Story and photo by Lindsey Chester.

Cary, NC – Bullying among school kids may be a disheartening fact of life, but one Wake County School created their own program to empower students using positive reinforcement for good behavior coupled with technology. They got results, and recently won the Cary Chamber Entrepreneurial Award in Education for 2012.

Davis Drive Middle School is known for its high achieving students, but what 7th Grade Vice Principal Richard Williams and Lead Guidance counselor Phillip G. Echols saw last school year was a school with bully problems and a student body that was becoming  dysfunctional. They decided to do something about it through a new character education program they created called Stand Up.

Stand For Something

“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”  Their goal is to promote character education, exemplify school spirit, and to substantially decrease bullying at Davis Middle.

In their own words: After a challenging year of increased suspensions, staff burnout, and student distress the pair decided there was a need  to create an effective reminder of why we all enter the school building every morning.  We needed to be reminded that respect is a two-way street and that we are all in this together.  Stand-Up has evolved into our very own display of admiration for our Davis Drive community.

Using Technology

To promote the program, video footage from a wide range of school events (i.e. pep rallies, sporting events, guest speakers, performing arts, and hallway transition), is edited, set to music, and produced into a 2-minute clip that plays every Wednesday during homeroom. The monthly character trait message is emphasized in these weekly videos, but also reinforced with posters, fliers, bulletin boards, guest speakers, and classroom guidance lessons.

The result: Stand-Up has improved school climate, as well as the working environment for staff.

Stand Up Videos

These videos were shown as part of the Stand Up program last fall. Please watch and share with your friends and family.

• Stand Up week 10 – Anti-Bullying
• Stand Up Week 9

You can also visit the DDMS Stand Up Channel on Vimeo. How cool is that?

Highlights the Positive

The program highlights monthly positive character traits and makes use of video taken of students “caught in the act” of displaying positive behavior. Rewards that include rubber wrist bands are handed out to students who exhibit positive behavior and these bands became status symbols within the student body.

Examples include “Words Hurt” during Anti-Bullying month and “Stop and Think” for Good Judgment.  Each month has its own wristband which displays the color, as well as the slogan or character trait of the month.  Wristbands are not given frivolously, but they are earned through teacher recommendation, displaying the character trait, or by participating in the weekly Stand-Up video.

Counselor Echols told CaryCitizen:

Our nation is faced with a bullying epidemic and our community needs daily reminders that kindness, courage, and respect for others is the path to making things better.  We are using technology and social media to connect our community, promote positivity, and to raise awareness.  As we move forward in the 21th century, we are excited to see what the future holds for our motivating initiative, Stand-Up.

Wouldn’t you like to see this  initiative  at your school? Or perhaps rolled out to all of Wake County and beyond? Email Echols or Williams, or better yet, the Board of Education.

This program speaks to kids on their level as no amount of preaching ever will.

Congratulations Davis Drive Middle on the well-earned award.

Cary, NC – White Plains Children’s Center is celebrating 30 years of service to the children of Western Wake this Saturday, May 19, and you’re invited.

White Plains Children’s Center Celebrates 30 Years

The 30th anniversary celebration, hosted by the Board of Directors, is scheduled for Saturday, May 19^th at 10am on the campus of White Plains UMC.

White Plains Children’s Center in Cary offers unique programs, serving children with and without disabilities. It is a non-profit, state-rated, 5-Star program.

Mayor Harold Weinbrecht will greet former parents, students, board members, employees and current families.  Town Council representative Don Frantz and Chair of the Cary Chamber, Tom Huff, will be among those to honor the school’s Founders.

Returning students, college age through elementary school, will conduct the honor ceremony.  Nearly 200 guests are expected.

Event Details

White Plains Children’s Center 30th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, May 19, 2012
10 AM

White Plains UMC
313 SE Maynard Road
Cary, 27511
Cost: free

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Photo from White Plains Children’s Center.

Story by Lindsey Chester.

Cary, NC – Cary has a strong soccer tradition – in the high schools, at the club-level and even a professional team. This summer, aspiring players can learn, improve and practice with the pros at the Carolina RailHawks Summer Soccer Camps. Cary it the Cary Soccer Advantage.

Soccer Camp with the RailHawks

For the sixth year in a row, the RailHawks will run soccer camps at WakeMed Soccer park in Cary beginning in May and running through August. Most of the 18 camps are held in the evening, but teams can also have team camps at satellite facilities.

