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Volume 5, Number 12AB June 5–18, 2015 “I’m FREE—Take Me With You!”

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Franklin County Issues a purchase at the FCAC headquarters, in Little Jamaica in Queens, running a Association, is one of the few times Leslie Martin Pottery Studio in day camp for neighborhood children. consumers can enjoy fresh NC Call to Writers and Artists downtown Franklinton, and online Youth serve in the Zebulon Community crawfish at the market. By Donna Campbell Smith, Franklin from Amazon.com. too, and in the mountains of NC. The County Arts Council NY trip is their first opportunity to Stop by the State Farm Market on June To obtain a copy of the writers and serve in an inner-city ministry. 6, 2015, starting at 10am and running The Franklin County Arts Council artists guidelines, email your request until the crawfish run out. Writers Guild is issuing a call to to: CountyLinesLiteraryJournal Says organizer Lara Morgan, “We are writers of poetry, fiction and creative @gmail.com. The deadline for so excited about our Outdoor Crawfish will be sold for $6 per pound non-fiction for submissions to be submission is September 15, 2015. Marketplace! We look forward to a live or $7 per pound cooked with Cajun considered in the 2016 issue of County great event for a great cause!” seasoning. Vendors will be accepting Lines: A Literary Journal. cash only. Shop Outdoors and The Outdoor Marketplace will be set FCAC is also calling for black-and- up at Zebulon United Methodist There is a 5-pound minimum purchase white art and photography for the book Raise Funds for Youth Church, located at 121 W Gannon for live crawfish and a 1-pound interior, and color art for the cover. A By Cindy Privette, with Kay Whatley Street in Zebulon. minimum for cooked crawfish. There cash prize of $25 will be awarded to Zebulon United Methodist Youth will A few vendor spaces are still available, also is a 25-pound limit per person. No the artist whose work is chosen for the host a first-annual Outdoor pre-orders will be accepted, so visitors book cover. All other accepted and may be reserved for $50. Some Marketplace on June 20, 2015, from vendors are choosing to donate part of are encouraged to arrive early. contributors will receive a copy of 8am to 1pm. County Lines. their proceeds to the mission team. The State Farmers Market is located at The event offers crafts, baked goods, 1201 Agriculture Street in Raleigh. This is the third annual journal. Last For details, contact Lara Morgan at gifts, and more. Food trucks will be on [email protected] or call the year, FCAC received over 100 site for purchase and enjoyment. While found naturally across North submissions from across NC and SC. church at 919.239.0009. Carolina, crawfish also are raised in We accepted work from 23 authors This event is a fundraiser for the Youth earthen ponds found on farms from the plus artists. Mission Team. There are five teenagers State Farmers Market Piedmont to the coast. The NC season and four adults who are going to New runs from the end of May to mid-July. The current issue of County Lines: A York City June 26-July 3, 2015. They to host Crawfish Day Literary Journal is available for will be serving in the community of Last year, state crawfish growers raised Released by John Aydlett, NCDA&CS about 5,000 pounds of crawfish. Established An abundance of fresh, locally raised More information on Crawfish Day crawfish will be available during and other events at the market may be Business Crawfish Day at the State Farmers found at www.statefarmersmarket.org. For Sale Market. The annual event, sponsored by the NC Crawfish Growers Outer Banks Seafood Revitalizing Wellness for You! 1419 N. 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Haines, NC managing and promoting the state's Google’s Street View debuted a new Ness is on Google’s blog post about Forest Service forest resources,” said Agriculture type of view that offers a chance to this new feature. Start with Commissioner Steve Troxler. “Our virtually swim beneath the surface of googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/ The public is invited to celebrate the state forests are important for teaching Loch Ness and search for “Nessie” — myth-or-monster-explore-loch-ness- NC Forest Service's 100th anniversary the public about the advantages of or just enjoy breathtaking views under with.html, and click the “Street View Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Jordan Lake good forest management, as well as the and above the water. in Google Maps” link near the end of Educational State Forest. economic and ecological benefits of that article. This takes you to Loch The open house will take place from 11 our forests.” The Google underwater view of Loch Ness maps, for which the top item to Ness was made available on April 21, a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be fire- The General Assembly created the NC choose is “A view of Urquhart Castle fighting equipment on display, exhibits 2015, which was the anniversary of the from the water.” Forest Service in 1915, and John 1934 publication of the infamous and activities for kids, such as tree- Simcox Holmes was appointed the first photograph of Nessie which started the Once you are viewing the water, try cookie necklaces and ornaments. The state forester. He was given specific search for her, 81 years ago. turning your view “downward” until Jordan Lake Educational State Forest wildfire-control responsibilities in you see an “X” and click on it. log cabin will be open for people to addition to his work cataloging and Continue finding and clicking “X” to walk through, and visitors can try their assessing the state's forests. dive underwater around the loch. hand at using a crosscut saw to cut a tree cookie off a log. “The NC Forest Service has gone Google didn’t make this happen alone. through many changes throughout its They joined forces with Catlin Seaview Big Smokey, the Forest Service's 21- 100 years, but it still continues its core Survey (catlinseaviewsurvey.com) foot-tall talking Smokey Bear, will also missions of wildfire control and the folks and the Morar Project be there to greet visitors and deliver his protection of the abundant and (www.lochnessproject.org) to prepare wildfire prevention message. important forest resources of the state,” the underwater, 360-degree imagery. “Celebrating our 100th anniversary at Troxler said. 