YWCA Lower Cape Fear hosts Race Talk the first Tuesday of the month, to help strengthen social justice efforts in Wilmington. (Port City Daily/Screenshot by Shea Carver)
WILMINGTON A pandemic, plus social and civil unrest, and the political ire fanning its flames, have affected communities nationwide over the last year. After the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others in 2020, YWCA Lower Cape Fear responded by reaching out and tackling the subject of racism head-on. Last summer the organization launched Talk on Race, as part of its mission and makeup which for 104 years has centered on eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting inclusion in communities nationwide.
Updated at 9:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10
Most Henderson County Independent School Districts have announced closures or delays for Monday, Jan.11, due to heavy snow and potentially hazardous travel conditions.
Due to road conditions, Athens ISD is canceling classes on Monday. It will be necessary to make up the day at a date to be determined.
According to social media sites including Hannigan Media, Athens Christian Preparatory Academy will delay opening until 10 a.m.
Brownsboro, Cayuga, Cross Roads, Frankston, Eustace, Malakoff, Trinidad, and LaPoyner will be closed.Â
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Gary D. Schmidt does something delightful in âJust Like Thatâ (Clarion, 385 pages, $16.99), a novel for readers ages 9-14. He arranges for his characters to discover great booksââTreasure Island,â âOliver Twistâ and âThe Wonderful World of Ozâ among themâeven as he borrows ideas and personality types from great books for the story he is telling about his characters. In this way, Mr. Schmidtâs tale of two young people and their journeys from darkness to light becomes, in itself, a testament to the formative power of literature.
âJust Like Thatâ is set in and around 1968, and at first there are two strands to it. The first belongs to Meryl Lee Kowalski, whoâs reeling from the accidental death of her best friend and has just arrived for eighth grade at St. Eleneâs Preparatory Academy in Maine. Here, in the manner of many a boarding-school tale, she encounters snooty classmates, demanding teachers, and the endl
Robert C. Beckman was born November 24, 1934 to C. Carson and Marie Beckman of Philadelphia, PA.
Bob, (Bobby to his mom) attended Catholic Schools in Philadelphia first matriculating at St. Joseph’s Preparatory Academy (The Prep) then graduating from St. Joseph’s College (now University) in 1956. Upon graduation he joined the US. Air Force and flew. He Flew first and second generation jet fighters and, to hear him tell it, he loved every minute of it. Throughout his long, productive life he loved to tell stories of Air Force days to any who would listen and kept the memory of those days tangibly alive by constructing and displaying models of his favorite aircraft. Because of his air force days Bob watched the weather, followed the weather and could always tell you what the weather would bring.