OCTOBER UPCOMING EVENTS October 2014 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS falconbridgealliance.org [email protected] Fri. Oct. 3, 17 & 31 • 5:30pm TRAVELING PUB [email protected] Our Falconbridge Clubhouse:

Mon. Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 Some very good news! 2:00 pm Message from the president expected to increase rental income for MAH JONGG the FHA. Of course town home own- [email protected] ers who are also Alliance members Over the years we have received win on both scores. Thurs. Oct. 9 & 23 dozens of great ideas for expanding The Alliance is now preparing plans 9:30am the community activities supported to solicit bids for the most urgent task: WOMEN’S COFFEE KLATCH by the Alliance. But lack of an ap- remodeling the bathrooms. Both the [email protected] propriate facility has often blocked such plans. Now I’m very happy to FHA and Alliance boards will have to approve the bids and fund the work. Sat. Oct. 11 • 6:00pm report that the Alliance has reached Since both organizations operate with DINING CAR GOURMET CLUB agreement in principal with the FHA tight budgets, additional funding will [email protected] (townhome owners association) to greatly expand the use of the club- certainly be required. The Alliance is planning fund-raising events to let Sun. Oct. 12 • 5:00pm house for community activities. Since the clubhouse needs signifi- members of the Falconbridge com- ANNUAL MEMBERS munity contribute while enjoying the MEETING, cant improvements, the Alliance has agreed to provide half the cost of the improved clubhouse. See the “Club BOARD ELECTIONS, improvements in exchange for the Falconbridge” article in this newslet- POTLUCK SUPPER! increased usage. Details are still being ter for details of the first event. worked out, but it’s a win-win for I’m very happy and proud to make Tues. Oct. 14 • 7:00pm everyone involved. this announcement. In the past year ALLIANCE BOARD MEETING the Falconbridge Alliance has greatly [email protected] Alliance members will win with more activities and opportunities to increased its services and its value join community groups. We hope to to the people of Falconbridge. The Wed. Oct. 15 • 7:30pm coming year will see even more ways POKER NIGHT find volunteers to manage open hours for a lending library, regularly sched- for townhome and single family home [email protected] uled children’s play dates, hobby residents to meet, play, learn and socialize. Mon. Oct. 20 • 7:00pm clubs and more. If you have an idea for an Alliance-sponsored activity, and FHA BOARD MEETING are willing to help organize it, please See page 3 for information about the At the Clubhouse email us at FalconbridgeAlliance@ elegant Club Falconbridge gmail.com. and the Annual Meeting Oct. 12 Fri. Oct. 31 • 5- 6pm – Jim Carroll Halloween Party for kids Townhome owners also win by [email protected] getting the much-needed clubhouse INSIDE: • Halloween! improvements done with only half • Club Falconbridge Event Sat. Nov. 1 • 7:00pm the cost to the FHA budget. The lit- • Annual Meeting • SURVEY! GAME NIGHT tle-used clubhouse will now generate • Safety/Strikeplates/Solicitors [email protected] half of the funds for its own remod- • Good • Woodpeckers eling. An improved clubhouse is also Shredding • Cursive ● ● UPDATE: Alliance-Sponsored Social Groups • News Updates LAST CHANCE!! YOU COULD WIN A $50 HALLOWE ’EN PARTY GIFT CERTIFICATE! FOR KIDS! Just Take the Alliance Survey by October 8. Neighbors, we want your input! You should have received your ALLIANCE-SPONSORED Calling all ghosts, goblins, princess- email about the Alliance neigh- SOCIAL GROUPS es, Supermen, witches ….. and more! borhood survey of your interests, hopes, and dreams for activities and On Friday, October 31, from 5-6 TRAVELING PUB facilities to enhance our quality of p.m. there will be a Hallowe’en par- For all neighbors life here in Falconbridge. It’s simple ty AND at the Clubhouse, be- Every other Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Barb Carroll: [email protected] and quick to complete online, mostly fore kids go trick or treating. RSVP! Please contact Katie Vick if you with check marks, but there are also BOOK GROUP* spaces to write your ideas for the and your child/children can attend: Monthly Alliance Board. [email protected] or (919) 360- Karen Fitzhugh: [email protected] 4479. We need to know how much There’s also a chance to win a pizza (and what kinds) to order! GAME NIGHT GROUP* $50 gift certificate—you may enter Quarterly after you’ve completed the survey! Barb Carroll: [email protected] Don’t Miss the Drawing for the gift certificate will Annual Meeting and DINING CAR GOURMET CLUB* occur at the Annual Meeting and Potluck Dinner October 12! Every other month potluck on Sunday, October 12 at Liz Hallgren: [email protected] the Clubhouse. In October each year, the nine-mem- MAH JONGG* Survey deadline is October 8. Here ber Alliance board holds a special Every Monday, 2 p.m. is your chance to have input about meeting for all members to discuss Paula Clarke: [email protected] the fiscal year just ended (Sept. 30) and your neighborhood. If you have not THIRD WEDNESDAY POKER* already done so . . . plans for the coming year. It’s your Monthly best opportunity to hear what’s going John Noble: [email protected] TAKE SURVEY NOW on and to contribute your suggestions for improvements. There is a potluck WINE TASTING GROUP* meal right after the meeting. Every other month Ron Hutchinson: [email protected] The annual meeting this year will be held on Sunday October 12 at the WOMEN’S COFFEE KLATCH* Every other Thursday, 9:30-11:00 a.m. clubhouse at 5:00 PM. There will be Nancy Laney: [email protected] reports from each area of Alliance operations: financial, social, Neighbor- * Must be a member of the Alliance to participate hood Watch, architecture, member- ship and neighbor services. This has been a dynamic year so there is much to report. There will also be a discus- Join Falconbridge Alliance Annual Meeting Sunday, sion of the proposed improvements to October 12. 5:00pm the clubhouse. Paula Clarke and Jim The Falconbridge Alliance newsletter POTLUCK SUPPER Carroll will stand for reelection to the is distributed monthly to all • Bring a dish to share • board. The remaining opening on the Falconbridge Alliance members. board has not yet been filled. Lots of news! Don’t miss it! Newsletter Editor: Larry Charny Falconbridge Clubhouse So come to the annual meeting to Newsletter Designer: Mia Prior Drawing for $50 gift card! catch up on what’s happening in Fal- Copy Editor: Lisa Anthony conbridge! 2 —Jim Carroll ● ● UPDATE: Alliance-Sponsored Event

