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May 13, 2010
OBX Relay for Life
Green Drinks hosts Willo Kelly
GEM RESEARCH
More Volunteer Opportunities
Chutney by Nancy
Outer Banks Environmental News
Currituck Relay for Life
Mental Health Month
Concert of Hope
Tapped
Outer Bank Child
Scholarship Tournament
Dare County Youth
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Join OBX Relay for Life 2010
The OBX 2009 relay 3Relay for Life was the top fundraiser in the Nation.  Dare County Relay teams raised $238,000. Based on donations per capita funds raised at 2009 event breaks down to about $7 for every man, woman and child. Let's break our record. Help create a world with less cancer and more birthdays!
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Relay Schedule for May 15, First Flight HS.
8:30AM-3PM Relay Car Show
12:00 Relay Opens
12PM-3PM Survivor Registration
      3PM Opening Cermonies
      4PM Survivor Lap, Followed by Team Banner Lap(Quilt Cake Served following)
      5PM Kids Walk
      4:45PM - 8:45PM Live Music
      8:45 Bagpipes/Hush Angels leading up to Luminary Ceremony
      9PM Luminary
May 16
      6AM Sunday- Gates reopen
      9AM Church Service
      11AM-Closing Ceremony
      Final Lap
Contact Info:Wendy Boyd wendy.boyd@cancer.org
252-702-5589.

OBX Green Drinks hosts Willo Kelly
Sponsored by OBX Green Drinks,  www.obxgreendrinks.blogspot.com , Kelly's Outer Banks Restaurant & Tavern, Mingle at 7, Speakegreen drinksr at 7:30. Thursday, May 13!  Attendees will learn more about the BlueGreen Outer Banks - Tomorrow Matters initiative and how they can participate. Information will be shared on branding the Outer Banks "BlueGreen" through various projects and partnerships which include a certificabluegreention program for rental homes, T's to Totes, BlueGreen Outer Banks Art and BlueGreen events.  BlueGreen Outer Banks is a non-profit, non-political organization of people working together for sustainable living. The BlueGreen approach does not accept the status quo of choosing between financial & environmental responsibility. It raises the bar, insisting that the public deserves & demands a reasonable balance of both. The 'Green' in BlueGreen means both environment & business friendly. The 'Blue' in BlueGreen is also symbolic of the special emphasis we place on our local groundwater, sounds & ocean waters as well as air quality. Visit them on facebook.Find us on Facebook
or at http://www.bluegreenouterbanks.org/about/
 
GEM Research and Education Project
 Data collection for The GEM Center's Research and Educational Project began last week with the mailing of questionnaires to a randomly selected sample of Dare County residents. These potential research participants were provided the opportunity to assess their own knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease by completing the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale, a 30 question instrument that focuses on the causes, recognition and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.  The study is funded in part by a grant from the Outer Banks Community Foundation. Learn more about the Foundation on FacebookFind us on Facebook The Research and Educational Project was funded after a preliminary study by the GEM Center revealed that the incidence rate for Dare residents may be considerably higher than that of the country as a whole. Indeed, this earlier study estimates that close to 1,000 Dare residents may currently be experiencing Alzheimer's Disease.  
 
For a variety of reasons, including the knowledge of family members, Alzheimer's Disease is very difficult to recognize. Consequently major symptoms (memory lapse and loss) are sometimes ignored or attributed to other diseases and disorders. As a result, the suffering of Alzheimer's patient, as well as that of family members, often goes untreated. In addition to facilitating the movement of patients and family members toward effective help with this severe illness, the goals of the study also include the identification of the particular areas of Alzheimer's knowledge that GEM needs to prioritize in its educational and outreach efforts.
 
Mrs. Gail Sonnesco, MS, Executive Director of the GEM Center, directs the project's educational component.


still aliceEditors Note: About a year ago I read a wonderful book called "Still Alice" about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease.  Alice  is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to literally lose your mind...
Nancy

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iconchildren at playOur Children's Museum is looking for artists interested in painting, designing and/or helping with Murals on our walls in Kitty Hawk. If interested, please reply to Alyssa Hannon 252 599 1373. Children at Play is a non profit 501(c)(3) organization.
 
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The Dare Literacy Council is in need of volunteer tutors. Email dareliteracy@gmail.com

iconAlbemarle Commission needs volunteers to deliver nutritious meals to senior citizens in Dare County Monday through Friday. 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 contact Mary Jernigan at (252)475-5637 at the
Baum Center, Sandra Cantrell- Bush at (252)473-9279 or Sandy Scarborough at (252)475-5625 at the new Dare County Center.

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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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I didn't begin the week thinking I would focus on sea level rise. But the Internet has an interesting way of making connections. One map led to another map and then a paper, a photo, and an article. As a result most of the posts in CommonGround focus on sea level rise and sea level rise in particular in North Carolina.  I even had a few dreams about it.  It won't happen in my generation - or  your generation - but 100 years from where I now sit, there will be only water. Maybe there is nothing to be done ... a change that we can't really get our heads around. But there will come a day, I call it a tipping point, when the reality of sea level rise will be as real as the oil disaster in the Gulf. And will that generation look back and ask "why didn't they do something about it when they could?"