I spoke with Pete Sciandra, Senior Vice President of the RailHawks about what makes RailHawks Soccer Camps such a unique experience.

Three Fundamental Things

1. Play with the Pros

Unlike any soccer camp in the area, these are taught by current RailHawks players who have played not only in the US, but at the highest levels in the English Premier League and others around the world. This offers kids a unique opportunity to actually interact with these athletes.

2. World Class Field and Facility

All camps are held at Wake Med Soccer Park which has arguably some of the best soccer fields in the world on which to play. Kids will play right where the pros play and practice.

3. Positive and Encouraging

The team’s belief is that the best way to learn is where athletes are free to make mistakes while enjoying the game. Building the technical and tactical skills, helps to build the passion for the game. The more passion, the more they enjoy playing, to the point where the kids will want to play on their own.

Pete acknowledges that there a lot of good programs out there, but the fact remains that they are not always an environment where you can make mistakes. That pressure can sometime sap the fun out of playing.

All Skill Levels Welcome

The camps will run for ages 8-15 for both boys and girls. Kids are separated by age and ability with a ratio of 12:1 coach. There are specialty camps that focus on specific skills (goalkeeping or defending for instance) and development camps geared to school try-outs. A new concept was launched this year called “Ginga Camp” based on a Brazilian concept of “creative style” and the way the Brazilian players play with joy and movement. This camp will feature non-traditional games and drills to put more fun back into the learning.

The camps are directed by Head RailHawks coach Colin Clarke and Assistant CoachPlayer Greg Shields. The two develop the curriculum and then meet with the players who will be coaching to instruct them on the execution of the camps. Most camps meet in the evenings, running 6-8:30 rather than full day.

RailHawks Summer Camps are not to be confused with an introductory course in soccer or a day camp. These camps are geared for the slightly more serious athlete, looking to improve. There’s no movie or snack time during these action- packed 2-1/2 hour camp evenings.

RailHawks Summer Soccer Camps

For more information including schedules, visit CarolinaRailHawks/SummerCamps.

Now get out there and bend it like Beckham.

Photo by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – It’s been a great run – 44 years. But Circus Restaurant on East Chatham Street has announced that it will be closing it’s doors for good this Friday.

Farewell Circus

We waxed eloquent about Circus in a Go Local column back in May of 2010. “We’re talking hand-dipped cones in chocolate, cherry or butterscotch. Milk shakes and malteds – yes, malteds – it’s like waking up in 1962. Fabulous flavors, fresh ingredients and seasonal items including a pumpkin milkshake in the autumn.”

But, sadly, the management has announced that their last day will be Friday, May 18, 2012.

We might have to swing by one more time for a burger with freshly chopped onions and a tall Orange Creamsicle milkshake.

Story by Hal Goodtree. Photos by Brooke Meyer and Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – National Train Day rolled into Cary on Saturday. The weather was perfect, the band played, flags snapped to attention and the enthusiastic crowd cheered as the big train pulled into Cary.

National Train Day in Cary

Cary has had a train depot since Frank Page got a railroad siding in 1854. But this year was the first celebration of National Train Day in Cary. Previously, the event had been in Raleigh, a suburb of our fair town.

The Town Band filled the air with railroading songs and Americana as spectators streamed into the train depot. It was a mass influx of parents and kids, strollers and bicycles, grandmas and grandpas, elected officials and Amtrak representatives flooding in from all sides.

The enthusiastic crowd packed the platform from one end to the other. Children sat on the shoulders of their parents, blowing wooden train whistles supplied by the NC Railroad.  As the Carolinian rolled into the station, a big cheer went up from the crowd.

I don’t know what kind of reception they had previously received in Raleigh, but the train conductors seemed surprised – even shocked – by the size of the crowd in Cary. At it’s peak, Train Day in Cary appeared to have drawn upwards of a thousand people.

The crowd eyed the gleaming railcars, heaving and shuddering above the platform, a living leviathan of steel and ingenuity. Slowly, the train departed from the platform and the crowd let out a collective sigh of appreciation.

Afterward, elected officials, community leaders and Amtrak representatives made a few remarks under the cloudless sky, a perfect Carolina blue to match the mood of the day.

Inside the station, games, amusements and information did a brisk business. There was a model railroad and a train table, face painting and balloon bending. A new Downtown Cary brochure produced by the Heart of Cary Association found its way into many hands.

