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Thompson's Exit
Posted by Staff | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
The saga of teacher Anne Thompson is coming to an end. She will be leaving Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in a few weeks, several months shy of her planned retirement. If you’ve followed her saga, you know Thompson is not...
Read MoreLove Hurts
Posted by Staff | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Whenever you lose to a rival, the pain of that loss is enormous. Even if Duke is more of a rival in basketball than football, the loss still stings, especially to a team that you have owned the last 21 out of 22 meetings...
Read MoreHalloween's in Sight
Posted by Staff | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Look around every corner.. . On the floor. On the walls. Ceiling too. And a well-placed “Boo”! Well done fun for patients and staff at Chapel Hill Opthalmology. After seeing these sights, many patients come back...
Read MoreOctober 23, 2012
Posted by Staff | Oct 23, 2012 | Sports Notebook
Something's Missing
When I told my roommate Jon that I was writing this week’s “View From The Tar Pit” article, he replied, “Well, at least you’ll have a lot to talk about.” No kidding. We briefly discussed the game, and, as he walked out the door...
Read MoreVolunteering
Posted by Staff | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Volunteering. We all have done it at some point, whether volunteering to, say, read a paper out loud, or to help teach children how to read. Some volunteer positions are enjoyable, others, not so much. But they mostly feel good,...
Read MoreOctober 22, 2012
Posted by Staff | Oct 22, 2012 | Sports Notebook
Fans 'Freak' Over Loss
Posted by Staff | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
The better team on Saturday night at “The Wally” won on Saturday night. That’s how it often works but not always. To say that the game was not as close as the final score (33-30) would be correct but is simply too painful to...
Read MoreReptile in Need of a Nutritionist?
Posted by Staff | Oct 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Our pet lizard, Cricket, is about as thin as a toothpick,even though he eats approximately 20 live crickets a week. We just can’t figure out why he’s not getting bigger. So an associate for a pet retail store told me...
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