  • Waterfront Property?
  • Who is Jim Titus and why should we care?
  • OBX Green Drinks hosts Willo Kelly on 5/13!
  • Dominion Resources donates $500,000 to fund alternative energy demonstrations at Jennette's Pier
  • North Carolina The Legislative Commission on Global Climate Change (Commission) report released
  • North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times
  • Policy changes related to Sea Level Rise
  • Socio-economic effects of Sea Level Rise
  • Sea Level Rise and complex land ownership
  • Sea-level rise research and dialogue in North Carolina


  • Join Currituck Relay for Life
    crelyFor more information Contact Janon Hughes or Kimberley Ward, currituckrelay@gmail.com, 232-2966 or 757-536-1427.
    Currituck High School!
    May 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM
    May 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM
    For more information about the Currituck Relay check Event Information or visit their Facebook Page Find us on Facebook
    WatchThe Currituck Relay encourages you to watch 'Choose You', a national women inspiring women to keep and well and prevent cancer.
    May is Mental Health Month
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    According to a new report released this Month by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), behavioral and emotional problems decreased among nearly one-third (31 percent) of young children with mental health challenges within the first 6 months after entering services through systems of care program. SAMHSA-funded systems of care programs provide family-driven and culturally and linguistically competent services and supports to children and youth with mental health challenges and their families.

    "The earlier we recognize a child's mental health needs, the sooner we can help," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "Early recognition and intervention can prevent years of disability and help children and families thrive. All parents should learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health problems in early childhood; furthermore, they should seek help for their child's mental health problems with the same urgency as any other health condition."  
    Editors Note:  I spent about 20 minutes trying to find the phone number or website where one could go to if concerned about a young child with mental health challenges. It wasn't clear who to call. But here are some starting points:
    The Dare County Department of Public Health (252)475-5003
    Dare County Social Services (252)475-5500
    North Carolina Family Health Resource Line 1-800-367-2229 - anyone have a better source?
    2ndkim Annual Concert of Hope
    Thursday May 27 at 7:00 PM in the fellowship hall of Holy Redeemer.  Open to the public, the concert will benefit the Nativity Preparatory School's local Scholarship Fund.  Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 at the door. 

    The Concert is  hosted by Kim Kalman, a Listennationally known vocalist/acoustic guitarist with over 30 years of performing experience.  Kim will be performing material from her new release, I LOOK TO YOU.

    The local scholarship fund began in 2009 as a thank-you gift from a small group of Holy Redeemer by the Sea parishioners to the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.  The Nativity Preparatory School, located in Wilmington, Delaware, was established by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.  The school provides a tuition-free, midkim and boysdle school education to boys of all faiths from low-income families.  The school prepares students for success in high school and college and helps students grow in a love for learning and an abiding sense of responsibility to their community.  The school scholarship seems a perfect match between the Parish and the Oblates.

    Concert tickets are available after Masses at Holy Redeemer by the Sea Church in Kitty Hawk and Holy Trinity by the Sea in Nags Head as well as at Coastal Fast Lube.  For further concert information or tickets, contact Susan Cheney at 252-441-1575
     
    Editor's Note: In case don't recognize her, Kim is in the upper left hand corner surrounded by her fans.
    tapped title
    The documentary 'Tapped' asks this question: Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? A behind the scenes look into the unregulated and tapped 3unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity-- our water. From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table. A portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry and those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to Watchwater. Film is being shown on May 18, 7:00 pm at the Holy Redeemer Church in Kitty Hawk.  All welcome.  Sponsored by the Peace and Justice Interfaith Coalition. Editor's Note: Please come. I'll be there.
    News for the Entire Family
    Whether you are a mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, or uncle, you need Outer Banks Child, free quarterly magazine.  Each issue provides a comprehensive calendar of events for Dare and Currituck counties and beyond. In addition to interesting articles on good health, beach activities, crafts, and green living, each issue showcases a special insert - preschool guide (winter), summer camp guide (spring), party planning guide (summer), and "no batteries required" gift guide (fall). And you may spot one or two of your favorite OBX kids.

    spring 2010Copies are distributed at grocery stores, preschools, libraries, doctors' offices, area attractions, retail stores, visitors centners, chamber of commerce, and more. The entire publication, and past copies, are also available online.  Check out the Spring 2010 edition - that is my grandson on page 24.

    You can also visit them on facebook Find us on Facebook OR their website OR subscribe to their email monthly newsletter.  Contact publisherKathleen Wasniewski via e-mail at Kathleen@outerbankschild.com, or by telephone, (252) 207-7892. Kudos.

    OBAR Tournament Fundraiser for Scholarships
    scholarshipMark your calendars for Friday, June 4th for the 21st Annual OBAR Golf Scholarship Tournament to be held at Kilmarlic Golf Club. The 2010 Outer Banks Association of REALTORS� Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament's goal is to raise more money than ever for the children of the Outer Banks! To date the Fund has awarded 150 scholarships, totaling $152,800! The recipients are guaranteed continued funding in the amount of their original scholarship each year they remain in college and keep their grades up! Your support of this worthwhile endeavor will help guarantee the
    continued funding of scholarships.

    You can help....................kilmarlic
    Register your team to play
    $400 for a 4 player team
     or
    Sponsor a hole
     for $400 or
    $700 gets you a team and a hole!!

    Register online or Contact Melanie Day/Golf Committee Chair  Melanie@melanieday.com 207.6138 or Karen Pierce/OBAR 441.4036 karenp@outerbanksrealtors.com

    Dare County Youth Orchestra Performs At  Festival Park
    youth strings Dare County Youth Orchestra strings students from Cape Hatteras Secondary, First Flight High, First Flight Middle and Manteo Middle Schools will present a concert on Sunday, May 16, at 3:00 p.m. in the Indoor Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park. It is free and open to the public. The Dare County Youth Orchestra (DCYO) works in partnership with individuals and organizations throughout the community to provide strings instruction for students throughout Dare County.  Program participants range from fifth grade through high school level.  To become involved with DCYO, please contact DareCountyYouthOrchestra@gmail.com.

    Events and Activities listed may not represent the position of the editor, every organization, sponsor or subscriber or even  the publisher.  Please submit articles for publications plus attached photographs to nancy203@gmail.com by TUESDAY  prior to publication date. 

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