2-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., DECEMBER 20, 1980
Calendar and Announcements
E-Z RIDER PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE for the elderly and handicapped in
Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Monday through Friday, 8
a.m.-6 p.m., for 20t. For additional information,
call 967-8444.
Shared ride taxi provides service for CHT pass
holders anywhere in Chapel Hill and Carrboro and
within V mile of a bus route. Hours 6:30
p.m. -midnight, Monday through Friday and 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday (Chapel Hill only). -Fares 35
adults, 20C all other, bus stop to bus stop; $1.05
adult, 60 all other, door to door. There is no
Saturday shared ride service. For additional infor
mation, call 967-8247.
DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS A new pro
gram format at the Career Development Center for
Displaced Homemakers, who are out on their own
and must find paid employment, even better. In ad
dition to personal counseling and career-guidance,
services include job readiness instruction, job
search assistance, support group meetings, and
referrals to other agencies arid training programs. If
you are or know a displaced homemaker, call
682-9671 for more information; or contact Durham
CETA or YWCA offices.
HOLIDAY TALES Storytelling. Kay Taylor,
from the Durham County Library, will present a
storytelling program of holiday tales for all ages at
the Museum of Life & Science on Friday, December
19 at 3:30 p.m. 433 Murray Avenue, Durham. No
additional charge. Call 477-0431 for information.
SANTA'S TRAIN RIDE - Take a nighttime
ride on the Ellerbee Creek Railroad at the Museum
of Life and Science, and visit with Santa and Mrs.
Claus along the way. Hours: Dec. 17-23, 6-8:30
p.m. Admission S09. Refreshments will be
available. 433 Murray Avenue, Durham.
DON'T FORGET THE BEST GIFT is the title of
a Christmas play sponsored by the Union Chapel
Baptist Church Youth Department at 4 p.m., on
December 21, at the church, Corner of East F and
25th St., Butner. Don't miss this great original
event if you really want to laugh and get in the
Christmas spirit.
SIXTY OR OVER? The Retired Senior
Volunteer Program needs: a retired teacher to help
coordinate a machine shop class, a clerical assistant
for purchasing office and volunteers to prepare and
serve refreshments at a children's hospital.
RSVP provides travel reimbursement and free in
surance. For more information, call Ms. Helen
Pressley or Ms. Kathy Walters, 596-9311, ext. 321,
Durham Technical Institute.'
BUS SERVICE REINSTITUTED - Chapel Hill
Transit has reinstituted service in the Pine Knolls
area on a limited basis. Provisions have been made
for some morning and afternoon service. Addi
tional information may be obtained through bus in
formation at 942-5174.
HANDEL'S MESSIAH The Durham Symphony
and Yates Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir will per
form highlights from Handel's Messiah at 8 p.m.
on Friday, December 19.
The performance will be held at Yates Baptist
.Church, 2819 Chapel Hill Road, Durham. Admis
sion is free, but a free-will offering will be received.
The public is cordially invited to attend..
LEARN TO DANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS -Three-lesson
workshop for beginners. Become a
pro at the cha cha, swing, rumba, waltz, leading
and following techniques and variation steps, all to
music from the Big Band era, the 70's and the 80'$.
1 Partners are encouraged but hot necessary. Third
workshop date: Sunday, December 21, from 6-7:15
p.m., at the NewPerforming Dance Co., 105 Vt W.
j Chapel Hill St., Durham. For information, call Ms.
1 Carolyn Max, instructor at 489-3887 evenings or
i NPDC at 688-1138 mornings and evenings.
CLOTHES FOR THE NEEDY The Social
Service office of OBT is open to serve people within
the .community and Head Start families who may
have a clothing problem:
RECYCLING Need extra cash? There's.money
in the trash aluminum, that is.
Reynolds recycles at Northgate Shopping Center,
every Tuesday through Saturday, 9-11 :30 a.m.
1 Bring cans in a clear plastic bag, and other pieces
cut to lengths not exceeding three feet and tightly
bound. You will be paid cash on the spot
J52 Wormationr call toll free
1-800-228.255.
