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Good to Great

Posted by Staff | Jun 8, 2011 | Uncategorized

Good organizations with visionary leadership all seem to want to move from good to great, and that’s just what our PTA Thrift Shop is doing. In early May, I interviewed executive director Barbara Jessie-Black (no relation) on...

3 Steps to Easy and Effective Goal Setting

Posted by Staff | Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized

You’ve heard it a million times: “Goal setting is important,” but what have you actually done about it? If you are like most people the answer is… nothing. That is not your fault. Regardless of your education level, it is very...

Death Don't Have No Mercy In This Land

Posted by Staff | Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized

“Death Don’t Have No Mercy In This Land” – Rev. Gary Davis “Then There Were Three” When our mother passed on, and it was just the four of us. I made the comment that “Then There Were Four.” I likely derived that phrase from a...

Triangle Restaurant Week

Posted by Staff | Jun 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

Triangle Restaurant Week (TRW) launches today with over 70 restaurants participating in Wake, Durham, Orange and Chatham counties. Sure you could drive those nine utterly un-scenic miles to check out the participating locations...

June 4, 2011

Posted by Staff | Jun 4, 2011 | Uncategorized

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A Baseball School?

Posted by Art Chansky | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized

About 20 years ago, when Dean Smith had caught his second wind and was again dominating the ACC and college basketball toward the end of his coaching career, he was asked about his sport overshadowing all others at UNC. “A...

Monks in the Museum

Posted by Staff | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized

Last night, the Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang monastary presented chants and a ritual dance at the Ackland Art Museum. It was one of those evenings that remind me why I am committed to and so deeply curious about what...

Meeting The Meat House: A New Business Owner Profile

Posted by Staff | Jun 3, 2011 | Uncategorized

As your Savvy Spender, I sometimes want to know the story behind a place where I might do some of that savvy spending. This made me interested in the new store on Franklin: The Meat House. Getting to know new business owners...

How to prepare for your next mortgage application.

Posted by Staff | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

Many people I speak with dread the gathering of documents. Use this checklist, and it will be much easier. Remember that every lender may have slightly different requirements. When Automated Underwriting is run, a list of...

UNPUBLISHED AUTHORS UNITE!

Posted by Staff | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

BUY THIS BOOK Local lawyer John Stanley was recognized recently by Lawyers’ Weekly as one of North Carolina’s best attorneys. He’s also written one of the best books to come from the Tarheel state in a long...

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