Longview Park Community Watch September 2013

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by Deborah Ford

***** F. Y. I. ***** SEE INFO BELOW >>>> and enclosed PDF attachment... Ms. Deborah Ford ECAC--RCAC (919) 835-3566 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Karen Rindge <karen(a)wakeupwakecounty.org> To: ddssmith(a)bellsouth.net; sandracassidy(a)bellsouth.net; cac-chair-emrys(a)eastraleigh.org; dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com; cmeyrenc(a)gmail.com; lcvick88(a)gmail.com; rdbostic(a)gmail.com; will(a)allenheuer.com; acemar(a)aol.com; kgazella(a)nc.rr.com; lucymirie(a)yahoo.com; Will.s.owen(a)gmail.com; gkw000(a)gmail.com; michinjeri(a)yahoo.com; jay(a)kilpatrickgudeman.com; normancamp(a)bellsouth.net; buildcon(a)bellsouth.net; lynnewilliam(a)aol.com; sit(a)mindspring.com; anthony.mcleod(a)gmail.com; ccrumpler4(a)juno.com; mrieder1945(a)gmail.com; benson.kirkman(a)att.net; jopaumier(a)earthlink.net Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 9:25 PM Subject: Candidate Forums in September - please join us Dear CAC leaders, We would greatly appreciate your sharing this information about our Raleigh City Council/Mayor candidate forum Sept. 16with your neighborhood lists. We are also holding School Board forums that cover parts of Raleigh, but not all. These are great opportunities for citizens to ask candidates questions themselves and learn about their positions. Thanks so much for helping us spread the word! See flyer below and attached. Karen Rindge Executive Director, WakeUP Wake County Karen(a)wakeupwakecounty.org 919-828-3833 www.wakeupwakecounty.org You are invited….Please share this information with local citizens. Candidate Forums Scheduled in September for Wake Board of Education and Raleigh City Council / Mayor Candidates Cosponsored by:League of Women Voters of Wake County, WakeUP Wake County, Western Wake Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Youth Organizing Institute, El Pueblo and Congregations for Social Justice Growth planning, public schools, transportation, water supply, and budget priorities will be the topics for questions and debate at upcoming municipal candidate forums. WakeUP Wake County, the League of Women Voters of Wake County, Western Wake Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Youth Organizing Institute, El Pueblo, and Congregations for Social Justice are co-hosting four forums for candidates running for Wake Board of Education for four seats that are up this October 8 (Districts 1,2, 7 and 9). A candidate forum for the Raleigh City Council and Raleigh Mayor candidate forum will also be held separately. All co-sponsoring organizations are non-partisan. Dates, times, and locations of forums are below. Information about the Wake school construction bond will be available preceding each of the forums, starting at 6:30 pm. County staff will be available to answer questions as well. Information about the Raleigh transportation bond information will be available at the Raleigh City Council forum. Candidates will be asked questions by the organizations as well as the public audience and will be allowed to make opening and closing statements. Almost all candidates have confirmed participation in the forums. The public is encouraged to attend these free public education forums. Registration is not required but encouraged. To RSVP and for more information, visit www.wakeupwakecounty.org. Elections are Tuesday, October 8th, 2013. Save the date for the following candidate forums: Raleigh City Council and Mayor September 16 6:30 to 8:30 pm Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 1801 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh School Board Forums All forums are from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, starting with Wake School Bond information session from 6:30 to 7 pm. Sept 9 – District 9 Covenant Christian Church 2911 Southwest Cary Parkway, Cary Sept 12 – District 2 Garner Performing Arts Center 742 West Garner Road, Garner Sept 19 – District 7 St. Francis of Assisi 11401 Leesville Road, Raleigh Sept 26 – District 1 Wake Chapel Church 3805 Tarheel Club Road, Raleigh Karen Karen Rindge Executive Director, WakeUP Wake County Karen(a)wakeupwakecounty.org 919-828-3833 http://www.wakeupwakecounty.org/

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Fw: From Murphy to Manteo: Landscapes by Chris Wilson opening 1st Friday