HOLIDAY GIFTMAKING WORKSHOP
Create a gift!. Kids from ages 5-12 will make some
creative gifts while Mom and Dad have some free
time for their holiday planning. Lunch is included.
Join us on December 22 from 10-3. Call the
Museum of Life and Science af 477-0431 for class
registration. Fee: $7 members, $8 non-members.
ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION The North
Durham Branch Library (Riverview Shopping
Center) of the Durham County Library is sponsor
ing an Adult Book Discussion group on the second
and fourth Tuesday of each month, from 10-11:30
a.m. to .discuss popular fiction and non-fiction
titles. Regular attendance is not required and new
faces are always welcome.
Persons interested in joiningthe" discussion group
can call branch librarian Barbara Shumer at
471-2129 for more information.
AFTERSCHOOL RECREATION PROGRAMS
The Durham City Community Education pro
gram and the , Durham ' Parks . and Recreation
Department are conducting Afterschool Recreation
Programs at Y.E. Smith, East End and George
Watts Elementary schools. Thlse programs operate
each day school is open through June 5, 1981. The
hours are Monday through Friday 2:30-5:30 p.m.
The program offers a wide range of activities in
cluding sports and athletics, music and drama, arts
, and crafts, study hours, tutorial sessions, and other1
seasonal special events. There is a small weekly fee.
For more information, call Gaston Patterson at
683-4355 or Albert Huey at 688-2361, extension
245.
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ON AFRO
AMERICAN STUDIES will hold its Second An
nual meeting February 26-28, 1981 in Houston,
Texas. The theme is "Laborers, Shouters, Good
Timers, Voters: Participants in the Afro-American
Experience." Further details can be had by contac
ting Dr. Howard Jones, Box 104. TSU, 3201
Wheeler Avenue, Houston, Texas' 77004.
DURHAM SYMPHONY YOUNG ARTISTS
COMPETITION for pianists and orchestral in
strumentalists, grades 10-12 in Durham, Wake,
Orange, Granville and Person counties. Winners
will play a movement of a standard concerto with
the Durham Symphony. Audition date: February 7,
1981. Call Hjordis Tourian, 682-2910 or Ginny
Zehr, 782-4840, for further information.
W.D. HILL RECREATION CENTER, 1308
Fayctteville Street, is offering adult classes in
ceramics, aerobic slimnastics, martial arts,
photography, macrame and sewing. Children's
classes include gymnastics, modern dance, and an
after school Fun Fest. For more information about
these and other classes and programs, call 683-4292.
MODEL TRAIN EXHIBIT Museum of Life
and Science, 433 Murray Ave., Durham. Hours: 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, 2-5
p.m. Sunday. Call 4770431. A special exhibit of
model trains, complete with a working layout, will
be on display through December 27.
FREE PUBLICATIONS FROM IRS may be
ordered by calling the IRS toll free telephone
number listed in the directory. Among the subjects
covered are: child care credit, energy credit, moving
expenses and other tax breaks.
DAISY AUTOMATIC SCHEDULE DAISY
is a 24 hour telephonetape service provided by
Durham Technical Institute. During the hours 1-9
p.m. Monday-Thursday and 1-5 p.m. on Friday,
any tape in the DAISY program is available by call
ing the DAISY Operator at 596-0611. When the
DAISY Operator is not on duty, ten tapes are
available. Dial the phone number listed and the tape
will play automatically.
December 22 -28
596-0610 Top Ten Records
596-0611 DAISY: Weekly Automatic Schedule
596-0612 Job Service: Openings Available Thru
Employment Security Commission
596-0613 RSVP-Retired Senior Volunteer
Program
596-0614 - The Flu
596-0615 - Toy Safety
596-0616 Spelling Test: Homonyms I
596-0617 A Christmas Story for Kids:
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
596-0618 Gunsmoke: The Last Show on Radio
596-0619 Geen Hornet: Escape for Revenge
For a brochure ftat lists approximately 500 tapes,
send a self-addressed, stamped, regular business
envelope to DAISY, Durham Technical Institute,
P O. Box 11307,.Durham, NC 27703.
