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House Calls, May 17, 2012

stethoscope-4This week we respond to questions about MRIs for headaches and pain relievers.
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Phil Blank, May 17, 2012

philblank051712Illustration by Phil Blank
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Coaches’ Choice, 1960s

1kwords051712At the mountain cabin in Rutherford County we used to have an old bed so soft and concave that we called it “the Canoe.”
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Staub brings rich bloodlines to UNC

Eddy LandrethFootball is a relative sport for UNC recruit Nathan Staub of Buford, Ga., – relative as in great bloodlines.
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FLORA: Our spectacular Piedmont

Penstemons by the thousands are now in peak flower at Mason Farm. Photo by Ken MooreThis week I was planning a Flora story inspired by the pressed-flower specimen in Jock Lauterer’s Great Aunt Myra Baldwin’s 1943 diary described in a recent “A Thousand Words.”
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Opting for order and control over justice

Throughout March and April, the Carrboro Commune, best described as a loose affiliation of people who like gardening and dislike capitalism, gardened and threw tea parties at the site of Garden Everywhere, but without Vincent Gonzalez.
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LETTER: Supporting dual-language changes

We are writing to voice our support for the proposed changes to the Spanish/English dual-language program.
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LETTER: Magnet proposal needs more discussion

Timing of the opening of the dual-language magnet school needs further evaluation and consideration.
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Bocce tournament

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce’s Partnership for a Sustainable Community will hold its sixth-annual Community Bocce Tournament.
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Hog Day this weekend

Come to the 30th-annual Hillsborough Hog Day this Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the River Park behind the Courthouse at 140 E. Margaret Lane.
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Voices of Action

A free event exploring civic engagement and social-justice issues will be held this Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library’s Program Space in University Mall.
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Top youth volunteer

New York Giants quarterback and 2012 Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning congratulates CHHS senior Kristen Powers (center) and Nathaniel Stafford (right), formerly of Smithfield, on being named North Carolina’s top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Photo courtesy of Prudential FinancialChapel Hill High senior Kristen Powers was honored at the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards 17th-annual state awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., as one of the top two youth volunteers of 2012.
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CHS athletics silent auction

The Carrboro High School Athletic Booster Club is sponsoring a silent auction to raise money for the school’s athletic capital-improvement program.
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Annual Recognition Reception honors teachers

At the district’s Annual Recognition Reception held on May 11, Kim Mellor was named District Teacher of the Year.
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Phoenix Rising 2012

Phoenix Rising 2012, presented by Phoenix Academy High School, will be held on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Gym on the school’s campus.
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