Head Start applications

West 22nd Street Head Start is now taking applications for the next school year. Applicants must live in the Rowan-Salisbury School System and children must be 3 or 4 years old by Aug. 31. The Head Start needs 4-year-olds. To register, go to the Head Start office, located at 225 West 22nd St., Kannapolis, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Director Judy Shell at 704-938-9077.

K-town Calendar

Thursday • Northwest Cabarrus High School graduation begins at 7 p.m. at the Cabarrus Arena. Friday • Movies in the Park continues with a showing of “Transformers” (PG-13). Movies are free and begin at sundown, approximately 8:45 p.m., and are held in Village Park. Movies are shown on the Time Warner Big Screen, a 20-by-40 feet blow-up screen. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 704-920-4343. • A.L. Brown High School graduation begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Kannapolis Performing Arts Center. Saturday • Piedmont Dance Ballet will perform George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” at the Village Park Amphitheatre. The event is free and begins at 7 p.m. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 704-920-43343.

Arts Council to sponsor Raw Talent III

The Cabarrus Arts Council is seeking entries for Raw Talent III, its third juried exhibition for aspiring artists. Entries are due by July 15, and works accepted will be shown in the Cabarrus Arts Council galleries July 28-Aug. 28. The exhibition is open to recent high school graduates from Cabarrus County high schools and to college students enrolled in undergraduate art programs who graduated no later than spring 2008. Works to be included will be chosen by Robert Brown, an artist noted for his plein air paintings. Brown also will select the winners of nine cash and exhibition awards. For more information about Raw Talent III call 704-920-ARTS or visit www.Cabarrus ArtsCouncil.org.

Caregivers mini-camp to be held

Individuals who are caring for a family member with a chronic or life-threatening illness are invited to the Caregiver Mini Camp — Powerful Tools for Caregivers. This free program will provide the tools needed for caregivers to take care of themselves while caring for others. Learn to reduce stress, improve self-confidence, better communicate feelings, locate helpful resources and increase the ability to make tough decisions. The Caregiver Mini Camp will be June 17-19 from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. daily at the Cabarrus County Senior Center in Concord. Registration deadline is today. For more information call 704-920-3484 or log on to www.cabarruscounty. us/aging.

YMCA has impact on history

The Cannon Memorial YMCA, the original Kannapolis branch, was chartered in 1908 as a division of Cannon Mills. The president and CEO of Cannon Mills underwrote all membership fees and expenses, giving the Cannon Memorial YMCA the largest YMCA membership base in the nation. In the fall of 2003, the Cannon Memorial YMCA opened its second facility in Concord. The West Cabarrus YMCA is located in Afton Village, a full facility offering indoor pools, fitness center, group exercise, gymnasium, multi-purpose rooms, child watch, teen center, sports fields, indoor climbing wall and more. In December 2006, the Harrisburg YMCA was opened, an express facility offering a fitness center, child watch, group exercise, youth fitness and summer day camp. All of our Cannon Memorial YMCAs share the heart of the mission of the YMCAs around the country. Do you know that basketball was invented at the YMCA? In 1891, a YMCA physical education teacher named James Naismith invented basketball as an indoor, winter sport at the YMCA. Basketball is second only to soccer as the most popular sport in the world. A few quick facts about the YMCA include: • There are 2,663 YMCAs across the USA. • More than 20.2 million people are served by YMCA programs. • The YMCA has almost 600,000 volunteers. • YMCAs are the nation’s largest provider of child care. • Cannon Memorial YMCA will celebrate 100 years in November. For more information about the YMCA, visit www.cannonymca.org. or call 704-939-9622.

Jarvi wins first place

CONCORD — Charlotte artist Carmella Jarvi won first place in the Arts Council Galleries’ regional juried art competition, Summertime, for her pastel of a figure in water titled “Peace.” She received $200, accommodations for two in Charleston, S.C. and the opportunity for her work to be featured for three months in Charleston’s Edward Dare Gallery. Sandra Siepert of Charlotte took the second place prize of $200, and Diane Caudle of Monroe placed third and received $100. Merit awards of $50 went to Bre Barnett Crowell of Charlotte, Jane Chapman Hall of Charlotte, Jody Hunter of Concord, Ronda Morris of Mount Pleasant, Joy Moser of Concord; and Siepert. Julie Sweat, owner of Edward Dare Gallery in Charleston and Sandpiper Gallery on Sullivan’s Island, chose both the winners and the other 27 works to be included in the Summertime exhibition from 53 entries submitted by 29 artists. Other artists selected are Carey Carroll, Concord; Carie Irving, Concord; Donna Knorr, Concord; Marty Lineberger, Spencer; Steve Mitchem, Harrisburg; Richard Schmidt, Concord; Walter Stanford, Kannapolis; Chelsey Tyler, Harrisburg; Jutta Vest, Concord; and Leigh Williams, Charlotte. Sweat praised Jarvi’s pastel for its composition, concept and interpretation of the theme. “It shows excellent control and use of the medium and great movement — expressive and emotional,” she said. “It captures subtle nuances of the anatomy that make you believe it.” The competition was open to artists who reside in Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union, Stanly, Iredell and Rowan counties. Summertime will be on display through July 3. Other exhibitions being featured include Sharing the Chores: Works on Paper by Jonathan Green and Keeper of the Gate: Works of Philip Simmons Photographed by Claire Y. Greene. For more information, visit www.Cabarrus ArtsCouncil.org or call 704-920-ARTS (2787).

