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Preschool Storytime, for children ages 3 to 5 meets at the Main Branch every Tuesday at 10 a.m.; and at the Richlands Branch Library every Tuesday at 11 a.m. Mother Goose Time for children up to age 3 and their caregivers meets at the Richlands Branch Library every Tuesday at 10 a.m.; and at the Swansboro Branch Library every Thursday at 10 a.m. Homeschool Storytime meets at the Main Branch on the fourth Monday of each month at 11 a.m. Kids Creations, theme-based stories and crafts for children in Kindergarten through fourth grade, meets at the Richlands Branch the first Tuesday of each month; the Sneads Ferry Branch the first Wednesday of each month; and the Swansboro Branch the first Thursday of each month, all at 4:30 p.m. Teen Advisory Group TAG for teens in ninth through twelfth grade are invited to bring their ideas, interests and energy to the Onslow County Public Library to let them know what teens want at their library.
KC & The Sunshine Band bound for Chumash concert
Get ready to "Shake Your Booty" and sing "That's the Way I Like It" when KC & The Sunshine Band perform in the Samala Showroom of the Chumash Casino Resort at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24. Tickets are on sale now and range in price from $35 to $75.KC & The Sunshine Band front man Harry Wayne Casey (KC for short) developed a unique fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of a Latin percussion grove. The band's hits include "Get Down Tonight" and all-time party favorites "Shake Your Booty" and "That's the Way I Like It."With sales of more than 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations and three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, according to a Dec. 17 press release from the Chumash Casino Resort, KC & The Sunshine Band was considered one of the most progressive bands when it first hit the music scene in the 1970s.The group has played more than 100 live shows a year.Casey broke into the music business while working as a young man in an entry level position at a record studio in his hometown of Miami.The Sunshine Band originated when he started writing songs with bassist Richard French.Over the years, their music went on to be featured in many motion pictures, including "Saturday Night Fever" and even "Forrest Gump," and TV series such as "Ally McBeal" and "Desperate Housewives."The Chumash Casino Resort, on Highway 246 in Santa Ynez, is an age-18-and-older venue.
Awaiting Iraq war's end so families may reunite
What do you think when you see the same images day after day? Do you wonder why and try to make a change or turn your head and look away? To question the rationale or reason has often been grounds for treason. Force overriding force, might makes right. Is that what we teach our children when we tuck them in at night? The funeral parlors and headstone makers have been very busy keeping up with demand. Nearly 4,000 soldiers dead so far with their blood on "The Decider's" hands. How many funerals has he attended? The newspapers say none. Nearly 4,000 soldiers dead so far: 4,000 lost daughters and sons; 4,000 folded flags given to families who will never be the same; 4,000 families weeping for their loved ones whose deaths are such a shame. It isn't much fun to see your friends buried with no end in sight.
You have to read these
When we asked book clubs in the Charlotte area to send us their reading lists for the year ahead, more than 90 clubs responded. We heard from the Manly Man Book Club in south Charlotte, Women With Options in Lenoir and the Bookies in Wadesboro. The Happy Bookers sent in its list -- so did the Bossy Bookclub Babes, the Day Time Page Turners and the Chick-Lits. We found a range of themes: One group will read contemporary fiction this year (its pick for this month is "Never Let Me Go," by Kazuo Ishiguro); another will focus on Southern voices ("Where Trouble Sleeps," by Clyde Edgerton, is its November book). And we heard from a range of ages. The Kids Club is open to second- and third-graders; the Third Tuesday Readers consists of retired, or near-retired, members.
Buyer found for Brookline's historic Richardson House
But he redesigned much of the interior, and added new space for his office staff and library. The original house was built in 1805 as a summer retreat for the family of Boston's Samuel Gardner Perkins. Richardson lived there for almost all of his brief productive life. While there he created buildings that made him the most influential American architect of his century. He died in the second-floor bedroom, one of the rooms the deed restriction requires the new owner to restore. Among its features are two metal rings, bolted into the wall, which the architect gripped to pull his enormous bulk out of bed in his last years, when he was plagued by Bright's disease. According to a spokesperson, the new owner will also restore such details as the stained glass windows designed by the famed artist John LaFarge.
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