GOP meeting set for Monday

HILLSBOROUGH -- The Orange County GOP Executive Meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Agricultural Building (Old Carr Building) on Revere Road.

Two political candidates are scheduled to speak at this meeting. Greg Andrews, who has announced his candidacy for County Commission in the 2nd District in Orange County, and Frank Roche, who is running for the 4th District seat to replace U.S. Rep. David Price.

The meeting will be expedited to allow time for questions and answers from the candidates.

Refreshments will be provided, and everyone will have an opportunity to meet the candidates in an informal environment.

Fall breakfast, bazaar Saturday

CARRBORO -- The Carrboro United Methodist Church Women will host its annual fall breakfast, bazaar and bake sale from 7:30 a.m. on Saturday until the items are all sold out.

The fundraiser will be held at the church, at 200 Hillsborough Road in Carrboro across from the Town Hall.

Museum's dinner, cabaret Saturday

CHAPEL HILL -- This year's holiday dinner and cabaret event at the Chapel Hill Museum is a musical time travel through the 20th century performed by siren Serena Ebhardt and musical director Julie Florin titled "In One Era and Out the Other: A Newsworthy Serenade." It will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Ebhardt will turn the past into the present as she leads the audience through decades of headline news and popular song.

This casual cabaret places familiar songs in contexts one might never imagine. From Bird in a Gilded Cage to Caged Bird, history repeats itself in headlines, half notes and holiday harmonies.

A seasonal dinner, wine and a professional performance by award-winning Ebzb Productions mark the 10th year of this beloved Chapel Hill tradition.

The cost is $125 per couple and $70 for singles.

Carrboro tree lighting is Friday

CARRBORO -- The town of Carrboro will present its annual holiday tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday on the front lawn of Carrboro Town Hall, 301 West Main St.

Mayor Mark Chilton will be present, and introductions will be given by Carol Cantrell, musical co-coordinator. Schools participating will be McDougal Elementary School, Carrboro Elementary School and Frank Porter Graham Elementary School.

Ed Camp and The ArtsCenter Singers will provide musical selections before the tree lighting.

GOP women to meet Tuesday

HILLSBOROUGH -- The Northern Orange Republican Women group is having its monthly meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Board of Elections building at 110 E. King St. from 7-9 p.m.

The group also will be part of the downtown Hillsborough Parade at 3 p.m. Saturday, and will host a bake sale during the Hillsborough Candlelight Tour from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday on South Churton St.

For more information, go to www.northernorangerepublicanwomen.com

Holiday parade set for Dec. 12

CHAPEL HILL -- The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade, presented by The Chapel Hill Jaycees, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 12.

The parade, featuring more than 60 entries, starts at Henderson Street and winds the entire length of Franklin Street to Carrboro Town Hall.

Parking will be free downtown for the parade. For complete details, visit www.chapelhilljaycees.org.

Child care center plans open house

CHAPEL HILL -- Operation New Life Child Development Center will host an open house, with tours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 12, and a special presentation at 2 p.m.

The event will be at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive.

The mission of this new center is to provide high-quality childcare for low- to moderate-income working families in the community.

Financial support is necessary to ensure that high-quality child development care is available to the children of the community.

'Schindler's List' survivor to speak

DURHAM -- The Chabad of Durham/Chapel Hill will present "An Evening with Leon Leyson," the youngest survivor on "Schindler's List," who will tell his heart-wrenching story of life as a child in the factory of Oskar Schindler at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Road.

Born Leib Lejzon in Poland, his happy life with his parents and siblings ended with the Nazi invasion in 1939 when Leyson was only 10 years old and the family was imprisoned in the ghetto in Krakow.

Three years later, his father brought him to work at Oskar Schindler's enamelware factory. He was so small he had to stand on an upturned box to reach the machinery.

He caught the eye of Schindler, who became fond of the skinny Jewish kid. The factory owner called him "Little Leyson" and showed him many kindnesses such as providing extra rations of food and excusing him from the night shift when his vision began to fail.

His two eldest brothers did not survive the war, but he, his parents and brother and sister were among those on Schindler's List who survived the Holocaust.

April of 2008 marked the 100th Anniversary of Schindler's birth, which prompted Leon to share his astonishing account of survival, which he kept silent about for nearly half a century.

For more information contact rabbizalman@aol.com or (919) 630-5129.