10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Noon – 6:00 p.m. Sunday.
Education Building on the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds.
Sponsored by Forsyth Gem and Mineral Club
President:         Lowell Baker —–766-5919                               Â
Vice-President:Â Jim Stroud———744-2940
Secretary:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chris Ketner ——769-3553
Treasurer:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dick Hartz——–699-8929
Hospitality:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hazel Goode ——761-0326Â Â
After months of pushing and shoving, which obviously lead to Bob McCoy taking a “medical leave”, it appears Ted Kaplan may have his way, sort of. Today the Forsyth County Tourism Development Authority has divided the task of who will be the next Chairman by selecting Two “Chair’Women”. The vote was taken and in due course the only way to get anything done appears to be selecting two people to switch off as chair, each getting six months at bat while the other plays second fiddle as vice “chair’woman”.
Pat Bryan and Vivian Burke will serve six months each with Bryan having first at bat until December when Burke will reverse roles with her. Considering Kaplan has been arguing that the TDA is top heavy and spends to much on administrative costs it will be interesting to hear his take on this. In just the past few months he has tried to slash funding for the TDA only to take part in this compromise appointing two people to share a post for a year instead of maybe looking outside for one person to take the normal two year appointment.
It did appear as though Kaplan has made his point with the approval of nearly $50,000 to go towards several local events such as a Celebrity bowling event in September and robotic dinosaurs at SciWorks both of which actually are tourist drawing events however the “tourist” for either event in my opinion will be relatively local so is anything gained? Then again $50,000 out of a nearly 3 million dollar budget is snack money isn’t it?
Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem * 390 South Liberty Street Winston-Salem
Date, or Date Range: 9/1/2008 See details for times
Monday, Sept. 1, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and BEYOND… Enjoy a full day of play at the Museum, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Labor Day! Then stay for the FREE outdoor Family Pops Concert presented by the Piedmont Wind Symphony and featuring music from some of your favorite Disney movies. Bring your lawn chair and a picnic basket or purchase goodies from Winston’s Eatery or one of our other food vendors.
Museum $7 for adults/children. Concert is free.
For more information: 336-723-9111 – www.childrensmuseumofws.org [email protected]
A touch far but if your interested there is a full VOIP session going on over in Durham. Multiple vendors will present a total solution for business including VOIP, Data and of course those Blackberries.
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