A Cost of Buying Local
I saw firsthand this week why it’s sometimes difficult to buy local. While in a shoe store, waiting to be helped, I witnessed the following interaction: Customer: “I want these shoes but I want them in _______...
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Courage Defended
Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have received a few comments and emails regarding my praise of Chancellor Holden Thorp for going against the “Carolina Way” in hiring Bubba Cunningham as the new athletic director. “It was courageous to hire an Athletic...
Read MoreSave the Drama for your Mama: Fantasy Football in Week 7
Posted by Staff | Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
If there is a common theme in the NFL so far this year, it definitely includes a flare for the dramatic. This past weekend’s “handshake debacle” between ‘Niners coach Jim Harbaugh and the Lions’ Jim Schwartz is just the most...
Read MoreThe Corn Maze
Posted by Staff | Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
My recent perusal of the latest newsworthy events resulted in a most disturbing visual. It seems that last Monday, in the fine town of Danvers, Massachusetts, a young family became hopelessly lost in the 7-acre corn maze at a...
Read MoreRolling With the Meals (ON Wheels)!
Posted by Staff | Oct 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Back in April, I did a special edition of Who’s Talking with Stacey Yusko, the Director of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels program. Imagine my surprise when earlier this month she invited me to participate in...
Read MoreForget the Pity Party
Posted by Staff | Oct 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
As a school counselor it has been my sincere pleasure in life to work with thousands of families from all different racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds. I’ve worked with traditional families in which there was a father,...
Read MoreHomebrew for Hunger
Posted by Staff | Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew Cover it with choc’late and a miracle or two The Homebrewer can, Oh the Homebrewer can The Homebrewer can ’cause he/she mixes it with love and makes the world taste...
Read MoreHow are Pizza and Mortgages Similar?
Posted by Staff | Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you were eating lunch alone, which would you order, a large pizza or a personal pan pizza? With a large pizza, you would most likely eat a few slices, and bring the rest home to eat later. If you opt for a personal pan pizza,...
Read MoreGreat Chapelboro Bosses
Posted by Jan Bolick | Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s tough to be a boss. So today is a great time to thank those who have taken on the challenge. It’s tougher to be a good boss. And any good one will always be working to get better. One way to get better is to...
Read MoreOctober 15, 2011
Posted by Staff | Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
