Granville Health is honored

OXFORD -- Granville Health System (GHS) has been recognized by Carolina's Healthcare Public Relations & Marketing Society for excellence in health care marketing.

GHS received a Wallie Award at the CHPRMS annual fall conference. This year's program was held in Asheville. Honored for advertising excellence, Granville Health System was awarded a bronze award for the health system's "My Hospital" campaign, in the area of mixed media, under-$400 million hospitals.

The Wallie Awards are presented annually, recognizing excellence in health care public relations and marketing. Members of the society compete in more than 30 categories, and a panel of health care, advertising and graphic design professionals selects the winners.

Digitized papers now available

RALEIGH -- If you think of history as dull or boring, check out the new online collection from the North Carolina State Archives, in the North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project (www.archives.ncdcr.gov/newspaper/index.html).

Also now available is the Web site of the North Carolina State Archives Digital Collections (http://ncecho.contentdm.oclc.org/index.php). From newspaper reports to family Bibles, records of the lives of North Carolinians over two centuries now are available. Almost 24,000 records are keyword searchable and offer a treasure trove for schoolchildren, researchers and people who love to know about life.

Newspapers dating from 1751 in the State Archives are now just a mouse click away through the search or advance search links.

For additional information, call (919) 807-7319.

Committee meeting off

OXFORD -- The Public Works Committee meeting for the Oxford Board of Commissioners originally scheduled for Thursday at 9 a.m. has been canceled.

Notification of a rescheduled date has not been announced.

Recycling event set for Jan. 19

ROXBORO -- The Person County Recreation, Arts and Parks Department will sponsor an informational workshop on recycling and the recently opened Person County Recycling Center from 2-3 p.m. Jan. 19.

Participants will learn how to utilize this new facility, and how they can help stimulate the economy, while reducing the amount of waste that goes into the landfill, by turning trash into a valuable commodity.

Wanda Rogers, the director of Person Industries, will be guest speaker. Wanda has been with Person Industries since its beginning in 1984 and continues to lead Person Industries in its commitment to serve Person County.

This event is free and will be held at the Mayo Park Environmental Education and Community Center, 1013 Neal's Store Road, Roxboro.

For more information on this and other Mayo Park events, call (336) 597-7806 or e-mail mayopark@personcounty.net.

Hunting, fishing comments sought

RALEIGH -- Additions to the Public Mountain Trout Waters program, a statewide length and creel limit for muskie, a change in squirrel season dates and additions to the game lands program are among the 2010 proposed changes to the state's hunting and fishing rules.

In January, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold its annual series of nine public hearings across the state, inviting public comments on proposed changes to hunting, fishing and trapping regulations. After hearing public comments and reviewing written comments, the Wildlife Commission will meet in March and vote whether or not to adopt the proposed rules.

The public can also visit www.ncwildlife.org to comment online or submit comments by mail to 1701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1701. Comments must be submitted before January 22.

Duke's Brodhead hits the road

DURHAM -- Duke University President Richard Brodhead will ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York on Friday.

He will be joined on the podium by Duke students and recent graduates, and will meet with Duke alumni in the New York region right after the ceremony.

He will be in New York to attend Saturday's Duke basketball game against Gonzaga at Madison Square Garden.

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