The 2011 ACC Football Kickoff is set for Sunday and Monday, July 24-25 at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. The event brings together local, regional and national media with ACC student-athletes, coaches, administrators and bowl partners for the unof…
Month: July 2011
Chatham County Schools face over $700,000 in additional discretionary funding cuts
During its July 18 meeting, members of the Chatham County Board of Education and Superintendent Robert Logan approached the Chatham County Board of Commissioners about funding a $706,181 school district request to make up additional state education bud…
Duke’s Issac Blakeney to miss 2011 football season
Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe announced on Thursday that safety Issac Blakeney has been suspended from the university for failure to meet continuing academic eligibility requirements and will miss the 2011 season.
Duke’s head football coach David Cutcliffe entertains at the Triangle Pigskin Preview
Duke head football coach David Cutcliffe represented the Blue Devil program at the ninth annual Bill Dooley Triangle/East Chapter Pigskin Preview held on Thursday at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. The event featured Cutcliffe along with head coac…
Student-athletes attending the 2011 ACC Football Kickoff
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the names of the 24 football student-athletes who have been chosen by its 12 league schools to attend the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff, July 24-25 at the Pinehurst Resort located in Pinehurst, …
Reduce the likelihood of stings during outdoor activities
The advent of warm weather is the time for outdoor fun and yard work. Picnicking, swimming, golfing, tennis, gardening and lawn mowing are just a few of the activities people engage in when the weather is pleasant. But no one likes to be stung by an in…
Controlling bald-faced hornets and yellowjackets in and around structures
The term “hornet” is often used to refer to many of the wasps that build large papery nests. The most notable paper wasp is the baldfaced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata, and several species of yellowjackets (Vespula sp.), which are really wasps. In ac…
Research underground dog fences before buying
Good idea to do your research first. Electronic dog fences are not a physical barrier, they are a training and reinforcement tool. The initial training is all-important, and long-term, consistent reinforcement is essential. Also, your dogs will not be …
Rare sixth degree black belt awarded by South Eastern Karate
Mark Ellington, a resident of Siler City and head instructor of South Eastern Karate’s school in Liberty, was awarded the rank of Sixth Dan Instructor last month, when South Eastern Karate Association held its quarterly promotion exams.Related:South Ea…
Yellowjackets are considered beneficial in that other insects are a major part of their diet
A forestry professional recently emailed to report and inquire if I was getting more reports of unusual numbers of yellow jacket nests. I hadn’t, but that was the only the first report. There have been others now. And this past weekend I too followed a…