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City of Durham Adjusts Collection Schedules Due To Excessive Heat
Earlier Collection Schedule Effective Immediately Until September 30
Durham, N.C. – Summer in North Carolina means one thing for City of Durham employees who work outside all day long – soaring temperatures and the risk of heat-related injuries.To combat the heat and its effect on employees, the City’s Department of Solid Waste Management is adjusting its residential solid waste, yard waste and recycling collection schedules to begin earlier each day.
Effective immediately through September 30, the City is asking residents to place their carts on the curb the night before their normal pick up day since collection crews will be arriving at least one hour earlier than the regularly scheduled pick up time of 7 a.m. While solid waste collectors will make every effort to complete their regular routes each day, if a pick-up is missed on a resident’s regular collection day, they should leave their carts at the curb an extra day before contacting Durham One Call at (919) 560-1200 to report the missed pick-up.
Schedule for DURHAM Community Emergency Response Team training
September 6, 2008 (Saturday)
Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Medical Operations (bring a blanket)
September 20, 2008 (Saturday)
Fire Safety (long pants required, no sandals or open toe footwear)
Disaster Psychology
Light Search and Rescue
CERT Organization
October 4, 2008 (Saturday)
Terrorism and CERT
Course review and administrative details
All classes will be conducted at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC),Durham County Fire Marshal's Office, 2422 Broad Street, Durham 27704. Classes are from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm with approximately 1 hour for lunch. Lunch is on your own. Student manuals will be provided. Bring your own note taking materials. Portions of the training will be conducted outside and require student participation, so dress appropriate to the weather and activity.Class size is limited to a maximum of 18 students. If you would like to attend this training, each student must individually contact the program manager no later than close of business August 29th.
Contact Betty S. Moore, CFI
Durham CERT Program Manager
919-560-0660
Pool News
The Grove Park Community Pool has opened for the 2008 swim season. The pool is staffed by and maintained by Stillwaters Pool Management Company. Please note that this season marks the beginning of a $5 charge per guest each time a guest uses the Grove Park pool. For a list of the pool rules and a pool membership registration form see the Documents section of this website (under printable forms). A copy of this information was also mailed to each household in the Grove Park neighborhood.
We look forward to a pleasant pool season!
If you are a new homeowner or have moved into Grove Park over the past year and have not received a new homeowner package, please contact Jack Wiles at the onsite management office located in the basement of the clubhouse or at 957-7672. The package contains the governing documents (Restrictive Convenants, and Architectural Guidelines), application for a pool access card, and a nice GP tote bag.
Help with a movement to get Harris Teeter to put a store in our area. If you are interested, please call the home office in Charlotte and let them know we would like to have one in the vicinity.
Customer Service advises that we must 'get your neighbors to call, because we do look at all phone calls and it can have an affect'. The more calls the more consideration they give.
Use the following information:
We have 5 large developments in our near-by vicinity with thousands of homes. Our own--Grove Park - 1100 homes, Ganyard Farm -app 200 , Brightleaf on Hwy 70 more than 1500 eventually, Broadstreet (off Sherron Rd.) app 100, and Ravenstone with app 200.
The phone # is 1-800-432-6111 and press '3' for customer service and put in your two cents.
Oak Grove Athletic Association is a non-profit organization that offers a place in in our community for youth to play baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, football and cheerleading. We strive to teach sportsmanship and what it means to be a part of a team, as well as building character and self-confidence in our youth. DID YOU KNOW.... that VOLUNTEERS ARE OUR CORNERSTONE? So if you see a need, step up and volunteer. If you are asked, please be positive in your support of your team and association. If you have an idea or suggestion don't hesitate to contact us through e-mail, phone, or in person. Looking forward to seeing you out there!
Out and About in the Triangle
WAREHOUSE BLUES MUSIC SERIES
This summer enjoy great blues music at the Warehouse Blues series on Friday nights at West Village (604 W. Morgan St.) All concerts are held at 6 p.m., free of charge and open to the public. This Friday features acoustic Piedmont blues with Tad Walters and Boo Hanks. See below for the entire series schedule. For more information, call (919) 560-4355 or visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks.
Tad Walters
Raised in Raleigh, Tad Walters began playing the guitar at age 12. He began his professional music career with the Bob Margolin Band in 1996 and was heavily influenced by Blind Boy Fuller, Robert Lockwood, Charlie Patton, Robert Nighthawk, John Jackson, and many others. Throughout a four year period he traveled the world and played with musicians like Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Billy Boy Arnold, Cary Bell, and others. In 2001 one Tad joined the Big Bill Morganfield band and stayed until 2004. Tad is now teaching guitar and harmonica lessons and concentrating on Piedmont blues and old-time jazz with Dave Andrews.
Boo Hanks
James Arthur 'Boo' Hanks is an acoustic blues guitarist with roots in the Piedmont string band and blues traditions. He saved money for his first guitar by selling packets of garden seeds, and with it picked out the same old-time songs he heard his father playing after long days in the tobacco field. As a young man in the 1940s, Hanks earned pocket change playing guitar at barn dances with his cousins accompanying him on mandolin and spoons. His rich musical repertoire reflects his multiethnic heritage (his ancestors were white, African American, Occaneechi Indian and family folklore believes they are descendants of Abraham Lincoln's mother, Mary Hanks.) Drawing from the deep musical well of his region, Boo Hanks showcases his virtuosity in the driving time and delicate finger-style guitar of the classic Piedmont blues made famous by Blind Boy Fuller.
Warehouse Blues
July 18 – Electric Blues
Cool John Ferguson
July 25 – Electric Piedmont Blues
John Dee Holeman and Andy Coats
August 1 – New Orleans Swamp Blues
Slewfoot and Sons
August 8 - Juke Joint Blues
Captain Luke, Macavine Hayes, Big Ron and Sol Creech Band
Warehouse Blues is sponsored by Durham Parks and Recreation, West Village and Music Maker Relief Foundation
Durham Farmer's Market
The Durham Farmers market is proud to announce that this summer they will be open on Wednesday afternoons as well as Saturday mornings! The Wednesday market will be open from 3:30 to 6:30 on all Wednesdays from the beginning of May through the end of September!! Come join us in our home in the Pavilion at Durham Central Park on Foster Street (click here for map and directions).
Market will continue to be held in the Pavilion at Durham Central Park and will be open rain or shine. The Durham Farmers’ Market is a producer-only market featuring the produce and wares of more than 50 vendors, all of whom are located within 70 miles of the market. The Durham Farmers’ Market offers locally grown fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, cut flowers, potted plants, artisanal cheeses and breads, home-baked pies, honey, preserves, hand-made soaps, pottery, jewelry and artwork of all sorts.
INSIDE OUR SCHOOLS: DROPOUT PREVENTION
Almost all gang members are high school dropouts.. Two of the schools with the highest crime and dropout rates, Neal Middle School and Southern High School, are in our district. Harriet Sander, a Grove Park resident is scheduled to speak on this subject at the East Regional Library on Tues. Sept. 9th at 7PM and discuss with attendees these major issues, the changes required, and what we can do to bring them about.
PLEASE make plans to attend this presentation. These are our children, our future, and our schools and we must do all we can to support the change that is necessary to make a difference.
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