As the morning stretched into midday, spectators wandered off to visit Page-Walker or strolled to Ashworth Drugs for a hot dog at the lunch counter.

Pictures: National Train Day in Cary

Photos by Brooke Meyer and Hal Goodtree.

Photo by Erik van Roekel.

Cary, NC – Adults and children ages 12+ are invited to make a move for those who can’t on Thursday, May 17. Life Time Fitness Cary is partnering with the Booth Amphitheatre in Cary to lead a two-hour, heart-pumping ZUMBA® Jam fundraising event. Guests will be treated to a live DJ and an after-party. Concessions will also be available.

Zumba Jam at Booth Amphitheatre

The event is free to the public and participants are encouraged to make a suggested donation of $10, with all proceeds benefiting Augie’s Quest and Life Time Foundation.

Augie’s Quest is a non-profit research initiative dedicated to finding treatments and cures for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a progressive motor neurone disease that robs people of the ability to move their muscles.

Life Time Foundation is about inspiring healthy people and a healthy planet one mission at a time. The current mission is improving children’s nutrition – One School Lunch Program to ensure every child has a healthy start in life, beginning with proper nutrition and exercise.

Event Details

Zumba Jam
Thursday, May 17, 2012
6:30 – 8:30 PM

Booth Amphitheatre
8003 Regency Parkway
Cary, NC 27518

Suggested donation: $10

Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – The Ritmo Latino Festival moves its Latin rhythms to Downtown Cary this Saturday, May 19th.

Ritmo Latino Festival

David Flores, president of Diamante,  said that the organization had “listened to feedback from past patrons who said that August was very hot and that the past location in Bond Park limited the festival’s visibility”.

When Lyman Collins, the Town’s Cultural Arts Manager, approached the group to move to Downtown they really liked the idea. Diamante normally holds a book fair during the Spring, so switching that indoor event to the hot month of August, and the outdoor Ritmo Latino to the cooler month of May made a great deal of sense.

Whats in A Name?

“Ritmo” means Rhythm in Spanish, and through music the festival focuses on sharing the Latin Culture with the community, hence “Ritmo Latino”. A full day of music and dance performances highlighting many different Latino cultures is planned on Academy Street between Dry Ave and Park, where the street will be closed to traffic between Noon and 7pm.

Part of Downtown Rejuvenation

Part of the push for more festivals in the streets downtown, the Diamante group is also excited to be more visible and hopes to continue to attract a diverse population to take part in experiencing Latino culture. David added that the group is excited to “support the rejuvenation of the Downtown area” and that he is pleased that the Town “asked us to be downtown.” He added they have given Diamante tremendous support as the main sponsor of their event.

Two Performance Stages

Two stages will be set up, one in front of the Cary Arts Center on Dry Ave will hold seven musical acts and a second stage near Park Street will have dance performances. In addition to the performing stages, fifty vendors will be selling crafts and art and several food vendors will be selling authentic Latino foods for patrons to sample.

A Kids Zone will be set up with free face painting and bounce houses. Cary Creative Reuse Center will show kids how to create crafts from recycled materials. A first for the area will be outdoor laser tag from Extreme Kombat, a company owned by a Diamante board member.

Unique Children’s Group To Perform

The Children’s Philharmonic Orchestra (Kidz Notes) from Durham will take the stage during the day. This group teaches over 150 underprivileged children to play classical music including violin, cello, and violas at little to no cost. Twenty of the group’s musicians perform on Saturday.

Soccer Clinic Too

The RailHawks plan a free soccer clinic from 2-3pm in the grassy area across from the Cary Arts Center. Kids can sign up on the spot to learn from the pros. Swoops the mascot should make an appearance as well.

Special Concert Friday Night

Singer Jenny La Voz will perform Friday May 18, as a prelude to Ritmo Latino, and part of the Starlight Concert series at the Page-Walker. This free concert night is usually the most popular of the Starlight series. Grupo Sarangue will also perform music that is a mix of Meringue and Salsa.

Event Info

Ritmo Latino
Saturday May 19 Noon- 7pm
Academy Street from Dry to Park (street will be closed)
Cost: Free

Also Starlight Concert

Jenny LaVoz and Grupo Sarengue
Friday May 18th, 7pm
Page-Walker Arts and History Center ‘s Outdoor stage, 119 Ambassador Loop
Cost: Free

From the blog of Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht.

