
A movie is being made of the popular Rick Riordan "Percy Jackson" series. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" will hit theaters nationwide Feb. 12. If your kids are thinking about starting this series, now is a good time for them to read it so they can follow it up with the movie. Both…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 10, 2009 at 12:03pm —
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will take visitors on a journey to the center of our Galaxy when it unveils unprecedented mural-sized images of the Milky Way’s core as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The images will be unveiled to the public on Thursday, November 19.
Prior to the unveiling, join Michael J. Malaska of the Raleigh Astronomy Club at 6:00 pm in th…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 9, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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South Carolina author Tom Poland's latest column looks back at an interview he conducted seven years ago with a Georgia defense attorney named Bob Clyatt whose experience with an injured client motivated him to start a non-profit organization called
Kids' Chance.
Kids' Chance's mission is to fulfill the dreams of children whose parents have suffered serious work-related accidents. These injuries often have devastating effects. Kids' Chanc…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 9, 2009 at 9:25am —
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This weekend my husband's sister, brother-in-law, brother, brother's girlfriend and two dogs visited. The beautiful weather and desire to find something all of us -- including the dogs -- could do together, prompted us to hit the American Tobacco Trail. Since my sister- and brother-in-law are avid geocachers,…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 7, 2009 at 4:30pm —
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Halloween candy was too much this year. We need to double check our
Dental Plan :). I have been thinking about the connection of food and our environment. While there is much
green marketing for kids, I am not sure much of it has to do with eating healthy. I think if kids will learn to app…
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Added by Cindy Fallsen on November 7, 2009 at 11:35am —
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A friend recently emailed me to vent frustration over his grown son's seeming lack of ambition, gratitude and direction. As I typed my reply, it occurred to me that this may be something of which we all stand reminding. My reply follows:
"I understand your anguish completely. First, I want to tell you that your son belongs to a different generation than ours, and he is much aligned with many of his contemporaries. Like Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" shares, we will never follow them, nor their d…
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Added by Cotton Dean on November 6, 2009 at 1:43pm —
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The kids and I attended a media event Wednesday night at a new 4,000-square-foot social gaming facility in Cary called
RUaGamer, located at 218 Nottingham Drive next to the Kabuki Japanese Steakhouse. As soon as my kids peered into the large glass windows a…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 4, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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8 o'clock on Halloween night, my son pours his ghoulishly delicious loot onto my living room floor.
"149 pieces!" he proclaims, evidence of his hard work as a trick-or-treater.
Normally, a wave of nauseousness, then fear, would have washed over me...but instead I smile and say, "Enjoy!", because I know not all that candy will stay in my house.
C'mon, admit it. How many of you have loaded Easter baskets with leftover Halloween candy? It's just too much candy for one household to house.
For my son…
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Added by Janice on November 4, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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Donors Choose, an online charity where community members can donate to classrooms, allows teachers to request funding and materials, and donors can search through different projects to support. To donate, simply visit the
Donors Choose website. From there you can use the search engine to type in North Carolina and further define it by searching for your child's county and school. Y…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 2, 2009 at 10:43pm —
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If you are a grandparent who is raising or helping to raise your grandchildren, consider attending the monthly sessions that are held by Durham County Cooperative Extension at the DPS Staff Development Center, 2107 Hillandale Road. The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support and Education Group will meet the second Thursday of the month through December. Those dates are November 12 and December 11. All meetings will be held from 6 until 7:30 pm at the DPS Staff Development Center, 2107 Hillan…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 2, 2009 at 10:40pm —
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Pure Expressions Photography Participates in International Model Search
Apex, NC — September 16, 2009 – Local photographers, Aimee Bickers & Michelle Sanderson of Pure Expressions Photography, are participating in the 2010 International Charity Model Search to select North America’s Cutest Family and to raise funds for the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sle…
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Added by Aimee Bickers on November 2, 2009 at 5:39pm —
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Kids Holiday Photo Contest begins November 26th
Apex, NC - November 2, 2009 - Local photography studio, Pure Expressions Photography, will host a kids photography contest that includes prizes and display at the Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex, North Carolina.
The photography contest is designed to encourage children to use technology to enhance their family…
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Added by Aimee Bickers on November 2, 2009 at 5:13pm —
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We'll create a Halloween 2009 photo album consisting of members' photos if you have some you'd like to share. Just upload them via the Triangle TRACKS photo application (very easy to use), or email your low resolution images to me at
epshugg@triangletracks.com and I'll put them in the album for you. I'll create a slideshow of the photos as they come in and post it on the home page. Can't wait to see them all!
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 1, 2009 at 11:30am —
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In conjunction with PlayMakers Repertory Company’s production "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" (November 11 – December 20, 2009), the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill will present "The Illustrated World of Charles Dickens" (November 4 – December 6, 2009), a selection of original drawings, illustrations, and prints that illuminate the early Victorian world and literary culture of Dickens’ England.
Drawn entirely from the Museum’s permanent collection, the installation will include…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on November 1, 2009 at 8:00am —
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As a child, back-to-school week in my hometown of Athens, Ga. corresponded with a lot of things. First and foremost, it meant the sudden appearance of fervent University of Georgia fans dressed in red and black all over town, in preparation for the upcoming college football season. It also meant my birthday was just around the corner, so I could count on a family birthday party and new back-to-school outfits.
But most memorably, it marked the countdown to my elementary school’s annual fall fest…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on October 31, 2009 at 10:30am —
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Check out some of these fun links and ideas for some Halloween Fun. Happy Halloween!!
National Geographic Kids Funny Fill-In
First, for elementary-aged children, try the "Funny Fill-in" where you are prompted to fill in a few words. Then, you click the "Read!" button and read the story. The sillier your fill-in words, the sillier the story. You can print your story, too. My son's story included dressing up as Tarzan and wearing a banana on his big toe. Have fun!…
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Added by Jane on October 30, 2009 at 12:08pm —
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More than 100 members per minute are joining a group 14-year-old Jonathan Woodlief has created.
Read this to learn more. Pretty remarkable following!
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on October 28, 2009 at 7:47am —
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I wanted to share our Sports TRACKer Kurt Dusterberg's upcoming book signing at All Booked Up in Apex with all of you. I highly recommend his book,
"Journeymen: 24 Bittersweet Tales of Short Major League Sports Careers" for the sports fans on your holiday shopping list. Check out the details on our
calendar posting of this event here…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on October 27, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Polar Ice House announced today a series of special events at haunted locations in Wake Forest and Cary to make the most out of this year’s Halloween celebration before hitting the sidewalk to trick-or-treat Saturday night. To get in the spirit, Polar Ice House is hosting free skating exhibitions at each location and additional events in Cary on Saturday, Oct. 31, including a costume contest, trick-or-treating and on-ice games.
The Triangle Figure Skating Club is headlining the events with excl…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on October 26, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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On Oct. 31, Chapel Hill Creamery (615 Chapel Hill Creamery Rd) is pleased to host Plow Day with the NC Percheron Horse Association. Guests will view over 20 Percheron Horses as they plow, harrow and seed. The NC Percheron Horse Association will offer wagon, wagonette, and buggy rides for $1 donations, and Chapel Hill Creamery’s owners/cheesemakers, Portia McKnight and Flo Hawley, will offer tours of their 37-acre farm and creamery.
Kids will enjoy activities designed to introduce them to the…
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Added by Elizabeth Shugg on October 23, 2009 at 12:28pm —
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