Club Falconbridge A Unique Event

On November 15, for the first time in 20 years, there will be a benefit event in Falconbridge, for Falcon- bridge. This special night will be the first of several events in the next year CLUB FALCONBRIDGE EVENT! to allow Falconbridge residents to di- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 • 7:00 to 10:00pm rectly help renovate and enhance the TICKETS: $75 pp. Only 60 tickets will be sold. common areas of our community. DRESS: Whatever makes an evening elegant for you Due to space limitations, only 60 people will be able to attend the gala MUSIC: Doug Largent Trio, jazz. celebration. A live band will set the Dancing under the stars . . . optional tone for an elegant evening of so- SILENT AUCTION cializing and a silent auction with ELEGANT wine & delicious hors d’oeuvres some unique prizes/experiences. TICKETS are sold in the order payments are received. The clubhouse hasn’t hosted such a Checks (tax deductible) should be made payable and mailed to the special event in the history of Falcon- Falconbridge Village Association bridge. Proposed plans for clubhouse 21 Charrington Place, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 improvements and new facilities will Send any questions or comments to: [email protected] be presented during the evening.

Why the big deal? and socialize. Now is the time for current Because its time has come. For 30 Because the original developer of years this community has enjoyed the Falconbridge, J. P. Goforth, failed to residents to do their part to benefits of the common areas around include mandatory HOA dues for enhance the value of Falcon- the pond, pool, tennis courts, and the 289 single family homes, their bridge homes and the quality clubhouse. We play, walk, and so- owners have not had to contribute to cialize there, and every realtor points the upkeep. Some previous funding of life here. out the added value of these features requirements have been met with to prospective buyers. But because voluntary contributions from all resi- the maintenance of the common dents of Falconbridge as happened in event is the first to raise funds for areas has been borne by just the 163 the 1990s. that purpose. Other events will be scheduled throughout the year. All townhomes, only critical repairs and Now is the time for current residents contributions should be made to the maintenance have been performed. to do their part to enhance the val- Falconbridge Village Association and The pool alone has consumed the ue of Falconbridge homes and the are tax deductible ($55.00). FHA’s budget for common areas for quality of life here. The Falconbridge many years. The tennis courts have Alliance and the FHA (townhome Don’t miss your chance to attend deteriorated badly. The clubhouse is owners association) have now agreed this unique event! no longer an attractive option when to share the cost of renovating and residents want a nice place to meet improving some common areas. This 3 ● ● Neighborhood Watch: Notes A Strike Against Neighbors Encountering Solicitors Intruders Recently, many Falconbridge resi- recourse. Our street signage gives us Falconbridge Neighborhood Watch dents followed a discussion on the the right to inform solicitors that Fal- is offering their Strike Plate Pro- listserv and via emails concerning conbridge is a “no soliciting” neigh- gram to any interested residents. solicitors roaming the neighborhood. borhood and ask that they leave the Most home door locks have an in- neighborhood. The Police say if any The most recent incidents involved a dustry-standard strike plate installed solicitor refuses to leave promptly or tree-trimming service where workers with very short screws. It doesn’t engages in any threatening behavior were knocking on doors, apparently take much for a burglar to kick in the – physical or verbal – call 911 immedi- at random. The conversation about door. them went in several directions: how ately. THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW. NW has contractors that will install to handle these people, whether Neighborhood Watch also encourages heavy-duty strike plates with 3” long they were legitimate or not, when to you to call 911 and report solicitors in screws on your doors. It is recom- call 911, etc. Even a Picasso entered the neighborhood – simply ask the op- mended they be placed on front, back the mix. However, I believe we may erator to send the next available patrol and garage doors – any place that have lost sight of the most important car to Falconbridge to escort them out. might be an entry point for a burglar. point: A large number of solicitors are Any kind of soliciting in not legitimate; they are “casing” the The cost for a strike plate installa- Falconbridge is illegal. neighborhood and/or your individu- tion can run as much as $60 per door. al home. If no one answers the door With volume orders, Neighborhood It’s not a new problem. We’ve dealt and they hear no activity (television/ Watch can offer the service for $30 with it before. Conni Rivers outlined dogs/people) they may go around per door. the situation perfectly in her open to the back or side of your home for Neighborhood Watch goes to each letter to the neighborhood (slightly entry to burglarize. residence with the contractor. In edited for space): Never answer your door to a strang- many cases, the homeowner is at Dear Falconbridge Neighbors, er. But let them know you are home work and gives us a key to let the Falconbridge is a “no soliciting” by yelling through the door asking contractor make the repairs. NW neighborhood. Your Neighborhood who it is. Tell them you are not inter- then locks up your home. We will try Watch worked with the Falconbridge ested. If you feel you must answer the and work with your schedule. Alliance, the Falconbridge Homeown- door – always go with your cordless Falconbridge ers Association and the Durham Police or cell phone – dialed to 911 but not Neighborhood Department to have signs installed at pressed to “send”. Should something Watch is sponsored major entrances and some intersec- go wrong, push “send”. Even if the by the Falconbridge tions which state ‘no solicitation’. phone is knocked out of your hand, Alliance. We are For clarification: there is no or- the call is instantly flagged by the happy to be able to dinance prohibiting door-to-door emergency system. (In addition, most offer programs and solicitation in Durham County. ALL newer phones have a GPS system that information about SOLICITORS must have obtained a can help the police identify the phys- crime prevention. permit through Durham County. This ical location of the phone.) Hang up If you are interested in participating permit is laminated and MUST be 911 calls are not ignored. or have additional questions, please on their person and on display at all Your Neighborhood Watch Coordina- contact us. times. And ‘solicitation’ includes not tor is more than happy to contact the Mike Mayo, only selling, but any other door-to- home office of any solicitors and ex- Alliance NW Representative door activity – commercial, religious plain the rules and regulations. Please [email protected] or political. keep me informed of any solicitors, as 919-908-6984 Many solicitors think Falconbridge is they do not always come to all homes. Conni Rivers, NW Coordinator in Orange County, which has no ordi- – Conni Rivers, Coordinator [email protected] nance for door-to-door selling. We are Falconbridge Neighborhood Watch 919-294-6703 in Durham County and do have some [email protected] 919-294-6703 4 ● ● Architectural Review Committee: Tips A Flock of Responses to the Woodpecker Problem

