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ANNOUNCEMENTS from Jan. 6, 2009
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ANNOUNCEMENTS from Jan. 13, 2009:
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Sarah Stevenson announced that she was supporting Richard McElrath for
appointment to the school board to represent District 2, and asked
others to join her in making phone calls to board members to encourage
McElrath's appointment.
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Rodney Moore announced that a few seats remain on a bus to the
inauguration. The no-motel trip costs $99, leaves the 19th and returns to
Charlotte the 21st. Info: 980-226-5673.
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Ken Koontz announced that WENS-TV would operate a $35 pay-to-view
website at www.the44thinauguration.com for reporting and feature stories
from "The Mountaintop: 5 historic days." Coverage of inaugural
activities will be posted from Jan. 17 through Jan. 21, but the website
is available now for registration. "A lot of those stories you won't see
on the mainstream media," Koontz said.
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Chris Wilson announced that the N.C. Senate inauguration for Malcolm
Graham would be held at 4 p.m. this Sunday, Jan. 11, at Johnson C. Smith
University. Wilson said a death in the family prevented Graham from
sending out invitations. All who wish to attend may do so, but RSVPs may
be sent to Graham by e-mail at [email protected].
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Rodney Moore announced that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch of the
NAACP was being reorganized under direction of an administrator from the
national office, and that a reorganizing committee would be announced in
mid-January. Information: 980-226-5673. Moore appealed for widespread
participation in the regeneration of the group. "Every day," he said,
"we still have challenges that make that organization relevant."
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Steve Johnston announced two changes on the Forum website at
www.tueforumclt.org. The search engine on the site is now operating
again, and searches only Forum pages. And a page tucked away on the site
lists attendance at each Forum since July 2007. The information has been
reported to the West Charlotte Recreation over the last 18 months for
their tracking of public use of their building. The only change is that
the information is now more publicly accessible.
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Ahmad Daniels sent in an announcement of "The Peace That You Seek," an
ongoing discussion he leads, which gives people "ways to continue
strengthening their inner core irrespective of what is taking place
around them." The next session is Monday, Jan. 12, from 6-7:30 p.m. at
1401 Beatties Ford Rd.
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Donna Jenkins Dawson sent in an announcement of the Young Adult/Children
section of the first Carolina Hyundai Hallelujah Gospel Choir
Competition will be held Sunday, Jan. 25 at Carolina Hyundai, 805 Gold
Hill Road, Fort Mill, SC at the Gold Hill Road interchange of I-77.
Tickets that cover lunch are $10 (children under 12 free) from
participating churches and www.streamersevents.com. Carolina Hyundai of
Fort Mill will make a church donation to any church member who buys a
vehicle from Carolina Hyundai during this three-part gospel series.
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Ahmad Daniels sent in a message that he would appear with Katt Eyze
tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. on Secret Sanctuary at
www.blogtalkradio.com/SecretSanctuary or by calling 646-716-8696 and
listening in.
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Ken Koontz announced that WENS-TV would operate a $35 pay-to-view
website at www.the44thinauguration.com for reporting and feature stories
from "The Mountaintop: 5 historic days." Coverage of inaugural
activities will be posted from Jan. 17 through Jan. 21, but the website
is available now for registration.
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Toni Freeman announced that Mecklenburg Citizens for Public Education
and WTVI would sponsor a free education roundtable on education and the
global economy on Monday, Jan. 26, with reception at 5:30 p.m. and the
program from 6-7:30 at the Museum of the New South, 200 E. 7th St.
MeckEd plans a breakfast forum April 21 with Miami Herald columnist
Leonard Pitts.
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Thomas Moore announced that the N.C. Central University Touring Choir
from Durham will participate in all three services this Sunday morning
at Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Rd.
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Sindy Neagle Maxwell sent in an announcement of a legislative briefing
on the state budget and economic forecast on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.
at Advent Lutheran Church, 8840 University City Blvd. across from the
UNCC campus. Briefers include N.C. Budget & Tax Center Director Elaine
Mejia and N.C. Justice Senior Policy Advocate Louisa Warren.
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Thomas Moore announced that former Myers Park Methodist assistant
minister Alisa Lasater was featured in the New York Times. Lasater's
white Capitol Hill United Methodist Church and black Ebenezer Methodist,
whose buildings are in the same block, are exploring merger. The story
is at
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/politics/19block.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=alisa%20capitol%20hill%20methodist&st=cse
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Dan Murrey noted that former Charlottean and Forum participant Decker
Ngongang was pictured in the Charlotte Observer dancing at a
pre-inaugural ball in Washington, D.C.
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Michael Sexton sent in an announcement that the website for signing up
for the April 28 Avon Foundation Walk the Course Against Domestic
Violence is now available at http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wtc_home.
The fund-raising walk is held at Quail Hollow Club in connection with
Wachovia Championship Week.
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Donna Jenkins Dawson sent in an announcement of the Ladies of Elegance
Super Bowl Party Feb. 1 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Crowne Plaza Hotel,
201 S. McDowell St. Info: Donna at 704-609-5038.
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Ken Koontz announced he was still posting videos from WENS-TV's coverage
of the presidential inauguration, and the series can now be viewed
without charge at www.wenstv.com/inauguration_videos.php.
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Ben Cooley commended a Charlotte Talks interview with A. Frank Johns on
elder law and asset preservation that aired Monday, Jan. 26. Download
the audio files from
feed://www.wfae.org/wfae/rss/charlottetalks_audio.xml
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LaWana Mayfield announced the Feb. 3 free premiere of Crossroads
Charlotte, the film version, to be aired simultaneously in six
locations, with events beginning at 6 p.m. The six locations, some of
which may already booked, are Ballantyne Village Theatre, the Charlotte
Museum of History, Davidson College, Epicentre Theater, Johnson C. Smith
University and UNC Charlotte.
To reserve a seat, go to www.crossroadscharlotte.org/moviepremiere.
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Donna Jenkins Dawson sent in an announcement of the 2009 UNCF Walk/Run
for Education, scheduled for 8 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28 beginning at
the Wachovia Plaza downtown. Cost is $20 per adult and $10 per adult and
$10 per student under 18. For more information and to register,
www.ciaatournament.org/page/uncf-5k-walkrun-for-education.
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The Forum opens at 8 a.m. at the West Charlotte Recreation Center, 2400
Kendall Drive, just down the hill from West Charlotte High School. The
phone number is 704-393-1560.
The Forum welcomes all persons to its meetings
beginning at 8 a.m. most Tuesdays of the year
at the West Charlotte Recreation Center, 2222 Kendall Drive, Charlotte, NC
down the hill from West Charlotte High School.