“It is the greatest thing that could happen to the conservative cause in North Carolina.” Back in 1988, former state representative Ivan Mothershead, a Mecklenburg Republican, was commenting on my move from Charlotte to Chapel Hill. “Your move wi…
Day: November 9, 2012
Northwood Athletic Booster Club to sponsor golf tournament
Pittsboro, NC – The Northwood High School Athletic Booster Club will sponsor a golf tournament on Monday, November 12, which is a holiday in Chatham County Schools in observance of Veterans’ Day. The tournament will be held at Chapel Ridge…
Chatham schools celebrate annual Red Ribbon Week
Many students in Chatham County Schools saw red recently, but it was all in the name of drug education. Red Ribbon Week, the national celebration for alcohol and other drug prevention, has for the past 27 years been the time when communities send a cle…
Northwood’s Marching Chargers have another successful season
The Northwood Marching Charger Band prepared to make its final presentation of 2012’s competition program, Successor to the Throne, on Saturday, November 3, at Lee Senior High School’s Brick Capital Classic. The band has appeared at four previous f…
Chatham Central FFA competes in national event
A floriculture team from the Chatham Central chapter of FFA, an organization for agricultural education, competed in the national competition the week of October 23rd. The competition was one of many held during the 85th annual National FFA Organizatio…
Judges needed for the Chatham County science fair
Judges are needed to help judge the 2012-2013 Chatham County Science fair projects. These are projects that previously won at the school level in each grade span. The K-5 projects are just based on general science while the 6th-8th grade and 9th-12th g…
Notes from the November 5 Chatham County school board meeting
Here are my notes from the school board meeting held on Monday, November 5, 2012.