Art show offering prizes ; ELIZABETH CITY — The ■Pasquotank Arts Council Gal lery is excited to announce their 17th Annual Landmark Competition. The show is open to all artists who wish to com pete. | The exhibition opens on Sunday, Sept. 7 and offers $1,300 in cash prizes as well as $4,000 in purchase awards. ! This year’s theme is an jartist’s interpretation of Northeastern North Carolina. ; If you would like a prospec tus or are interested in a pur chase award, please contact the Gallery at (252) 338-6455. Country Festival planned WILLIAMSTON — Historic downtown Williamston will once again be the site for the NC Finals of the Colgate Coun try Showdown Talent Contest during the 7th Annual Caro lina Country Stampede festi val, Sept. 26-27. The contest is held in con junction with a street festival that, begins at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, featuring the beach band The Catalinas at 8 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, festival hours are 10 a.m.-lO p.m. with the Colgate Country Showdown Talent Contest at 2 p.m. on the main stage at Town Hall. The headline act is expected to be legendary country musician and actor Jerry Reed. Plans call for Reed to take the main stage at 7 p.m. Saturday. The festival features arts and crafts, food, activities for children and carnival rides. Interested vendors should con tact the Martin County Cham ber of Commerce at (252) 792 4131. Other inquiries can be made to Martin County Travel and Tourism, 1-800-776-8566. Lindsay-Rebekah Ellis Plummer and James Homer Tyre IV Plummer, Tyre plan fall nuptials Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ben nett Plummer of Edenton an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Rebekah Ellis Plummer, to James Homer Tyre IV of Smith Station, Alabama. He is the son of Janies H. Tyree III and Sherry R. Tyre of Park ersburg, West< Virginia. Miss Plummer is a student at Pitt Community College in Greenville. She works at Rose’s Gymnastics Training Center in Greenville. Mr. Tyre is a member of the United States Marine Corps. Stationed at Cherry Point, NC. He recently returned from Iraq. The wedding is planned for Oct. 4 at the Edenton United Methodist Church. Don't leave your kids in hot cars A two-year-old Cumberland County boy is the latest victim of hot weather and cars. His death is prompting officials with the NC Department of Health and Human Services to warn care givers against leaving children in cars during this heat spell. “This is a terrible tragedy that could easily have been avoided,” said NC Division of Child Devel opment Director Peggy Ball. “You should never leave a child in a hot car, even for a minute. Even with the windows cracked, it only takes a few minutes for temperatures to reach dangerous levels. The temperature can shoot up to 120 degrees on a hot, humid day” Heat exhaustion can occur, at temperatures above 90 degrees and heat stroke can occur when Bryan H. 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It’s the perfect time for view ing the “Coolin’ Off” exhibit on display now through Aug. 31 at Museum of the Albe marle in Elizabeth City. It showcases objects and images from sweltering bygone days before air conditioning, as well as those from the more recent past. The entrance shows a woman in a 1950s madras-plaid relaxing on a porch settee. The main part of the exhibit has three cases full of beat-the heat objects from 1868 to 2003. Some of the interesting things are bathing suits from the 1920s and 1950s, a kerosene powered fan from 1900, and the coolest largemouth bass tro phy you’d ever want to see. The museum also has trav eling exhibits. Call (252) 335 1453 f