School board election forum

DURHAM -- The Durham Public Library's main branch, 300 N. Roxboro St., will host a forum of potential school board candidates at 7 p.m. Monday.

The event will be held in the library's first floor auditorium.

The session is open to the public and in particular to people interested in running for seats on the school board or recruiting candidates to run for them.

Mike Ashe, director of the Durham County Board of Elections, and school board members will be on hand to talk about what's involved with running for and serving on the school board.

Deadline to file to run for the school board -- single seats in Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be contested this year -- opens at noon, Feb. 8, and concludes at noon, Feb. 26.

The election is May 4.

For more information call (919) 419-6369 or (919) 382-2823.

Lincoln Health's Schmidt honored

DURHAM -- The Downtown Durham Rotary made its annual community service award recently to physician Evelyn Schmidt of the Lincoln Community Health Center.

City Councilman Mike Woodard, a Rotarian, presented the award.

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