I recently raised the question about how to handle the sudden appear- ance of a woodpecker pecking at wood above my entrance door. Presented below is a bouquet of suggestions and recommendations from friends and neighbors. All of them are of value and hopefully will be referenced in the future by others presented with such a problem. The only suggestion that I thought had little value and therefore not includ- ed was a detailed description of how to dress up as Wendell Willke and Have you actually seen the woodpecker? If you stand outside with a baseball bat recite several of his speeches until the I’ve had cardinals tapping on my win- the entire time, they will stay away. woodpecker expires from boredom. dows when they see their reflection. — CM — SF

We’ve had them. They are probably looking for food. So check where they are We had success by spraying them with a They love the type of wood your trim is pecking to see if your wood is rotted or garden hose. Also have used a device we as it is not pressure treated and has bugs something. bought on the Internet that makes a noise they eat. You will end up with holes and like a dying woodpecker to scare them eventually replace the trim with compos- And for a detailed rundown from the away. Before that they did thousands of experts, check this link (our tax money at ite never-rot-ever trim. Give it up. dollars of damage to our siding, so I rec- — JN work): ommend trying to get rid of them ASAP. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wild/ — MC wildlife/animals/birds/woodpeck- I asked at garden club this morning ers.htm about woodpeckers taking on houses. — BB I had heard that woodpeckers would only Universal reply was simple foil pie pans rap on your house if there were insects in placed close to where the pecking is the wood which meant that an extermi- ongoing. You might need a ladder and Pound on a wall in the vicinity of the nator was needed to resolve the problem. a hammer and some good insurance. I woodpecker (from the inside works— I did find other reasons at this link: would try placing some shiny pie tins on don’t have to go outside). Scares them off. http://birds.audubon.org/faq/why- a stake in the ground first. — MA woodpecker-damaging-my-house- — MM and-how-do-i-stop-it I had a problem with a woodpecker that Apparently this could also mean that made a hole in my garage cedar siding. the woodpecker is trying to find a mate I hung an artificial owl from the hard- and he likes the sound of your siding - I – Larry Charny ware store (about 1 foot tall) nearby that believe that this is the wrong season for moves with the wind. I guess that scared that though. the woodpecker away, as I haven’t had The third reason is that he wants to make the problem since. a nest. I think that the season is wrong — KF for that as well. — VN