by Deborah Ford

***** F. Y. I. ***** SEE INFO BELOW >>>> Ms. Deborah Ford ECAC--RCAC (919) 835-3566 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "The Nature Art Gallery, NC Museum of Natural Sciences" <themuseumstore(a)naturalsciences.org> To: dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 2:49 PM Subject: From Murphy to Manteo: Landscapes by Chris Wilson opening 1st Friday Join us First Friday for the opening of our Featured Exhibit: From Murphy to Manteo: An Artist's Scenic Journey Studies, sketches and preliminary drawings by J. Chris Wilson September 6-29 Study, View from Walnut Hollow, Burke County Study, Whitewater Falls, Transylvania County ABOUT THIS SHOW: In 2007, NC artist, J. Chris Wilson undertook the enormous project of painting a "portrait" of NC comprised of 100 landscape paintings of scenes and vistas along Highway 64 that runs from Murphy to Manteo. "I set out to expand the scale and complexity of my vision for post-abstract Southern realist painting and create an epic panorama from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Outer Banks." He is nearly finished and has over 50 works currently on display in various sites around the Capital. The Nature Art Gallery is pleased to be exhibiting 30 or so of the studies, sketches and preliminary drawings he did in preparation for painting his very large landscape canvases. All these studies and sketches will be for sale. The History Museum is showing a dozen of the finished oil paintings in their lobby. The Departments of Environment and Natural Resources and Cultural Resources are also displaying paintings and others are on view at the State Library and the House Chamber of the NC Legislative Building. This is a very exciting project on a grand scale and we suggest coming here to view thestudies and sketches and then taking a walking tour of the Capital to see how they inform the paintings. We will provide information about all the exhibition sites and hours for each here at the Gallery for interested patrons. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Wilson has been painting the North Carolina landscape for over 35 years. He has also been continuously exhibiting his work during the same period. He was on the faculty of Barton College 1974-2012 and is now professor emeritus and artist-in-residence there. visit his website to learn more Please join us First Friday, September 6, 6:30-9pm at a reception to celebrate the opening of this new show. Study, Chunky Gal Overlook ABOUT THE NATURE ART GALLERY The Gallery sells original, nature-inspired, two and three dimensional artwork in all mediums by many of the finest artists and artisans working in the Southeast. A new artist is featured each month. The Gallery is located on the mezzanine level of the Museum Store on the first floor of the main Museum. All artwork is for sale and Museum members receive a 10% discount. Sales directly support Museum research, exhibits and programs. HOURS MONDAY-SATURDAY 9 am - 5 pm, except Thursdays when we are open until 7pm SUNDAY noon - 5 pm FIRST FRIDAYS until 9 pm Admission is free. For more information, please visit naturalsciences.org/museum-store/nature-art-gallery or call the Museum Store at (919) 707-9854 r Forward this email This email was sent to dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com by themuseumstore(a)naturalsciences.org | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Friends of the Museum| 11 West Jones Street| Raleigh| NC| 27601

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Fw: News from Friends of the Museum