Basics of home canning class offered

On Monday, June 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the N.C. Cooperative Extension-Cabarrus County Center will host a hands-on workshop designed to teach canning safety, types of equipment, proper canning methods, boiling water bath and pressure canning for beginners. Experienced canners will be provided updates on current USDA recommendations. Cost for the class is $20 for written material, class supplies, light snacks and beverages. Bring your own lunch. For reservations online, visit www.cabarruscounty. us/ReservePartner/?c=Common/Home. Create a login profile and look for Cooperative Extension, then Family & Consumer Sciences, Class No. 4102. Pay online with a debit or credit card or visit the office located at 715 Cabarus Ave. W., Concord, and pay with check or cash. For assistance, call 704-920-3310.

Catawba to host Tar Heel Girls State again

Catawba College News Service SALISBURY — For the seventh consecutive year, Catawba College will host Tar Heel Girls State June 15-21. Almost 300 high school junior girls who are in the top third academically in their class from across the state will attend the 69th annual, weeklong session, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of N.C. Tar Heel Girls State is run by seven Auxiliary members from across N.C. who volunteer their time. Two of those members will mark their 21st year with the program during the weeklong session, including Chair of the Commission Kaye Brown Hirst of Salisbury and Program Director Julie Cooper Head of Valdese.   Other locals involved on staff include Dr. Karl Hales, parliamentarian; Mary Jane Thompson, house mother; Tina Brown, music director; and Fran Simpson, speaker. The Girls State program is a weeklong practical study of the structure and operation of state government. In a non-partisan atmosphere, participants take a hands-on approach to learning how state and local government function. Citizens, as the participants are known, develop an understanding of the responsibilities of citizenship by creating and living under their own mock government. During the week, citizens are grouped into cities as they organize their own local government, elect officers, prepare a city charter and conduct city activities. Citizens also assume the role of a senator, representative or lobbyist to research and write bills and resolutions for the Girls State Legislature. Each citizen is also a member of a fictitious political party which will develop a party platform, engineer campaigns for party candidates and elect a slate of officers to govern Tar Heel Girls State. Parliamentary procedure is used to conduct all meetings. Although the Girls State program is held in every state in the nation, North Carolina is the only state to have had Girls State for 69 consecutive years, according to Hirst. The program is an Americanism project of the American Legion Auxiliary. This year, local girls from Rowan and Cabarrus counties will be among the participants. From Rowan County, students are sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary units in Salisbury, Faith and Landis. From Cabarrus County, students are sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Units in Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, and Mount Pleasant. Two delegates from Tar Heel Girls State will be selected to participate in Girls Nation.

Chancellor Anita Brown receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine

CONCORD — More than 220 friends, family and leaders from the community and state gathered at Cabarrus Country Club last Thursday evening to congratulate Chancellor Anita Brown on her 36- year career and wish her well upon her retirement from Cabarrus College of Health Sciences. Concord Mayor Scott Padgett presented Brown a key to the city and proclaimed June 5, 2008 Anita Brown Day in Concord. Dr. Hope Williams, president of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Association, presented Brown the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor given by the governor of North Carolina. The certificate presented to Brown reads: “Reposing special confidence in the integrity, learning and zeal of Anita Brown, I, Mike Easley do by these presents confer The Order of the Long Leaf Pine with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary, privileged to enjoy fully all rights granted to members of this exalted order, among which is the special privilege to propose the following North Carolina toast in select company anywhere in the free world: “Here’s to the land of the long leaf pine, The summer land Where the sun doth shine, Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here’s to ‘down home,’ the Old North State!’ ” Cabarrus College presented Brown a portrait which will be permanently placed in a central location at the college. Cabarrus College of Health Sciences is located on the campus of CMC-NorthEast in Concord. More than 420 students are enrolled in five associate degree and three baccalaureate completion programs. Associate degree programs include medical assistant, nursing, occupational therapy assistant, surgical technology and associate in science. Baccalaureate completion programs include health services management, medical imaging and nursing. The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Cabarrus College has experienced tremendous growth this decade, with enrollment doubling and applications for admission increasing nearly 200 percent since 2003. For additional information visit online at www.cabarruscollege.edu.

A.L. Brown class of 1963 set to celebrate reunion

The A.L. Brown High School Class of 1963 will celebrate its 45th reunion Oct. 11 at the Club at Irish Creek, formerly Kannapolis Country Club, 1196 Fairway Drive. The event, including a buffet dinner, will be from 6:30-10:30 p.m. More information and invitations will be sent to class members. The reunion committee doesn’t have contact information for some class members. If anyone has an address or phone number for them, they are asked to contact Joyce Earley Bost at 704-938-2181 or Marty Harrison Tilley at 704-938-7922.

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