5 ● ● Dining Out & Dining In •••••••••••••••••••••••• Cook’s Corner ● ● Let them eat pane di … Everyone who moves to this area Cary Parkway. Lionel Vatinet, Master standing Pastry Chef. They have an always looks for good bread. Well, I French Baker & Owner has married abundance of pies, e.g., tomato, dark have discovered there are plenty of European technique with local stone chocolate chess, Mexican chocolate choices, as there are over 30 bakeries ground heirloom . The bakery cream. Crostatas, cakes, tarts, and in the Durham area and around 20 in produces over 15 varieties of artisan of all kinds. Chapel Hill bread, biscuits, bread daily. Whole Foods also car- www.piefantasy.com Cakes, and pastries. Some also have ries their bread. There is a restaurant a restaurant or café where you can attached to the bakery which have a meal or snack and coffee, and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner they also sell groceries. Some have & brunch. They also have cook- baked goods for vegans or those ing classes. The aroma of the with food allergies. Others have food different breads wafts to you as trucks they take to events. Here are a you enter. Our favorite at the few we visit and whose products we moment is their Asiago bread, enjoy. which we use to make tomato • Loaf, Bakery, Food & Grocery, 111 using Duke May- Parish St., Durham. Also in Durham onaise, salt, & pepper. You’d better have a napkin ready to catch • Guglhupf, 2706 Durham & Chapel Farmers Market and Chapel Hill Hill Boulevard. Artisan bakery, café University Mall Farmers Market on the stray juices that run down. I heard someone say the other day that & restaurant with a German twist. Saturdays. Some favorites are: coun- Casual dining (breakfast, lunch, din- try ham & cheese scones, various she’d had a “sinker” for lunch, which turned out to be a tomato ner & brunch) using seasonal ingredi- including vegan; casati- ents, specializing in breads, cakes & ello, a brioche with cheddar, pep- eaten over the sink!! Sometimes that’s the best way! www.lafarmbakery.com tarts. e.g, chocolate raspberry mousse peroni, country ham & Paris ham…. torte, Black Forest torte, raspberry Wonderful! They also make many • Scratch, More Than a Bakery, & blueberry fruit tarts. You will find different breads: chocolate hazelnut, serving real honest handcrafted food. baguettes, batards, brezels, ciabat- multigrain, gougere cumin, garlic Serves lunch & brunch. 111 Orange tas, multigrain loaves, Muesli Rolls, cheddar, to name a few. St Durham, NC. Open Tues-Fri 7am Croissants, Danish and Scones. www. • La Farm Bakery, Authentic French -6pm, Sat 8 am-2 pm. Owner, Phoebe guglhupf.com bakery in the Heart of Cary. 4248 Lawless is a James Beard Foundation Finalist in 2012 & 2013 for Out- – Rosemary Hutchinson

Durham E-Waste Recycling & Shredding Event October 4

Free & Convenient Event Open to All Durham safely and conveniently recycle their old electronics at Residents & Businesses the City’s Waste Disposal and Recycling Center (Transfer Station), located at 2115 E. Club Blvd. The facility is open DURHAM, N.C. – Durham residents and businesses Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and waiting for the next free opportunity to recycle electronic Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to noon. waste and shred confidential documents should plan to attend the E-Waste Recycling and Paper Shredding For information about items accepted at Event to be held Saturday, October 4, 2014, from 8 a.m. to this event or the City’s recycling facilities, 2 p.m. on the visitor side of the Durham County Memo- contact Durham One Call at (919) 560-1200 rial Stadium, located at 750 Stadium Dr. Event staff will or visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/op/ be on hand to unload old electronics and paper. swmd/Pages/wr_transfer.aspx Durham residents who can’t make this event can still