Cary, NC – It was a typical week for me this week with a council meeting, events, and meetings.

Confirmand Mentor

Monday night was personal as I attended my Confirmand’s Statement of Faith.

In my religion and denomination each youth (Confirmand) goes through a year of classes before asking the elders to become a member of the church. They are mentored by “role models” from the church throughout the year. I was fortunate enough to be selected for one of these youths. My Confirmand will go before the entire church at the end of May.

Local Ninth Grader Wins C-SPAN Award

On Tuesday morning I participated in a ceremony to recognize Carl Colglazier, an ninth grade student, as the grand prize winner of C-SPAN’s National 2012 Student Cam video documentary competition.

Student Cam is an annual national video competition where middle and high school students produce a short video on a specific topic related to the competition theme about issues affecting our nation.

After the ceremony we all headed out to tour the C-SPAN bus.The Bus is equipped with computer kiosks that access C-SPAN’s many websites, including the Video Library, C-SPAN Classroom, Congressional Chronicle, and Book TV. Visitors can also test their knowledge of public affairs with quizzes, learn about Student Cam and follow the Road to the White House.

I-540

Tuesday was a busy day for me. I started by calling council members to see if they had questions or concerns on the agenda for the upcoming council meeting on Thursday. I was only able to get in touch with council member Frantz. However, council members Bush and Adcock had told me previously they had no questions. Later that afternoon I met with management, administration, directors, and other staff to go over the agenda. Based on our review the upcoming meeting seemed like it would be a quick one even with a closed session. My guess was that the meeting would last about an hour.

After the agenda meeting I met with the town manager briefly and discussed the future route of I-540. The next phase of I-540 is now being studied. A few months ago a route, called the red route, was removed by the Legislature at the request of Garner. Currently there are not enough route options to meet federal guidelines for a study. There is a chance that the federal government will remove funding for this project if the study does not continue.

Delegation from China – Sister City in Cary?

My last meeting on Tuesday was with a delegation from China. One of the key members of this delegation owns over a hundred companies and is looking to invest in Cary. He said he has already made a decision to do so. He also stated that he is very interested in establishing a sister city relationship with Cary. I hope all of this comes to fruition.

Mental Health

Wednesday I met with two representatives from St. Paul’s Center for Hope and Healing. They are doing a great deal for our community especially in the area of mental health. One of their prime objectives is to meet the needs of those that don’t have insurance. They hold classes in Marriage and family issues, Grief, Mental health concerns, Life skills training, Support groups, and Wellness training. In my conversation with them I discussed other ways to get involved in the community and people to contact for grants and support. God bless them!

Western Wake Wastewater facility

Wednesday evening I chaired a meeting of the Western Wake Partners Policy Advisory Committee which is made up of town managers and mayors from Cary, Apex, and Morrisville. I was the only mayor in attendance but we had enough managers for a quorum. We approved three contracts for construction of the Western Wake Wastewater facility and minutes from previous meetings. The meeting took less than half an hour.

Cary’s Lean Budget and Telecommunications Towers

My only event Thursday was the council meeting. The open session of the council meeting lasted just under an hour and the closed session portion just over an hour. In the open session the two biggest items were the manager’s budget proposal and the Land Development Ordinance (LDO) Amendment on Telecommunication towers.

The manager’s budget pointed out that Cary remains very lean with 8.2 staff members per 1000 residents. In addition, while Cary has added 10,000 residents over the last four years the staff level has remained about the same. The manager also pointed out that this fall’s bond referendum is critical. He said “The bond referendum that’s going before voters this fall for transportation, parks and fire projects will be a key factor in how our future capital plans evolve since without approval of the bonds and the associated tax increase, many projects will not be able to move ahead in the near term, in the next three to five years.”   The manager also recommended $48 million capital plan that includes $1 million for Downtown improvements, $2 million for street resurfacing, $1.1 million for the New Hope Church Trailhead Park, and $3.7 million for developing the Crabtree Creek Greenway. Of the 49 general capital projects totaling $21.8 million, 24 are repair, renovate or replacement-related; over half of them are funded fully or partially by Federal grants or State collected local revenues. The manager is recommending no new debt be incurred for general capital projects like parks and road. To read the entire manager’s budget message visit http://budget.townofcary.org/budget/fy2013/010-messageoperatingbudget.pdf.

