Rex to offer free cancer screenings

Rex Healthcare will mark September as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month by offering free cancer screenings to local residents on Sept. 27.

The screenings will take place at the Rex Senior Health Center at 512 E. Davie St. in downtown Raleigh, and will include opportunities for families to find life-saving health information, live music and food in a festive atmosphere.

Partner organizations include Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Triangle East Chapter of 100 Black Men, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development, Macedonia New Life Church, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and the N.C. Minority Prostate Cancer Awareness Action Team.

The annual prostate cancer screening is funded by the Rex Hospital Open. To schedule an exam, please call the Rex Cancer Outreach Center at 784-2345.

ECONOMIST TO SPEAK AT RALEIGH LUNCHEON

Dean Baker, an economist, writer and columnist, will be the guest speaker at an economic talk titled "America after Bush: What the next president must do to build an economy that works for all," on Tuesday at a luncheon held by N.C. Policy Watch and the N.C. Justice Center. The talk will be held at noon at the N.C. Association of Educators Building, 700 S. Salisbury St. in downtown Raleigh. The cost is $10 and includes a box lunch. Pre-registration required by Monday.

Baker has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress.

ETHNIC DANCERS TO PERFORM AT LIBRARY

Scandinavian dancers Bruce Emery and Katherine Polk will perform traditional dances from Norway and Sweden at 3 p.m. Saturday in the atrium of the Cameron Village Regional Library, 1930 Clark Ave. in Raleigh. Emery and Polk will perform dances from various regions of Norway and Sweden, and offer commentary on how the dances compare and contrast with each other.

PROGRAM FOCUSES ON BLACK TEEN GIRLS

The Raleigh Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will hold an orientation session for an educational and enrichment program for African-American girls. The Dr. Jeanne L. Noble Delta Gems program serves high school girls ages 14 to 18. High school participants that are new to our program must be either freshmen or sophomores.

The program will empower girls by developing within them the tools needed to get to college and pursue a productive career and future. Key components include scholarship, sisterhood, career and service. Orientation will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Preeminent Charter School, 3815 Rock Quarry Road, in Raleigh.

POST OFFICE TO HOLD PASSPORT FAIR

The Wake Forest Post Office will hold a passport fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in its lobby. Applicants are encouraged to print an application online at www.usps.com/passport and have it completed before arriving. As of Feb. 1, most passports for adults 16 years of age and older will now cost $100, including acceptance fees. Passports for children 15 years of age and younger cost $85.