by Deborah Ford

****** F. Y. I. ****** SEE INFO BELOW >>>>> Ms. Deborah Ford ECAC--RCAC (919) 835-3566 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Friends of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences <angela.baker-james(a)naturalsciences.org> To: dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:37 AM Subject: News from Friends of the Museum Science THURSDAYS5-9pmFree The Museum is open until 9pm every Thursday for Science THURSDAYS and include presentations from scientists, beginner science classes, special programming and much more! September 5 Science Trivia! Nature Drawing Phone Photography Visual World iLab and Micro World iLab open to the public! September 12 Science Café: Biopharmaceuticals: Not Your Parents' Medicine September 19 Science Talk: The Secret Lives of Scorpions September 26Science Café: What's in my Water?_____________________________________________ FIRST FRIDAY September 6 5-9pm Free Visit the Daily Planet Café serving a full menu plus beer and wine, shop in the Museum Store, hear live music, stroll through exhibits and drop in at the Nature Art Gallery for the opening reception of "From Murphy to Manteo, An Artist's Scenic Journey" This will be the last First Friday with Dinosaurs in Motion. Exhibit tickets are only $8 for adults on First Fridays and always free for members! 6pm Spanish Language Science Cafe MoreLive music with singer/songwriter Anna Rose Beck 7pm Free film in the Museum's WRAL Theater "The Black Scorpion" (1957) Tickets for the film are available at front desk beginning at 5pm. ___________________________________________ NATURE ART GALLERY September 66:30-9pm Join us at the reception for Chris Wilson's ambitious series of NC landscape paintings, "From Murphy to Manteo, An Artist's Scenic Journey." The gallery exhibit includes sketches, studies and preliminary drawings done in preparation for his ongoing series of 100 landscape paintings of scenes and visas along Highway 64. September 6-29 For more information about the Nature Art Gallery, call 919-707-9854 ______________________________ ____________ SCIENCE SATURDAY September 7 11am Free The Birth of the Solar System with Dr. Fabian Heitsch, Assistant Professor, UNC Chapel Hill Planets around other stars are discovered nearly daily now, some of them Earth-like. What does it need to make stars and planets? Come and find out about the birth and death of stars, and what it takes to build a solar system. More _______________________________________________ PRAIRIE RIDGE ECOSTATION Nature Stories -New! Thursdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26, 10 -11am No pre-registration required, Free Bring your young children to participate in a nature-themed story and activity! Programs begin at the amphitheater. Dragonfly Walk September 8, 1 - 3 pm Pre-registration required, Free Enjoy a tour of the aquatic habitats of Prairie Ridge to look for these spectacular and fascinating insects. Bring your camera, your binoculars, and your enthusiasm for dragonflies! For more information or to register please contact Chris Goforth at 919.707.8882 or chris.goforth(a)naturalsciences.org. Citizen Science Saturdays at Prairie Ridge Saturdays, September 7, 14, 21, 28, 10:30-11:30 am No pre-registration required, Free These Saturday morning adventures will introduce you to a citizen science project and enlist your help collecting and entering data as you enjoy a walk around the grounds with one of our naturalists. Contact Chris Goforth for more information. Walk through the Seasons Tuesdays, September 10, 24, 9-10:30 am Pre-registration required, Free Explore the native plant garden, prairie, and lowland arboretum as you take a leisurely 1-mile walk with a Museum naturalist. For more information and to register, please contact Cathy Fergen at cathy.fergen(a)naturalsciences.org. Nature PlaySpace Opening and Ceremonial Vine Cutting September 28, 10am - 1pm No pre-registration required, Free In celebration of the seventh annual Take a Child Outside week, we will highlight the importance of outdoor play for children of all ages by celebrating the beginnings of the new Nature PlaySpace, a learning environment designed for younger children to explore the outdoors using natural materials.Contact Cathy Fergen for more information. To find out more about Take A Child Outside Week visit http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iugMb4EimnK72dNjcGcOgxaNJalbrrHv9pd-ea5IQjjQ…. ______________________________ ________________________ Girls in Science Do you know a middle-school girl who loves science? Send her to Girls in Science! Girls in Science Connect:Nature is an eight-week afterschool program that gives sixth- and seventh-grade girls the chance to dohands-on science in the natural world and in the Museum. Please see our website for more information: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iugMb4EimnLgwdd3yJzf9xzS0_vgOGZdNiCNBFxjYNr5… Applications are due by 5 pm, September 16 ___________________________________________ Museum Workshops, Trips and Classes Nature Drawing September 5, 19 Phone Photography 101 September 5 Nature's Extraordinary Fibers September 12 Green Swamp/Lake Mattamuskeet Weekend September 13 - 15 Plant Propagation First session September 21 Computer Programming for Beginners September 26 Neuse River Paddle October 9 Falls Lake hike on September 18 has been moved to November 13. ____________________________________________________ Bring a Scorpion Expert to Bugfest! The Museum is asking for your help in bringing scorpion expert Dr. Lauren Esposito for a keynote presentation and to host an exhibit of live scorpions at Bugfest! This year's "theme arthropod" is the scorpion, so Dr. Esposito will be an awesome addition to BugFest. She is an evolutionary biologist working as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California at Berkeley. She is broadly trained as a scorpiologist, but most of her current research focuses on arachnids (spiders, scorpions and their kin) in the Caribbean biodiversity hotspot. Please visit http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001iugMb4EimnK9BsJxCPAQADFTbvOFklLtnQTrGl781cc-… and donate today to make her visit a reality. And please pass this note on to any friends/family you think may be interested. Thank you! _____________________________________________ WAKE AUDUBON Fort Bragg: How Military Training and the Rare Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Can Co-ExistSeptember 10 7:30pm; please ARRIVE between 7:15-7:30pm Level A conference room Sundays with Swifts Sundays, September 8, 15, 22, 29 6-8pm We will meet at 6pm in front of the large Earth Globe outside the Nature Research Center. Join us for a program on the Chimney Swift, a migratory bird that gathers in large groups during September. These groups use larger chimneys in which to sleep at night. At 7pm we will walk to a nearby site to witness the spectacle of 1000's of birds entering such a chimney - a site not to be missed! More on Wake Audubon Here _____________________________________________ The Friends of the Museum's Section 504 coordinator is Angela Baker-James, Executive Director, Friends of the Museum, 11 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, 919.707.9847 . Program participants are not discriminated against on a basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion or familial status. BugFest 2013 Sat., September 21 9am - 7pm Jones Street, The Plaza, Edenton Street, and all four floors of the Museum will be filled with buggy fun! This year's theme bug: scorpions!More_________________ DINOSAURS IN MOTION Extended through Thursday, September 12 Free for Members $10 Adults; $6 Children; $8 Students, Seniors & Military Become a Member Here Exhibit Information Buy Tickets Here In the news!_______________ SECU DAILY PLANET Meet the Scientist Free Join us for interviews with Museum Scientists in the 3-story globe-shaped theater of the NRC. For more information please contact Brian Malow Schedule of Events ____________________ WRAL 3D THEATER Titans of the Ice Age The Last ReefMore____________________ Museum LINKS Home Programs and Events Prairie Ridge Ecostation Museum Blogs Facebook Twitter _______________ Forward this email This email was sent to dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com by angela.baker-james(a)naturalsciences.org | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Friends of the Museum| 11 West Jones Street| Raleigh| NC| 27601

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