When Donald W. Fish became Executive Director of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2008, he brought a sports background along with broad marketing expertise which fit perfectly with the association’s goal of expanding and strengthening its programs. In high school he played for Northern Durham on the 1957 East-West All-State basketball team and was team captain and [...]
Henry Mason, North Carolina Revelers orchestra bandleader, knows all about Big Bands. His 19-member band is well known in both the Triangle and the Triad where they play gigs frequently. The Revelers played for the Rex Hospital Foundation Gala, the Seymour Johnson Air Show, several other balls and fundraisers, and recently for the “Big Band Weekend” at Asheville’s Grove [...]
By: Jennifer Bean Bowen Grandparents take note: The ultimate animal adventure is waiting right here in North Carolina. You need not venture beyond our borders to experience lions, tigers, wildebeests, woolly worms, wolfdogs, and more. Animal Adventures in North Carolina directs readers to 70 locations in the state where they can view, interact, and be educated about wildlife. It’s no [...]
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
At the age of 89, Russell Reynolds had a dream. He had recently participated in the Triangle Flight of Honor to the nation’s capital, and he wanted to share the stories he had heard from other WW11 veterans during that amazing journey. After months of corresponding with other veterans across the state, Reynolds has published We Remember: Stories by North [...]
Lifelong learning began at Duke University in 1977 as part of the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement, a joint venture of Duke Continuing Education and the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. It became a grantee of the Bernard Osher Foundation in 2004 with the introduction of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), one of 117 [...]
The aphorism, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” does not apply to North Carolina State University’s Encore Program for Lifelong Enrichment. This continuing education program, designed for adults 50 and older, is a unit of McKimmon Center for Extension and Continuing Education. Founded in 1991, the NCSU Encore program currently has 1,000 members who join annually. It offers [...]
By: Sunny Johnson Lewis, Flight Coordinator Veteran Jerry M. Smith of Durham received the US Flag in an honorary presentation on September 14, his 97th birthday. Veterans Gloria Arnold Paul and Willie Edward Stone, escorted by Flight Directors Ryan Combs and Sunny Johnson, at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In the past 19 months, through [...]
