The Chatham County Library Advisory Committee, which primarily advises staff on library programs and operations, has three vacancies. Residents interested in serving on the committee should apply by July 8, 2013.

I was involved with the establishment of the Jordan Lake rules to a degree. I attended stakeholder meetings and commented with legislators present before its passage. As a founder and past-president of the Haw River Assembly, as author and director of the "Haw River Drinking Water Survey, 1985," I had a stake in this rule and in the water quality of the Haw River. The Bynum cancer studies pointed to a drinking water problem.

NC State baseball coach Elliot Avent and several student athletes met with the media during the post-game press conference after the Wolfpack's 8-1 win over UNC Tar Heels.

This is in response to Thom Goolsby's "Moron Monday shows that the radical Left just doesn't get it" article. Instead of promoting an atmosphere to create desperately needed jobs, they are rehashing decisions made years ago so that the new member can have chance to vote against the law of the land.

Received the following email from Cynthia Gordy of Advancement Project from New York City about Thom Goolsby’s piece (Moron Monday shows radical Left just doesn’t get it). Advancement Project is based in Washington, DC. Weren't we told that the Moral Monday protests were North Carolina driven?

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Starting in July, Child Care Networks will no longer provide the child care financial assistance program that it has administered for many years under contract with the Chatham County Department of Social Services. Child care financial assistance (child care subsidy) will still be available to eligible families by contacting DSS directly.

Chatham County has two upcoming vacancies on its Recreation Advisory Committee, which advises the Board of Commissioners and staff on recreation programs and county-owned recreation and park facilities.

Chatham County seeks applicants to fill three vacancies on the Transportation Advisory Committee, which identifies and studies transportation issues and makes recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. The long-term goal is to have access to various modes of transportation for people and goods.

Senate Bill 515, Jordan Lake Water Quality Act, has moved from the NC Senate to the NC House. The bill would roll back and eventually eliminate the "Jordan Lake Rules" put in place to protect the quality of Jordan Lake. The rules are the result of a very long stake holder process to develop nutrient reduction strategies for the lake and the waters that flow into it.

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North Carolina Democratic Party first vice chair, Nina Szlosberg-Landis, announced her resignation on Monday evening. In a letter to state Democratic executive committee members, she said donors "are not comfortable" with the actions of NC Democratic Party Chairman and Pittsboro mayor Randy Voller. Szlosberg-Landis said she came to the conclusion that donor confidence could not be restored and party fundraising would continue to suffer under Voller's leadership.

“We will not be Intimidated or Coerced by Certain Alphabetical Organizations or Committees under the Disguise of ‘Betterment of Certain Groups or Races’.” It reads like the reactions of some North Carolinians to the Moral Monday demonstrations at the North Carolina Legislative Building recently, doesn’t it?

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On budget matters, the previous Chatham County Board of Commissioners believed that and acted on the premise that government should throw money at problems in order to solve them. This management strategy is the reason for the upheaval in local and national politics, among other objections. And our country was suffering a deep recession. The stock market lost 50% of value on the DOW. That equalled the performance of 1929-30 and we were in bad shape. Our school fiscal support places us at 6th or higher in the state for student supplement. Yet our performance does not show the comparable result. So teaching is not a matter of money. It's a matter of quality and dedication.

“Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops.” So wrote General Dwight Eisenhower on June 5, 1944, sixty-nine years ago this week. According to Rick Atkinson’s new book, “The Guns at Last Light: The War in Europe, 1944-1945,” currently Number One on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list, Ike continued, “If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.”

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Eight Central Carolina Community College Basic Law Enforcement Training cadets received their graduation certificates May 8 at exercises at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. All were members of the 2012-13 BLET evening training program at the college’s Emergency Services Training Center. Captain Roy Allen, of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, delivered the graduation remarks. Class Leader Jonathan Thompson gave the class response.

The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow. Several hundred people – mostly white, angry, aged former hippies – appeared and screeched into microphones, talked about solidarity and chanted diatribes. It was “liberal theater” at its best.

Chatham Transit is offering special one-day service to the new Walmart on US 15-501 North on Wednesday, June 12, to and from Pittsboro and Siler City. But make reservations no later than June 11 by calling 919-542-5136

Consumers who don’t shop around for their prescription drugs may be overpaying BIG time, explains Consumer Reports in its May issue. Failing to comparison shop could result in overpaying by as much as $100 a month or even more, depending on the drug.

Darrin Royer has rejoined contemporary upholstery source Lazar as director of sales. Company President Robert Luce said that Luce said the position had been vacant and the company is filling it now to address recent growth.

Chef Edward Lee stopped in Fearrington Village in Chatham County to promote his new cook book "Smoke & Pickles" and to serve up some of the recipes from his book. Below is his recipe for adobo-fired chicken and waffles.

Piedmont Health is building a new facility that will house the new Piedmont Health SeniorCare of Pittsboro program. The one-story, 20,000-square-foot building, which will be located at 163 Chatham Business Drive, is expected to be completed in June or July of 2013, and to open for business shortly thereafter. The construction is being done by Hamlett Associates of Climax, N.C., at a cost of $2.8 million. Including land and equipment, information technology and furniture, the project’s cost is $3.4 million.