The only decision point with discussion for council was the LDO amendment for telecommunication towers. A few months ago the council asked staff to craft an ordinance amendment that streamlined the process for stealth telecommunication towers as an incentive. In the streamlined process the council would not be part of the decision on the stealth towers resulting in a much shorter and cheaper process. It was the hope that this new incentive for telecommunication towers would encourage development with stealth rather than the ugly lattice and monopole towers. The discussion at the council meeting was whether or not to allow a balloon test and public input as part of the stealth process. The majority of the council felt that the cost of the balloon test for stealth towers would add an unnecessary additional cost and since the proposed stealth process was administratively approved a public input session might mislead residents to think that council was making a decision. It needs to be noted that residents will be informed and can always provide input even without a public input session.

Cary Chamber Golden Anniversary

Friday I did a short video for the Cary Chamber of Commerce’s fifty year celebration. To see what that is about you will have to attend on Tuesday night.

Eagle Scout, B52s, Help Stop Burglaries

Saturday I was honored to attend the Eagle Scout ceremony for Jonny Harding. I congratulated him on his accomplishment and told him that I looked forward to his continued contribution to our community.

Saturday night I attended the Urban Ministries concert at Booth Amphitheater starring the B52s. It was a full house and the B52s did not disappoint the crowd playing all their hits.

In news this week, a burglary hit my neighborhood. Apparently someone went to bed with their garage door unlocked and their house unlocked. Items were taken from the house, garage, and car. Please help keep Cary the safest municipality in the southeast by not creating opportunities for thieves. Always, lock doors, keep garage doors closed, and never keep valuables in plain sight. If you don’t have a neighborhood watch program then start one. The GeoPolicing captain for your district will help you.

Get the Real Facts

In other news, the local paper did another story on the Bowden House this week. While it was an improvement over the past stories it still lacked in completeness. In this story they left out two key points. The buyer of the house found out that the gutters were clogged and that the sump pump was not working. The local paper just said “he solved drainage issues Bowden blamed on the town”. To read the local newspaper story go to http://www.carynews.com/2012/05/08/56926/cary-house-is-screwed-no-more.html. To read a version of the story that included these two important facts visit Cary Citizen and read http://carycitizen.com/2012/05/01/house-of-the-week-david-bowdens/. In my opinion these facts support what the town has been saying all along. That is, the drainage problems were pre-existing and not a result of the construction. One has to wonder why these facts were left out of the local newspaper story.

Latest Plans

This week staff sent out the latest list of plans under review as of the end of April. They can be reviewed at http://www.townofcary.org/Assets/Planning+Department/Planning+Department+PDFs/planreview/Active+Projects+in+the+Review+Process+(sorted+by+date).pdf. Items on the list include a 222,000 square foot office building at SAS, a gym at St. Michaels, the downtown theater, a preschool, and dependent care units.

Staff also released information that the replacement of the bridge over Green Level Church Road Bridge at White Oak Creek has been contracted out by the Department of Transportation. The bridge, which is 60 years old, is considered structurally deficient and functionally obsolete. It is still safe, but has been requiring maintenance and repair and needed to be replaced. It was also built to lane and shoulder width standards that don’t meet current standards. The new bridge will be able to better accommodate the increased traffic brought on by growth in the area. The project means drivers who have been using the current bridge use will have to use a detour of just over four miles. Detour signs will direct them onto Green Level West, Wimberly and Jenks roads to get around the construction zone. Work on the project can start between August 1st and March 1st, 2013, with the new bridge in place within 240 days of the start date.

Emails

Emails this week included a complaint about red light cameras, a complaint about alternate day watering, a complaint about the Higgins Greenway project, a complaint about schools, a complaint about bio-solids at the Western Wake Wastewater facility under construction, several complaints about the Cary Christian campus expansion, and a request for a nature preserve.

Next Week

Next week I will participate in a teacher recognition ceremony, the 50th anniversary of the Cary Chamber of Commerce ceremony, the 50th anniversary of the Cary Swim Club ceremony, the White Plains Children Center Ceremony, and the Ritmo Latino festival. I will also attend the first budget work session for fiscal year 2013, a meeting of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Transportation Advisory Committee, and additional meetings.

Well that is all for this week. My next post will be on Sunday, May 20th. Please feel free to email me with a comment. Email all Town of Cary questions or comments to Harold.Weinbrecht@townofcary.org. Email personal comments to augustanat@mindspring.com.