6 ● ● Aging in Place: Falconbridge Friends MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Need a little help? available for loan to Falconbridge Alliance Give a little help? members through Falconbridge friends and more... Falconbridge Aging in Place A large group of neighbors contin- and Falconbridge Friends. ues to welcome requests for assis- Includes walkers, bedside tance with routine tasks when you commodes, shower chairs. are unable to manage these yourself Please contact because of illness,family emergency Claudia Stephens at or other circumstances. In addition, Falconbridge Village Friends 919-490-1397 • 919-489-0133 many of this group will help, when provides practical, emotional, available, with transportation needs. and spiritual support for people Check the Falconbridge website for who need help with caregiving so the names of volunteers, and if you individuals and families will not are interested new volunteers are have to cope alone. Falconbridge always welcomed. At this time, our Village Friends form teams of requests for help are limited. Confi- neighbors, family, and friends The Falconbridge Friends dentiality is emphasized among our who work together to help Groups welcomes new team members, and our teams prom- with health-related needs— ise supportive assistance, based on temporary or longer-term. These volunteers as part of our your requests and needs. Contact: support teams do not replace Aging-in-Place effort. Paula Clarke 919-489-0133 professional services, but focus Please contact Ronit Weingarten 919-489-9976 on the ways in which friends Paula Clarke at Nona Saling 919-419-7888 and family members can help [email protected] someone get through a difficult time. or call 919-608-8560 —Paula Clarke ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Special Neighborhood Outdoor Concert Oct 4! Another special Falconbridge tradition continues. On Saturday, October 4, the 12th Annual Sweet Zephyrs Concert/Picnic will be held at 5:00 PM at 2408 Shallowford Lane, the grassy lot by the lake (also known as Oak Hol- low). The woodwind quintet will play music for children and the young-at- heart. This year’s program, especially for children, features spirituals and music from the popular opera “Hansel and Gretel.“ Dramatic narration will be provided by Falconbridge resident Doris Thibaut. This annual concert is organized by Judy Konanc and her fellow musicians. Last year’s concert In addition to providing beautiful music, Judy, her husband Engin, and their neighbors Bob Jackson and Ann Deloria prepare a complete picnic supper for everyone who attends. The meal includes grilled hot dogs, slaw, lemonade Be sure to RSVP and tea. Music-lovers are invited to bring whatever picnic food they wish to to JUDY KONANC at share. 919 493-5491 or e-mail to Be sure to bring folding chairs or blankets for seating and to wear bug spray! [email protected]. Don’t forget to thank Judy and her friends for creating this wonderful event for the people of Falconbridge. Hope to see you there! Special Note: if the weather is cold or wet, we will have to cancel. Here’s wishing 7 for a week of sunshine. ● ● Around the Falconbridge Community CityLife Explains New Downtown On-Street Parking Rules When you visit American Tobacco, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• West Village, Brightleaf or Durham Watch it now on Durham Television Central Park, do you have a hard Network (Time Warner Cable chan- time finding parking? If you an- nel 8, 97-5 and AT&T U-verse channel swered yes, than you’re like many 99) or at http://youtu.be/_oWy- who love these areas, but dread try- FF8_FE. ing to find on-street parking. Begin- ning October 1, new parking rules go into effect that should help you more About CityLife easily find a coveted parking space. CityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and In this new episode of CityLife, upcoming events host Beverly B. Thompson is joined • Airs daily at 8:30 a.m., 12 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. on Durham Television by Mark Ahrendsen and Thomas Network (Time Warner Cable channel 8, 97-5 and AT&T U-verse Leathers of the City’s Transportation channel 99) Department to talk about the new parking rules, why they’re needed, • Also available at: http://YouTube.com/CityofDurhamNC. and what the surge in downtown • For more information,My picture, call logo (919) with 560-4123, tagline “we or follow make greathttp://Twitter. neighbors”. development will mean for the future com/CityofDurhamNCRobin Hutchison,. your neighborhood realtor. of parking in Durham. Interior Design Robin Hutchison, Carol E. Charny Interiors your neighborhood realtor • Carol lives/works right here in Falconbridge • Interior design with New York flair • Works with vetted craftsmen, painters & upholsters • First class work delivered on time We Make Great Neighbors! • Reasonable hourly rates Phone: 919-606-1417 (c) • 919-929-7100 (o) [email protected]

You can now buy advertising in the Falconbridge Alliance Newsletter! Low cost, and a great way to promote your business to the Falconbridge neighborhood. Advertising proceeds help to support the Falconbridge newsletter. Email Larry Charny for details [email protected] “Let’s have coffee and get creative together.” $25- 8TH PAGE • $50- QUARTER PAGE CLASSIFIED AD: 25 words or less: $10, Carol Charny • 914.610.0736 FREE if under 18 years old [email protected] SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS!!

