Newspapers / The Carolina Times (Durham, … / March 21, 1981, edition 1 / Page 18
Part of The Carolina Times (Durham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
2 THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., MARCH 21, 1981 Calendar and Announcements NAW-RUZ (NEW YEAR) - The Baha'is of Durham will hold their annual Naw-Ruz (New Year) celebration with a potiuck supper on Friday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m., at the YWCA.roctor and Vickers Ave. The public is invited. For further in formation, phone 383-2306. NATIONAL WILDLIFE WEEK In conjunc tion with National Wildlife Week, March 15-21, the N.C. Museum of Life and Science will conclude a week of special activities and programs related to the week's theme of "We Care About Oceans" with "Mysteries of the Deep", a 25-minute Walt Disney film about the animals of a rocky reef, at 3:30 p.m. on March 20. A slidetape show from the National Wildlife Federation, "We Care About Oceans", ' will be presented at 3:30 p.m. on March 21 . In addi tion, the Museum has an exhibit Of North Carolina and exotic shells, marine life, and a touch tank. REAL AND SURREAL Durham Art Guild exhibition through March 31, at 120 Morris St., Durham. Virginia artist Betty Branch will show sculpture, Marcia Tyrrell will show painting, Louise Francke will show lithographs and Louellen Vernon-White will show etchings. Under the theme, "The Real and Surreal" the artists explore the reali ty of environments, the human figure, and the humor and sensuality to be found in fantasy and myth. THE MOUSETRAP, a spellbinding mystery by Agatha Christie at the Raleigh Little Theatre March 18-21, 24-28 at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees, March 22 and 29 at 3 p.m. Adults: $5 weeknight & matinees; $6 Fridays & Saturdays; students and senior citizens, $3 weeknights, $4 Fridays and Saturdays and $2 matinees. For reservations call 821-3111, 12-6 daily. 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 Rd.); 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). THEATRE IN THE PARK 1981 Mini-Season. "The Glass Menagerie"-March 19-22; "Kennedy's Children"-March 26-29; "Lysistrata"-April 2-5. Advanced reservations are advised and can be made by calling 755-6939. HOW GOOD IS THE WATER WE DRINK? The Research Triangle Chapter of the National Technical Association will sponsor a community awareness seminar entitled "The H20 We Drink -How Good Is It?" on Saturday, March 21, at 3 p.m. at the Hargraves Community Center in Chapel Hill. Jerry Caldwell, a chemical analyst with the Orange Water and Sewer Authorityand Dr. Mor ris Clarke of Burroughs Wellcome Co. will lead the seminar. The community and especially youth are urged to participate. Topics to be covered will the quality of area water systems, the supply of water in Chapel Hill and the impact of radiation and biohazard waste disposal regulations on our water. A question and answer period will follow. BULL CITY CARPOOLING PROGRAM operations have been transferred to the Triangle J Council of Governments in the Research Triangle Park. The transfer is part of a federally funded pooling of the region's urban ridesharing programs into one regionally coordinated program called TRI-A-RIDE, or Triangle Area Ridesharing Pro gram. Call 549-9999 for names of others traveling your route. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED for a variety of needs. Call the Volunteer Services Bureau, 688-8977 or 688-9049, weekdays, 9-4. CALENDAR ITEMS should reach us no later than Friday before the desired publication week. Two to three weeks prior is even better! Mall to: ( ilendar, The Carolina Times, P.O. Box 3825, 1 ' irham, NC 27702. No charge. VOLUNTEER GUIDES are needed for the NLCown-Mangum House andor West Point Mill, e'pecially for the spring and summer crowds. ics are asked to help three hours a month on the weekends or when their schedule permits. Training classes willjbe offered on Saturday, March 21, 9-12, for the McCown-Mangum House, 'and on Satur day, March 284 9-12, for the West Point Mill. Please find out more about volunteering and sign ing up for the workshops by calling 471-1623 bet ween p.m., on weekends only. DURHAM TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Is- offer ing a 42-hour course in "Exercise Physiology.' Designed for people interested in physical fitness, the course explains how ihc body functions during exercise. The class meets at DTI on Fridays 9-12. through May 6. To register contact the Continuing Education Department. 596-931 1, ext. 330. HHS CLASS OF 75 The Hillside High School Class of 1975 will meet on Sunday. April 5, 7 p.m.. at the home of Daryl Vereen, 506 Cecil St. All class members are invited to attend. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT Come to a meeting to learn how you can help to develop a dispute set tlement center in Durham through court observa tion and community research; Ms. Evelyn smith, coordinator of Orange County's Dispute Settlement Center, will present an informative program March 19, 8 p.m., at 1001 Norwood Ave. This League of Women Voters' meeting is open to the public. TENNIS COURTS AVAILABLE The Durham Parks and Recreation Department has ten nis courts available for rental. Groups may rent available courts at the rate of $1 per hour per court . day Use or $1 .25 per hour per court night use. Mjfke tennis a part of your next family or business social. Call Ms. Eileen Witt at 683-4355 to reserve your courts now! BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING You are invited to come by the American Red Cross Center, 1000 East Forest Hills Boulevard, Thursday. March .26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to have your blood pressure taken free. This service is staffed by volunteer Red Cross nurses. AEROBIC DANCE CLASSES The Durham Parks and Recreation Department and the Durham City Community Education Program will offer Aerobic Dance Classes at the Rogers-Herr Junior High School on Cornwallis Road, Mondays and Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Classes will start March 23 and 24 and will continue for eight weights. Registration fee is $32 per person. Dance Aerobics Inc. will provide qualified instructors for each class. For more information and to pre-register, con tact Gaston Patterson, Jr., at 683-4355. SPEED READING, JEWELRY MAKING, SIGN LANGUAGE - The Durham Parks and Recreation Department and the Durham Technical Institute Continuing Education