Archives: August2006

  • Public Radio East, part II

    Streaming audio on PRE website. It’s just marvelous. Try it out…here’s a link to a story on "changing waterfronts in eastern North Carolina."  MP3!!
    Public Radio East. Be proud. Be a sponsor. Donate generously. Volunteer! 

  • Audit — NOT

    Washington High School stats: 37.8% of the 10th grade students passed the High School Comprehension Test for their grade. [2003-2004] Maybe more money should go to the schools. Maybe we should pay our teachers a living wage.
    Only 51% of the seniors took the SAT test?
    Note: NC conveniently does not figure how many students [...]

  • Power poets

     NC Arts Council has some nice Winston-Salem poets featured online today –
    One of them just happens to be our favorite, Helen Losse. check it out. 

  • Saving historic gasoline stations

       
    A Beginner’s List of Preservation — Petroleum Style. As time permits, we will add more links and some photos. This is just a quick page, thrown up on a Saturday morning. No, I didn’t really throw up — silly. I feel just fine. Please, preserve our Pure Oil Station, or I will most certainly [...]

  • NC ABC and wasting money & time

    From About.com
    Without researching the factual claims made in a forwarded email there’s no 100 percent sure way to tell it if it’s a hoax, but here you’ll find a list of common signs to watch for…Here’s How:
       1. Note whether the text you’ve received was actually written by the person who sent it. Did anyone [...]

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