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Chart: Comparing Health Reform Bills: Democrats and Republicans 2009, Republicans 1993
By Maggie Mertens
Kaiser Health News Staff Writer
Feb. 24, 2010
The proposal President Barack Obama unveiled on Monday is based largely on the bill passed by the Democratic Senate on Dec. 24, 2009, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It has some similarities to a GOP proposal sponsored by Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., during the Clinton presidency, the Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1993.
This chart compares those two bills with the Nov. 3, 2009 proposal from House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, the Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act. |
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Annual Chili Cook-off Benefits Local Students.  Chilli Peppers 16th Annual Chili Cook-Off is set for noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, at Stripers Bar & Grille, in the Shallowbag Bay Marina. Admission is $10 per person, children 7-12 are $5, and children 6 and under are free. Cook-off competition is open to individuals as well as restaurants. "Home Kitchen" for mom and pop and non-restaurant entries, will be continued for this year's cook off event. Entry fee is $25 and deadline for submission is Feb. 19th. All competitors will receive a Chilli Peppers Cook off T-shirt. Entry forms available at Chilli Peppers at MP 5.5 KDH, Stripers Bar & Grille, Manteo or by calling 441-8081 or online. Prizes will be awarded in four catagories, Meat, Other Meat, Vegetarian, and Home Kitchen. A portion of proceeds will benefit First Flight High School and Manteo High School scholarship programs.
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Taste of the Beach Provides Scholarships.
 The Outer Banks of North Carolina 2010 Taste of The Beach Weekend has been scheduled for March 11-14, 2010. The Outer Banks Restaurant Association (OBRA) has been hosting the Taste of The Beach for over 20 years. This grand food festival event on The Outer Banks of North Carolina will ...feature wine tastings, cooking classes, special menu presentations, celebrity guest chef appearances by Ed Brantley & Heba Salama from "The Biggest Loser", brewery tours, tapas crawls and many more events with exciting array of creative combinations of culinary delights and fun activities on the Outer Banks. For tickets and schedule. For Scholarship Application.
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Cystic Fibrosis Charity Golf Tournament
 Chelsea Walsh, a Currituck County High School Senior, is hosting a golf tournament at 10:00a.m., March 13th, at The Pointe Golf Club. Cost is $200.00 per team (includes food and prizes following play). All proceeds, including a raffle, will benefit The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Registration deadline is March 8, 2010. Contact The Pointe Golf Club for registration information: (252) 491-8388 or by email.
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Outer Banks Autism Walk
 Join the Dare County Center in a walk for autism awareness Saturday,
April 10. Contact Emily Karr for further information on the walk at 475-9271. The walk will benefit the Monarch Beach Club and the Autism Society of
NC-OBX Chapter. The
walk is free, but to get a t-shirt, please pay $10.00 before March 15. Turn in your sponsor donation form and money the
day of the walk. Cash and or Checks accepted. Checks made out to Monarch Beach
Club.
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Volunteer Opportunities
The Dare Literacy Council is in need of
volunteer tutors. Email dareliteracy@gmail.com Albemarle Commission needs volunteers to deliver nutritious
meals to senior citizens in Dare County Monday through Friday. If you can
donate one hour a month, please contact Mary Jernigan at 252-475-5637 or Sandra
Cantrell Bush at 252-473-5768 ext. 28.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, a partnering church or civic/community organization with Respite Care, please contact, Stephanie Bowers, Program Coordinator at (252) 475-5028.
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Meet new friends and do good.
Organizations are invited to list volunteer
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OBXCommon Ground
We share the air, the earth, and the water with each other and all living creatures..
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Rescue Men
 February 27, Rescue Men-The Story of the Pea Island Surfmen will be shown at the Indoor Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park at 7:30. Rescue Men,
tells the story of the Men of Pea Island Station #17. Led by Keeper
Richard Etheridge, this historic all black crew etched themselves into
history rescuing stranded sailors whose ships had succumbed to the
harsh Atlantic. Rescue Men is the story of the men that manned the Pea
Island Lifesaving Station on the Outer Banks of North Carol ina. Due to
the heroics and accomplishments of these brave men and others like them
in the U.S. Lifesaving Service, we now have what is called "The Unites
States Coast Guard. For trailer:
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Mt Zion 4th Tuesday Community Dinners
The Dinn  er Outreach ministry at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Grandy is held
at 6 PM till everyone is served on 4th Tuesdays. The meal is offered
free to the community and church family. Contact Alline for more
information. If you know of anyone who would like a hot meal please come
and bring them with  you. We'd love to have entire families present.
We want to meet the needs of as many people as we possibly can. Remember
it's all free and a good time is just part of our menu.
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Heart Awareness Month
The Dare County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a proclamation at the February 1 meeting calling on residents to increase their awareness and understanding of heart disease and to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs. The proclamation was  prepared by the Dare County Department of Public Health (DCDPH) with Health Education Supervisor, Laura Willingham presenting the document at the meeting on behalf of the Healthy Carolinians of the Outer Banks, Heart Disease and Stroke Task Force. The proclamation cited controllable risk factors that, if not addressed, can lead to heart disease such as smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, high cholesterol and blood pressure. These factors, as well as some factors that cannot be controlled such as age and family history, have led to heart disease becoming the second leading cause of death in Dare County accounting for 23% of all deaths.  
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Currituck Future Leaders help Animal Shelter
Future Business Leaders of
America donated pet supplies and money to the Currituck Animal Shelter.
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ICO Furniture Auction
Used cottage furniture phone auction with all funds going directly to The Interfaith Community Outreach.  You can see photos of the furniture at the CommonGood Blogsite. Deadline for bids is MARCH 31st. To Bid call 480-0070. Checks to be made out to Interfaith Community Outreach.
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Make a new friend, serve a senior.
 Vickie White works for Dare County Dept. of Social Services
and delivers meals for the Albemarle Commission's Senior Nutrition Program on
her lunch hour 2 or 3 times a month. Vickie says she likes helping and
enjoys visiting with the seniors. The Home Delivered Meals Program serves
seniors that are 60 years of age or over, homebound and no longer able to
prepare a nutritious meal for themselves. If you have one hour a
month to help a senior, please call Sandy Scarborough or Sandra Cantrell-Bush
at 252-475-9279 or Audrey Holland at 252-426-7093 x 230.
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Bruce Roberts Photojournalist: 50 Years
of Capturing Change"
Debut at OUTER BANKS HISTORY CENTER March
5th.
An
opening reception will be held Friday March 5, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The event is
free and open to the public.
John Logue, Editor of Southern Living Magazine, spoke of Bruce in his column Books in Review.
"To call Bruce Roberts a photographer is to understate the facts. His
camera is a philosophy, a veritable vehicle of photography... His
pictures are worth 20,000 words."
 Roberts has written or had his photographs
published in more than 50 books, most recently "Just Yesterday: North Carolina
People and Places" (North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 2008). You can read more about the photo on the left which was taken in the mid-1960's. This exhibit made possible though generous support from
the Frank Stick Memorial Fund of the Outer Banks Community Foundation and Our
State magazine.
The Outer Banks History Center Gallery is located in Manteo at Roanoke Island Festival Park. For additional information call 252-473-2655.
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