Archive for March, 2010

MYSTERIES OF ALL KINDS AT MOSS LIBRARY

Dorothy Ethridge, Guest Writer
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE:
Joy Fielding’s Still Life is a riveting tale about a young woman caught in a nightmare somewhere between life and death.
Luanne Rice’s The Deep Blue Sea For Beginners A runaway heiress learning to trust life and love and a mother and daughter separated for years are searching for a way to face [...]

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The Green Column

by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative
rmaccrea@verizon.net
How can your green business sell to a public that does not understand the value?
Educate your customer. If you use high pressure tactics to sell green, you will not succeed. Insulting your competitor by telling your client they are less green will not work. If your client understands why [...]

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Stimulus Money Funds to NC Used to Study Monkeys Using Cocaine

Most people seem to forget that the government cannot give one person money without taking it away from someone else.  Politicians seem to forget that they forcibly take money from persons who earned it and give it is someone who did not earn it.
All politics is about economics.  If one does not have a sound [...]

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It pays to be counted

It only happens every ten years. And getting an accurate head count is critically important. So said Andrea Robel, a regional director for the 2010 Census count.
This month questionnaires will be sent out to every know household with a mailable address. The forms are short, a mere 20 questions, which should only take ten minutes [...]

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Commissioners bring government to the schools

It was a class of sorts,  one without grades, for Murphy High School seniors. It took place in the high school’s media center with a regularly scheduled county commissioners meeting. A chance for these students to see up close how local government works, at least one part of it.
“Twenty-nine years ago, I was in your [...]

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Shawn Spitzer Awarded Artisan Award for Senior Project

Shawn Spitzer Awarded Artisan Award for Senior Project

SUBMITTED PHOTOS

ABOVE: Shawn Spitzer with his guitar’s and project. BELOW: Group of students who recieved awards for their senior projects.
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Senior Project photos of Shawn Spitzer’s award winning project and the students who recieved awards.  Shawn built an electric and an acoustic guitar using more [...]

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