8 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Chidren’s Corner Beginning a dialogue: The Role of Cursive Writing in Today’s Schools

A parent from North Carolina: A parent and educator from Texas: munications that require cursive in “Wake County, NC, added cursive “…As a father, my daughter person- practice or work product. to the curriculum about half-way ally sought to learn cursive writing through the year for third graders because she observed my writing and “Is it important for cursive writing last school year. My son, who is not wanted to emulate it. As a family, we to be a part of the identity and rep- a big fan of writing enjoyed it and bought resources and taught cursive ertoire of a well-learned person in actually found it easier to write in at home. However, there was zero de- our modern age? Would not teach- cursive than in block letters. But as mand for this skill in her elementary ing cursive writing rob students of a far as I know, it will not be contin- schools. Today, she’s a middle-school vital part of their heritage (reading ued or encouraged in fourth grade. learner and some of her teachers first-party historical documents, I think learning how to write in expect her and her peers to write in creating intimate communications) or cursive also helped him learn how cursive….This is a mixed message rob them of their future (deny access to read cursive, something that’s and unclear expectation at best. to opportunity because of this skill not very easy for young children. To deficit?) “ make cursive useful though, teachers need to enforce cursive handwriting for assignments, notes, and writing in Let me know what you think about general, or it will just become another this issue. Send your comments to me ‘filler on the schedule’ and have little and I will place them in next month’s to no long-term value.” newsletter. (For this assignment, cur- sive or block letters will be accepted.)

– Larry Charny A Superintendent of Schools in [email protected] Texas: “Texas has removed the require- ment that students in elementary grade levels learn to write in cursive. Our district has chosen to continue to teach cursive writing because of research-based findings that show its value, especially for students who struggle with dyslexia or similar issues. I’m curious as to what other “As an educator, I believe Genera- districts are doing regarding cursive tion X may be the last cohort to value handwriting.” cursive writing and penmanship (and not by much.) Millennials (especially post-Y2Kids) have very few com-

9 WEB ACCESS WHY JOIN THE ALLIANCE? With your Alliance Membership you can: www.falconbridgealliance.org • Stay up to date on neighborhood news with our news- (Falconbridge Alliance) – [Newly launched, constantly letter and website being improved, an increasingly vital source of • Share information with your neighbors via our listserv information – progressive and historical. Do visit • Look up a neighbor in our Falconbridge directory often.] • Meet your neighbors at our numerous social events • Pursue your interests with a variety of sponsored social groups www.talismanagementgroup.com (Town Homes) • Participate in special members-only events http://groups.yahoo.com/group/falconbridge • Feel more secure knowing that Neighborhood Watch is (Listserv) on the lookout • Be reassured that trained neighborhood volunteers can http://www.FalconbridgeAlliance.org/pool help your family with transportation, meals and other (CCF – Pool and Clubhouse) services if you have a short-term health or other crisis CLICK HERE TO JOIN TODAY Single family homes = $50/year Townhomes = $20/year

2014 Falconbridge Alliance Board of Directors Jim Carroll, President, Neighborhood Liaison • [email protected] • 919-419-0519 Nancy Laney, Vice President, Membership Chair • [email protected] • 919-378-1457 Lisa Anthony, Secretary, Social Co-Chair • [email protected] • 919-402-1814 John Noble, Treasurer, Finance Chair • [email protected] • 770-313-0194 Larry Charny, Communications Chair • [email protected] • 914-260-4964 Paula Clarke, Neighbor Services Chair • [email protected] • 919-608-8560 Ed Holland, Architecture Review/Landscaping Chair • [email protected] • 919-489-9809 Mike Mayo, Safety/Neighborhood Watch Chair • [email protected] • 973-722-4722 Mia Prior, Social Co-Chair • [email protected] • 919-906-3979

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