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6a The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Creedmoor, NC 27522
(919.529.6802). You can join
this momentous event through
driving through downtown
Creedmoor on the 19th or by
participating in the evening
festivities.
To learn more about
onverting
Hearts,
ww.convertinghearts.org.
Please note: there will be a
ain date of December 20th, in
ase of inclement weather.
BOYS CHOIR CONCERT
The North Carolina Boys
Choir and Chamber Choir
(Tenors and Basses) will
present an annual Christmas
Concert in Duke University
Chapel on Monday evening,
Dec. 20th, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $12
for seniors, and $8 for children
12 and younger.
Call 919-489-0291 or log on
to www.ncboyschoir.org for
further information.
OAK VIEW HOLIDAY
EVENT
The annual winter event
will be held at Historic Oak
View Farm, located near
Walnut Creek just off
Interstate 40. Decorations
and displays showing
"Christmas at the Oak View
Farm: How they celebrated
from 1850 to 1950, will be on
view in the main house.
Rides in a horse drawn
carriage through Oak View's
Pecan Grove and holiday
music and stories will be
featured.
Hot apple cider will be
offered and a dulcimer player
will play in and around the
1825 Plank Kitchen.
This event is always free
and open to the public.
Donations of new
clothing, toiletries or canned
goods may be placed under
the Warming Tree and are
given to the InterAct Shelter
in Raleigh. For additional
information call 919-212-
7695.
Mayor Pro Tem Howard Herring, Sr., Pam Thornton, Museum
Director, and Sheriff Brin Wilkins, Jr. drew the two lucky children’s
names to ride with Santa in the Oxford Christmas Parade. The
Museum sold raffle tickets for this event.
CONSERVATION
CAMPAIGN
Tar River Land
Conservation has launched a
year-end campaign to raise
$50,000 for the stewardship of
its protected lands.
Now located in Louisburg,
the local land trust has
protected and annually
monitors thousands of acres of
land it owns or has placed
under permanent
conservation easements north
and east of the Triangle.
"While good for farms, forests,
water and wildlife,
guardianship of these
resources is costly it requires
a significant and ongoing
financial investment "says
Ernie Averett, President of the
Conservancy.
Gifts to the campaign can
be mailed to P.O. Box 1161,
Louisburg, NC 27549 or made
by credit card from the
organization's website at
www.tarriver.org. For more
information call 919-496-
5902.
COMPUTER CLASSES
Vance - Granville
Community College has
scheduled several of its
popular computer-related
classes starting in January on
the college’s South Campus,
located on N.C. 56 between
Creedmoor and Butner.
The “Beginner's Guide to
Computers & the Internet”
course will be offered twice at
the South Campus. One class,
with instructor John Clark,
runs on Mondays from 9 a.m.
until 1 p.m., January 24
through February 28, 2011,
while the other is held on
Wednesday evenings from 6
until 10 p.m., January 12
through February 15.
An evening course will
introduce students to
QuickBooks, a powerful
accounting system for small
businesses. In this course,
students will be given an
opportunity for hands-on
practice. David Richardson
will teach the course
Thursday nights from 6 until
10 p.m., January 13 through
February 17.
The Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation software will be
the subject of a course taught
on Fridays from 9 a.m. until
1 p.m., January 14 through
January 28.
Another class will focus on
Microsoft Word and Microsoft
Excel, two of the most popular
New Arrival
LEAH SLOAN GORDON
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Gordon
announce the birth of their
daughter, Leah Sloan Gordon
born the 2nd day of
November, 2010, weighing 8
lbs. and 3 ozs. at Durham
Regional Hospital.
The mother is the former
Nicole McGee daughter of
Christine Brown of
Creedmoor and Alan and
Melba McGee of Raleigh.
Paternal Grandparents
are Sidney and Donna
Gordon of Creedmoor.
and widely used components
of the Microsoft Office suite,
which were extensively
revamped for the 2007
versions. The course is offered
twice, both on Wednesdays,
from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.,
January 26 through March 2
(with instructor John Clark),
and the second from 6 until 10
p.m., February 23 through
April 4. Clark will also teach
a more advanced course on
the spreadsheet program,
Excel Level II, on Tuesdays
from 6 until 9 p.m., March 15
through April 19.
For each course, the cost
is a $65 registration fee, plus
other applicable fees. All
classes are held in room 130
on South Campus. For more
information and to preregister
for one or more of
these classes, please call
South Campus Director
Derrick Cameron at (919)
528-4737.
FRANKIE VALLI
Frankie Valli will be
appearing Feb. 27, 2011 at
7:30 pm at the Progress
Energy Center for the
Performing Arts Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium.
JOHN MELLENCAMP
John Mellencamp will be
performing his No Better
Than This Tour on Tuesday,
March 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm at
the Durham Performing Arts
Center in Durham.
“Walk-N-Shop
For A Cure”
Here’s a great chance to get
some exercise and make a
difference in the lives of many.
The third annual ”Walk-N-Shop
For a Cure” will be held
Saturday morning, December
11th, at 10:00 a.m. The walk
will begin and end in the
parking lot on Littlejohn Street.
There will be a 5K route (3.2
miles) and a short 1 mile stroll
for those who aren’t up for the
full distance. Participants may
register at the Oxford Parks &
Recreation Department M-F
8:00 to 5:00 prior to the event or
on the day of the event
beginning at 9:00 a.m. up to the
starting time. The registration
fee is $10.00. Breast Cancer
survivors are invited as the
Department’s guest at no fee in
recognition of their courage and
determination to fight. All
proceeds for this event go
directly to Susan G. Komen
Cancer Research.
The holiday “Walk-N-Shop
for a Cure” gives the public the
opportunity to enjoy a nice stroll
through downtown Oxford,
down College Street, and the
Masonic Home. This is not a
race, but rather an opportunity
to increase breast cancer
awareness, encourage women
and men to do routine checks,
and raise funds for most needed
research. Walkers will honor
those who have fought the battle
and lost, are fighting the battle,
or have battled and won!
After walking and doing a
little window shopping,
merchants invite walkers to
return and shop and enjoy the
day in beautiful downtown
Oxford and take advantage of
some great bargains.
Breast cancer affects more
women than any other type of
cancer. Research has taught us
that early detection is often the
key to survival. Research has
also allowed doctors to eliminate
cancer in many women. Further
research is needed to enable
doctors to eradicate this terrible
disease. Many local women
have fought and lost the battle.
Others have courageously
fought and won because of the
determination of those who do
the research. Others are in the
battle now. While the good news
is that fewer women are dying
today, there is much work yet to
be done. The first annual walk
was in honor of Cynthia
Twisdale, a local teacher,
mother, and friend who had lost
her battle with breast cancer.
This years event honors those
ladies who are fighting the fight
or have fought and won.
Events such as this have
made the research possible for
these ladies to survive and are
creating a way to end this tragic
disease. Don’t think your
donation is too small. Every
dollar helps in the efforts to find
a cure. Come out for this
worthwhile event, shop in
downtown Oxford, enjoy a
leisurely walk, and help find a
cure for Breast Cancer on
Saturday, December 11th.