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Food, music, At Wendell Community endured the fight against cancer. & games for all ages. Join the Library, 207 S Hollybrook Rd, Enjoy uplifting support & fun! At Clark Park, Tarboro. Wendell. fellowship during this Knightdale Farmers celebration of life. Free. Pre- 06/20 Wendell Farmers Market 06/13 Lawn Chair Theatre registration required. Call (Saturdays @8am-12pm) Market Has Opened (June 13 @ 7-10:30pm) 252.459.7681. Register by June Many local farmers with fruit, FREE family movie nights. 9. In the Large Activity Room, produce, meat, & other goods. At the corner of Wendell Blvd The 2015 Knightdale Farmers Market Before each movie, kids can The NASH Senior Center, 103 opened on May 30, 2015, and will be enjoy free activities. Doors N Alston Street, Nashville. and Pine Street, Wendell. open at 7:00 pm, movie begins open Saturday afternoons through 06/19 Lawn Chair Theatre 06/22 Senior Group Movie at dusk. Concessions available (June 22 @ 10am) October 10. for purchase. 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Railroad St. Wayne County Public Library lot accomplished? Well, we want you Spring Hope. 1001 East Ash Street The festival will be held from 1pm to to feel that way every day! Your Goldsboro 5pm at Green Road Park and current email program is not just for Community Center, 4201 Green Road, Computer Basics for Small email; it can be a great productivity Raleigh. It will be open to everyone Business Owners, Part 1 Grant Writing for Non-Profits tool as well! In this seminar you will June 16, 2015 @ 6-9pm with no admission fee. learn how to work “smarter instead of June 17, 2015 @ 6-9pm harder” by: Using your email program Basic computer literacy is an absolute Learn the basics of writing grant Visit vendors and enjoy food, dancers, as a weekly planning tool, Being able must for any aspiring entrepreneur or proposals for non-profit organizations. and musicians, alongside entertainment to quickly access if your time is being business owner. 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Ask for Frank You may attend 3033 Hwy 301 S, Wilson, NC this workshop 252-291-5171 even if you Page 6 — Inside News The Grey Area™ Volume 5, Number 12AB—June 5–18, 2015 Shades of Grey Upcoming Programs at Dr. Nicholas’ Corner Some situations are viewed in black and Braswell for Kids, Adults white; right and wrong. Yet, many June 2015 Adult Programs Boredom and You So we sit and watch the tube and eat. people think situations also have a grey June 13, 1-3pm - Writer's Fellowship, Editorial by By And watch the tube some more and eat area where solutions are not so easily again, feeling sluggish and bored. The discerned. This is about the choices in the Computer Lab (2nd floor). All Nicholas Pediaditakis, people make, and the thought process writer's & ages are welcome to join. MD, DLFAPA problem gets worse if you allow this they go through to arrive at decisions. routine to go too far. Then, many of us June 20, 2-4pm - North Carolina Many of my patients drink, get irritable, and get into fights Consider: Submitted for Discussion Humanities Council Road Scholar, Ben and friends tell me that with others. You take your kids to the park to enjoy E. Casey, M.A.T. presents his they often feel bored! the fresh air, fishing, and sunshine. The body gets sluggish and heavy and multimedia presentation on the rivers Let’s talk about that. the now medicines become necessary While there, you let your kids feed of North Carolina in the Warner Room. — and give you side effects. It can get pieces of bread to ducks. There are two kinds of boredom. The Please contact Kesha Joyner for more first is the feeling when “Tomorrow no a lot worse if one never was trained Seemingly out of nowhere comes a longer looks like tomorrow but like an from childhood as to how to entertain information at 252-442-1951 x.253 oneself. park ranger. He tells you that bread is everlasting yesterday!” This is the unhealthy for ducks and that you need Summer Reading Club benign type of boredom. The other In addition, some of us are born with to stop feeding it to them. Then he The Club kickoff event is happening type is the feeling of “Dread beyond lopsided temperament and suffer from June 19, 2015. The theme is “Every walks on to another part of the park out telling!” This is the bad one. the bad type of boredom. They may Hero Has a Story,” and with the feel an inner void, have difficulties of sight. Medically, boredom is defined as a popularity of the graphic novels in our state of undischarged tension. Humans connecting with others. Do you think that, knowing the bread collection, the YA Department decided were made to be active, on the run, These fellow humans need medical was bad for the ducks, you would have to focus on Super Heroes and comic challenged, and concerned about help, but the rest of us can avoid your kids stop feeding them? Or, would books for our programming. survival and finding food. We were boredom. Remembering that life can be you let your kids keep feeding them Every program is designed to give our made to be busy avoiding wild animals a wonderful adventure, not a dreary and enemy tribes, and taking care of because the kids enjoyed it? Do you YA patrons a little piece of a comic routine. We can exercise, put structure think that it is more important to do mates and children. Back on the in our life, participate in group activities book con experience. We have Savannah, thousands of years ago, we what is best for the animals, or likely — political, spiritual, read stories, talk arranged to have local comic book were lean and physically fit — save the and listen to our child, hug our mate, safe to do something that you’ve creators and experts come to share their infectious diseases. Humans had no play with pets, or develop a hobby. always done or were taught to do? experiences. high cholesterol, no high blood Hobbies like cooking, following pressure. AND no boredom… There Ed. Note: According to The library will also be showing a instructions from strange recipes, or was no time for it. contemplating the wonder of it all. www.duckrescuenetwork.org, if you different comic book-based movie want to feed ducks, then feed them every Thursday from 3:30-5:30pm in No longer! 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