CONTRASTS AND COMPLEMENTS is the
name of the art exhibition at CenterGallery featur
ing works by Rita May, Cheri Westmoreland, Lise
Temple-Greenberg and Stephanie Carleton; Main
St., Carrboro (above Tumbleweed Cyclery). The
show will run until January 4, 1981. For more in
formation, call 967-1316. Gallery hours: 1 1-5 Satur
day and Friday; 2-5 Sunday,
BOOKMOBILE WEEKLY STOPS Every
Monday 1:45-2:45, Wellon's Village (near Big
Star);.Every Tuesday 2:00-3:00, Lakewood Shop
ping Center; Every Wednesday 1:30-2:45, Nor
thgate Mall (near Big Star); Every
Friday 2:00-3:45, King's Plaza (Hillsborough
iRd.); Every Saturday 9:30-12:30, Croasdaile
'Shopping Center; 2:30-3:30 Shannon's Plaza;
3:45-4:30 South Square Mall (near Big Star).
LEARNING AND CAREER INFORMATION
FREE FROM PROJECT LIFT in the new
Durham County Library. Offering financial aid
assistance for college, national college catalogs,
trade and technical vocation information, job
listings from the Employment Security Commis
sion, lists of classes in this area for adults, and a
wide variety of reference material on career
development and adult education. Whether you
want to improve your reading, to learn macrame or
to go back to school, we are your advocates and will
explore for you courses, classes or other paths of
lifelong learning. Call 683-2626 or visit Project
LIFT, 300 N, Roxboro St., 9-9 Monday and Tues
day, 9-5:30 Wednesday through Saturday.
IRS PROBLEM RESOLUTION OFFICE has a
toll-free number, 1-800-832-8800 in Greensboro. If
you have problems you have not been able to
resolve through normal channels, call the
Greensboro number. They promise to cut through
' red tape and get to the solution faster than routine
channels you have tried. You may also write: Pro
blem Resolution Office, 320 Federal Place,
Greensboro, NC 27401.
: The IRS Office at 400 W. Main St., Durham, of
fers free assistance to taxpayers the year round.
Anyone needing personal assistance with tax pro
blems may visit any weekday from 10 a.m. to 3:45
p.m. No appointment necessary.
A VOLUNTEER IS NEEDED at a health care
facility to escort patients to designated places and
back to their rooms.
Also, a 12-year-old black youth would love to
have a big brother to do things with. His mother is a
single parent who works full time. His younger
sister has a big sister and he feels left out.
To volunteer or learn of other needs, call the
Volunteer Services Bureau, 688-8977 or 688-9049,
weekdays, 9 a.m. -4 p.m.
CALENDAR ITEMS should reach us no later
than Friday before the desired publication date.
Two to three weeks prior Is even better! Mail to:
Calendar, The Carolina Times, P.O. Box 3825,
Durham, NC 27702. No charge.
PAGEANT SCHEDULED The Durham
Business and Professional Chain has announced
February 1, 1981 as the date for its annual "Ms.
Durham Business and Professional Chain"
Pageant. Those ladies interested in competing for
the title of "Ms. Durham Business and Professional
Chain" and those businesses interested in sponsor
ing a young lady, should contact Ms. Taylor at the
Chain office, 688-7356, for further details.
JOIN GIRL SCOUTS - If you are a girl bet
ween the ages of 6-17 or an adult of any age, male
or female, Girl Scouts want YOU! Have fun, make
new friends, be a part of something great! In
Durham, call 493-3234 or 489-2886. '
CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL - The Carr
boro Recreation and Parks Department, concludes
its 1980 Children's Film Festival cm Friday,
December 19, 7 p.m.; with "The Prince, and The
Pauper".
Parents are invited to enjoy the film with their
children in the Carrboro Elementary School
Auditorium. There is a 75 per person admission
fee.
For more information, call Carrboro Recreation
.and Parks Department at 942-8541, extension 203.