Photo by Brooke Meyer.

Cary, NC – One of our favorite community programs is Read & Feed. It’s an all-volunteer, no-cost program to help economically disadvantaged kids. Now is their Capital Campaign. Find out how you can make a contribution to this excellent organization.

About Read & Feed

Read & Feed began as a personal effort by Jan Elmo to help children at Northwoods Elementary learn to read. More from Read & Feed:

One of her students spoke broken English and hid beneath his desk to avoid Jan and the books she wanted to share with him. It broke her heart. She thought all children should love to read.

Jan set out to find a way to help Wake County students who lacked the resources to become passionate and confident readers. She traveled the country studying other reading programs and decided that the best way to tackle this challenge was to employ a mobile classroom stocked with books, food, and volunteers and bring the program directly to the neighborhoods where disadvantaged students live.

Jan invested her own money to buy an RV and the beginning supplies. She rallied the support of the Northwoods Elementary principal and recruited some volunteer tutors. Read and Feed was born.

This year, Read and Feed will operate 31 sites, serving about 750 children in 2012. The goal is to serve 1,000 students per year by 2015.

Climb Aboard the Read & Feed RV

Read & Feed visits each neighborhood once a week for 12 weeks (a semester). Children attend an hour-long session that includes dinner.

After they eat, the children spend time reading with their tutors. They practice reading aloud. They talk about the main idea of the story; its characters and setting. Sometimes they complete book reports or worksheets that help them improve their reading comprehension.

Before they go home, each child selects three books that he can take home to add to his personal library-before Read and Feed many children have no books at all in their homes. By the end of the program, each child has at least 36 books in his or her home library.

Read & Feed 2012 Capital Campaign

The program is absolutely free to the children who participate. In fact, Read & Feed often has other neighborhood children hanging outside the RV hoping for an opportunity to come on board.

Read and Feed is a 501-c3 organization and all gifts are fully tax deductible. Pledges range from $10 to more than $10,000 and every gift helps a child become a strong reader.

Donate Now: Read & Feed 2012 Capital Campaign

Every donation helps.

Story by Matt Young. 

Cary-lina, NC – As any North Carolinian knows, barbecue is a noun (it’s also a religion). Barbecue is NOT the thing you grill on. It’s not something you go to. It is a cooked pig. Period.

‘Cue Guru

The author of the book - Bob Garner’s Book of Barbecue, North Carolina’s Favorite Food - ventured into the food business at 50. He’s now kind of a North Carolina living legend (and ‘cue guru).

Bob Garner is a TV (UNC-TV, Food Network, Travel Channel) personality, speaker, restaurant reviewer and pitmaster.

“Barbecue continues to be refined and repositioned as society changes, because it just plain satisfies some innate need to cook meat over a fire.” – Bob Garner

My First Pig Pickin’

It was 20 years ago, and my company was flying employees down for a house hunting trip. My wife Chris (“I can’t eat anything with a face”) and I were invited to a “pig-pickin’”.  I laughed at the idea.

But I went to it anyway (Chris said we HAD to). It was love at first bite.

So I was sure interested in Bob Garner’s new book.

A History Lesson and a Handbook

Book of Barbecue, North Carolina’s Favorite Food  will be of interest to people who love history and local culture, as well as food. It tells “the why it exists here story” – it  talks about the immigrants hundreds of years ago that started the tradition(s) and it explains how the tradition evolved region by region and the subtle differences from county to county.  Real engaging.

He then describes and reviews many different barbecue establishments across the state. If you are a barbecue lover, I’d suggest throwing this in your trunk, your backpack or your bicycle basket.

Signings

Blair Publishing is hosting a few book signings with Bob in the area:

• Tuesday, May 15, at 6 p.m. at The Pit Authentic Barbecue (where he works) in Raleigh
• Thursday, May 17, at 6 p.m. at McIntyre’s in Pittsboro
• Friday, May 18, at 5 p.m., at the Got to Be N.C. Festival in Raleigh
• Saturday, May 19, at noon, at A Southern Season, in Chapel Hill

Buy It Online

You can also buy the Book of Barbecue online from John F. Blair, Publisher in Winston-Salem, NC.

More NC Book Reviews

If you enjoy NC authors or like supporting North Carolina publishers, browse other CaryCitizen book reviews. Tag: Writers.

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Photo by Alan Pike for Southern Foodways Alliance.