Program, in cooperation with the Durham City Community Education Program, will offer adults classes in Speed Reading, Jewelry Making and Basic Sign Language starting March 25 and April 1 at Brogden Junior High School. Speed Reading and Jewelry Making are both scheduled to start on Wednesday, March 25, 7-9 p.m. Basic Sign Language will start April 1, 7-9 p.m. Fee for each class is $5. For more information and to pre-register, con tact Gaston Patterson, Jr., at 683-4355. CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL - The Carr- boro Recreation and Parks Department will feature the film "Almost Angels' on Friday, March 20, as part of its 1981 Children's Film Festival (especially selected for children ages 3-12). Parents are invited to attend with thjir children. The film will be shown in the Carrboro Elementary School Auditorium at 7 p.m. Admission is 75 per person. FREE FEATURE MOVIES are shown each Saturday at 3 p.m., in the auditorium of the Durham County Public Library. Plan to see "Night To Remember", March 21 and "Diary of Anne Frank" March 28. FREE FILMS On Tuesday and Wednesday evening at 7, March 24-25, the Chapel Hill Public Library, corner Franklin and Boundary Streets, will show "Dinner At Eight". A George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber Play turned movie. A series of vignettes in which a spec tacular cast portray the underlying problems and restlessness of the 1930s. George Cukor directs the cast of John Barrymore, Jean Harlow, Marie Dressier, Wallace Beery, and Lionel Barrymore. SOUTHERN ARTS FEDERATION (SAF) - is seeking performing arts groups to include in its r 1982-83 touring program. Southeastern performing arts groups interested in touring in the region begin ,' ning in September, 1982 should contact SAF im mediately for application ; information. , The deadline for application is April 1 5, 1981. ,( Each year SAF assists a limited number of pro fessional touring theater, dance, opera and music groups with partial fee support to qualified spon soring organizations in the Southeast; Performing groups are chosen based on their application, funds available and demand in given art form. , A performing grouR,must have a firm commit ment from its board of directors, administrative staff and artists to the concept of touring for com munity audiences; a history of sound administrative and artistic direction and a regional or national reputation that demonstrates a high level of ac complishment. In addition, their artistic product, structured programs of educational value, and a demonstrated history of successful touring in their resident state will place the applicant in a favorable light. SAF is a regional arts service organization with membership including the state arts agencies of Alabama. Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, write Southern Arts Federation, Suite 712, 225 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30303. ROGERS-HERR PTA The Rogers-Herr Junior High School PTA will meet Wednesday, Marhc 15, at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Carolyn Thornton, director of Social Work-Mental Health, at the Lin coln Community Health Center will give an over view of services offered to young people. TENNIS LESSONS are offered at Edison Johnson Recreation Center on an on-going basis Monday and Wednesday mornings at 9 a.m. and 10:30. Cost for 12 hours of instruction is $22 for Ci ty residents and $24 for non-residents. Register at Edison Johnson Recreation Center or call 683-4355 for more information. Resource person: Ms. Eileen Witt. POTTERY WORKSHOPS A pottery workshop is being offered by the Durham Arts Council for those interested in making windchimes. Mar. 28, 10-12 noon, $8. To register, call 682-5519. AUDUBON WILDLIFE FILM SERIES in Chapel Hill at Guy B. Phillips Junior High School auditorium on Estes Drive. Tickets will be sold for any unoccupied seats ten minutes before the 8 p.m. performance. For information in Chapel Hill, con tact Mrs. Robert Broughton, 942-3836 or Mrs. Robert Utiger, 942-7437; in Durham, Mrs. Charles Stuart, 286-2760. Remaining film in the series is: Norrri Wakeman's "Inside Passage to Alaska" on Tuesday, April 7. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR VET CHILDREN Over $2.3 million is available this fiscal year for college scholarships for eligible children of veterans. The state-funded scholarships are awarded to children of certain disabled, deceas ed and POWMIA veterans. The scholarships are for four academic years and can be used at public and private schools in North Carolina. Students who think they may be eligible should apply during their senior year in high school and before May 1 . Students should contact their local veterans service officer or write: N.C. Division of Veterans Affairs, 227 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC 27601. For more information, contact Charles Beddingfield at (919) 733-3851. DAY CARE REFERRAL Duke University has recently implemented a Day Care Referral Ser vice to aid members of the Duke University Com munity in finding quality child care. The service is also interested in recruiting individuals interested in taking care of children in their homes. For further information, contact Ms. Lillian Spiller at 684-2808. CPR CAN SAVE A LIFE - More than one million Americans suffer a heart attack each year. One of them may be someone you love. With CPR training, you could possibly save that victim's life. The Triangle J Council of Governments is coor dinating classes in this lifesaving technique. Look for the CPR posters in your area for class informa-t tion, or call 549-0551. BREAKFAST WITH THE LEGISLATORS If you have concerns and questions about the North Carolina General Assembly, then have breakfast with your representatives. The League of Women Voters of Durham's last public meeting with the Durham Delegation to the General Assembly is scheduled for Monday April 6 in the Downstairs Cafeteria, N.C. Mutual, corner Duke and W. Chapel Hill Sts.. 7;308;30 a.m. Please park in the lot behind Home Security Life, corner of Jackson and Gregson Sts. Enter from Jackson Street, South of Chapel Hill. The Durham Delegation consists of Senators Kenneth C. Royall, Jr., and Gerry Hancock; Representatives George W. Miller, Jr:, W. Paul Pullev. Jr., and Kenneth. Spaulding.
The Carolina Times (Durham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 21, 1981, edition 1
18
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75