water consumption.
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Raleigh and the Drought: Part Two
Part Two of Raleigh's water crisis with City Public Utilities Director Dale Crisp, focusing on the social implications of restrictions, and criticisms of water useage.
V Foundation
Also on the program, Nick Valvano of the V Foundation discusses Show Your Spirit Week, which will take place March 20-21.
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Triangle Biofuels
Vegetable oil. We use when we cook. We love when it's 375 degrees so we can fry our favorite junk food. Did you know that you can love it in your furnace and automobile fuel tank, too? Triangle Biofuels is one of a handful of local companies who are blending diesel with vegetable oil to create Biofuel. The mixture can be used in oil burning furnaces, and in the tank of a diesel motor. Biodiesel and Bioheat burn cleaner than traditional fuels, thus reducing the amount of emissions in to the atmosphere and environment. Triangle Biofuels CEO Zachary Hamm breaks down the process of making Biofuel, the environmental benefits, and a special incentive for restaurateurs.
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Green Holidays
Thinking green is a new trend in popular culture. Environmentalists and conservationists hope it will be more than a fad. In November NBC launched a Green campaign that included The Today Show, Sunday Night Football, and several of NBC's popular programs injecting Green messages in to their story lines. Environmentalists Kelley Dennings (NC Division of Environment and Natural Resources) and Bianca Howard (City of Raleigh) discussed everything from trends in recycling and conserving, to Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth. Kelley also brought in a number of items that were recycled in to new products (a circuit board book mark) and brand new products that were made from recycled materials (a t-shirt made from recycled plastic bottles!!!).
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Haven House Services
Haven House Services is a private, non-profit agency that serves the needs of young people in difficult situations - from homelessness to running away to family, school or life problems. Using a multi-faceted approach, Haven House provides a wide-range of interrelated programs that address the many challenges faced by today's young people and their families. Executive Director Mike Rieder and Asst. Exec. Dir. Jodi Springer discuss the history of the organization and detailed the many services that Haven House provides which include: the only shelter for runaway and homeless youth in Wake County, and conducting the only homeless youth street outreach program in North Carolina.
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Social Security Administration
Pretending to be someone else in order to obtain goods and/or services is one of the oldest scam techniques known to man. The only criteria to change is the approach a crook uses to trick us out of our money, goods, information, et cetera. The advent of wireless internet connections have made Identity theft almost effortless for a savvy criminal, but some newer scam approaches take on the form of old fashioned methods: cold telephone calling, dressing up in official-looking attire, and most commonly sifting through trash containers for documents containing a persons personal information.
Social Security Administration Public Affairs Specialist Brian Simpson discusses scam techniques currently being implemented by dishonest individuals, including a handful of scams that involve impersonating someone claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. Simpson gives insight to how the public at large can protect themselves as best they can to prevent an identity crime from happening to them.
 
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Animal Protection Society of Durham
The Animal Protection Society of Durham last week participated in an undercover investigation with the American Humane Society. The sting led to the seizure of several animals from a puppy mill in Virginia. For information on the APS of Durham, the issues of animal over-breeding, and puppy mills, listen now. Also, click on the link provided to see a video on the Humane Society web page on puppy mills. http://video.hsus.org/?fr_story=FRdamp226793&rf=bm
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Raleigh Convention Center
President and CEO Dennis Edwards of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau discussed the construction progress of the downtown building. Also discussed was the various stages of growth in Wake county, including hotel expansion, local jobs, and tourism opportunities.
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Aphasia Project
Aphasia is an affliction that can follow head injuries, stroke, and other injuries. It affects speech and communication. Speech pathologist Maura Silverman from WakeMed discusses symptoms and therapies for individuals afflicted with Aphasia, as well as the people in their lives.
See www.aphasiaproject.org for more information, volunteer opportunities, and to donate to the Triangle Aphasia Project.
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Triangle Tomorrow
Pam Wall, Executive Director of Triangle Tomorrow discusses the quality of life in the Triangle as it's related to our ozone levels and air quality. Triangle Tomorrow is a strategic planning organization which focuses on the quality of life in the 13 county region of the Triangle.
For more information, visit www.triangleairaware.org
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