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Published: Mon, Sep. 08, 2008 12:30AM
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closeSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE LEADER SPEAKS
Judy Wicks, a leader in the local living economies movement, will give the Center for Environmental Farming Systems' 2008 Sustainable Agriculture Lecture, at 7 p.m. Sept. 16, at the N.C. Museum of History in downtown Raleigh.
The center was established in 1994 by N.C. State University, N.C. A&T State University and the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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Wicks founded Philadelphia's White Dog Cafe, which gets its produce in season from local, organic farms, all meat and poultry from places that use humane practices, and all seafood from sustainable fisheries. In 2001, she co-founded Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, to support the concept that local businesses can be profitable while fostering social and environmental consciousness.
N.C. GANGS ARE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
Danya Perry, a field services specialist for Communities in Schools of North Carolina, will discuss the issue of gangs and the work in North Carolina to prevent and deal with gangs in a forum from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Sept. 18, at the Wade Edwards Learning Lab, 714 St. Mary's St., Raleigh.
SUNSET GATHERING TO CELEBRATE CARY
"Celebrate Cary at Sunset," an event featuring entertainment, children's activities and athletic events, will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre. The event is presented by the Cary Community Foundation, the town of Cary and Fit & Able Productions. Activities will include the Cary 7000 run circling Symphony Lake, a 5K run, exhibits by nonprofit groups and a food drive for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
OPEN FORUM TUESDAY ON LAKE MYRA PARK
Eastern Wake County residents can attend a community forum on the new Lake Myra County Park at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Wendell Community Center Gymnasium, 601 W. Third St., Wendell. The meeting will focus on design alternatives and give residents an opportunity to participate in planning the park.
The 220-acre park will sit along Poole Road, north of the intersection of Poole and Lake Myra roads.
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