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2014 Events
Lee D. Kent - Adjunct History Professor - UNC Pembroke
September 21, 2014 - 2:00pm
Historic Chatham County Courthouse Courtroom
Pittsboro, NC
The presentation will look at the original migration patterns into North Carolina as a whole and in Chatham County in particular. The discussion will center on the groups forming the historical make-up of the county, and the exodus of families and groupings. Particular attention will be focused on the population decrease in the 1830s. A question/answer period will follow the presentation. Mr. Kent has retired from his professional career in the teaching at the public school, community college, and University of Virginia levels. He now lives in Pinehurst and teaches at Pembroke, Sandhills Community College, and according to his wife, wherever someone wants to learn history.
A list of helpful genealogy websites will be provided at the event.
Recognition and Awards:
• National State Teacher of the Year (Virginia)
• Adjunct Professor of the Year - Northern Virginia Community College
• Daughters of the American Revolution History Teacher of the Year
• Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher of the Year
• USA Today 100 Most Influential Teachers
"A Peek Into Pittsboro's Past" a Tour of
Historic Pittsboro Homes
September 13, 2014
The Chatham County Historical Association (CCHA) invites you to take a trip down memory lane during its Saturday, September 13, 2014, bus/walking tour showcasing many of Pittsboro's appealing and alluring homes and buildings in the historic district.
Homeowners of selected houses will open their homes to tour guests between the two tour hours of 10:00 a.m. to noon (Tour #1) or 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Tour #2). Tour ticket holders will embark on two Chatham Transit buses (each holding 16 guests) from the Chatham Historical Museum located in the Historic Chatham County Court House in the heart of Pittsboro. Proceeds from tour ticket sales will enable the Historical Association to enhance the Chatham History Museum programs and displays.
A total of 64 tickets for the Tour/Fundraiser at $50 per person will go on sale on a "first-come, first-served" basis starting July 15. "When they're gone… they're gone," said Cindy Perry, Tour Committee member… so folks shouldn't dally, dawdle or otherwise delay their purchase."
Tickets are available by mailing a check to CCHA, Post Office Box 93, Pittsboro NC 27312. Indicate if you wish to attend the morning or afternoon tour. The ticket price includes bus fare, docent guides, costumed re-enactors, and light refreshments.
The following historical houses are included on the tour and visitors will be permitted to enter the house but will be limited to specific areas of the first floor:
Highlights of "A Peek at Pittsboro's Past" House Tour
Governor Manly's Law Office
Masonic Lodge
The Freeman House (Nancy Simon) Salisbury Street
The Yellow House under renovation (Ray and Janet Carney) South Small Street
The Hall London House (Bradshaw and Robinson Attorneys) Hillsboro Street
The Manse (Cindy and Dan Perry) Hillsboro Street
The Wade Barber House (Fred Royal) Hillsboro Street
The Pilkington House (Jamie and Michael Fiocco) Hillsboro Street
The Dr. McBane House (Michelle and Jon-Paul Guarino) Hillsboro Street
Spa at Bell House
Historic Chatham County Courthouse
The tour of historically significant houses and buildings in Pittsboro is a rare opportunity to observe the southern architecture up close and personal and hear from docents and homeown-ers the intriguing history at each stop.
The Chatham County Historical Association preserves and celebrates the unique history of the county; on this tour it spotlights Pittsboro, the oldest city in Chatham, named for William Pitt, the Younger in 1787.
For further information, contact Susan Little,email@example.com , 919-929-7707.
Chatham County Historical Association
Spring Historical Program
Sunday, May 18, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Historical Courthouse
Pittsboro, NC
Free and open to the public
Come and join Linda Carnes-McNaughton, Archaeologist with Fort Bragg Military Base, and Paul Webb with TRCSolutions, Inc., a company providing cultural resources consulting and archaeological compliance services to a broad range of clients. Linda and Paul will talk about surface collecting of artifacts done in the Pittsboro town area in the past couple years as ground was disturbed with various building/renovation projects in the area.
See what you might find when you "play in the dirt."
Mark your calendar for upcoming events in the Historic Courthouse by CCHA:
First Sunday, June 1, July 6, August 3, Museum Open
September 21, Sunday afternoon, Collections of CCHA, program by Melissa Delbridge, Archivist
Come and enjoy an afternoon learning about the wonderful Chatham County.
Questions? Call 919-542-6222
Chatham County
Historical Association
The Annual meeting program will be based on a newly published book "The Civil War in the North Carolina Quaker Belt, The Confederate Campaign Against Peace Agitators, Deserters and Draft Dodgers" by William T. Auman. Mr. Auman was a prominent historian on many aspects on the Civil War. Activities included in the Quaker Belt are also a part of Chatham's history.
Mr. Auman passed away in April, 2013, however, his sister, Ann Brown, lives in Pittsboro and assisted Mr. Auman with his work on the book. After his death, Ms. Brown was able to get the book edited and published following his death. The book became available just a couple of weeks ago. She has a DVD of Mr. Auman talking about his book which she is willing to share and is very interesting.
2013 EventsANNUAL MEETING AND HISTORIC LECTURE
Sunday - February 24, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Holmes Meeting Room
Chatham Community Library
197 NC Highway 87 N
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tommy Edwards is a bluegrass and folk musician, singer, songwriter and radio show host from central North Carolina. He is a retired history teacher, coach and administrator in the North Carolina Public School System. For the past 40 years he has played and recorded professionally with The Bluegrass Experience, one of the Southeast's most respected groups and has more recently combined with vocalist and bassist Alice Zincone and banjo master Rick Lafleur to create the "super trio" Carolina Lightnin'. A former two-time World's Champion Bluegrass Guitarist, Edwards is also proficient on mandolin and banjo both of which he plays with The Leroy Savage Group. He also appears from time to time in two-man shows with Doc Watson's long time accompanist Jack Lawrence. As a songwriter, he has been honored by having his songs recorded by several North Carolina bands including Molasses Creek, Shady Grove, The Brothers in Bluegrass, Kicking Grass, and The Bluegrass Experience. He has recorded four band albums and five solo projects, several receiving critical acclaim in national publications. He and/or his music have been the subject of many articles in a variety of publications, most recently in the January issue of Our State Magazine.
Tommy's original music has been featured in several diverse settings as well as in his own recordings. He is considered an authority on bluegrass music and has been invited numerous times by William Ferris to present traditional music history programs for the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Music Department and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has written for Southern Cultures and presented lectures on aspects of folk culture at The North Carolina Pottery Center and at other venues in the state. His radio program "Bluegrass Saturday Night" has been broadcast for five years at WLHC in Sanford, NC and has recently been added to the schedule of WRHC in Rocky Mount, NC.
Tommy lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina in a National Register home that he and his wife, Cindy, restored.
The program is free and open to
the public. Please join us!
2012 Events
Sunday, 7 October 2012
Holmes Meeting Room
Chatham Community Library
CCCC Campus
197 Highway 87
Two hundred years ago, Chatham County citizens provided
troops to America's second war for independence--the War of
1812. Chatham has a special connection to this conflict with
the British through Captain Johnston Blakeley, Naval hero,
lost at sea with his sloop "Wasp."
A program commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 will be presented by Chatham County Historical Association, on Sunday, October 7. Robert Barnes, History Instructor at Central Carolina Community College, will discuss the history of the War of 1812, the origins of the conflict, the motivation for US involvement, a brief synopsis of the major events, and an examination of the consequences of the war -- including the impact of the conflict on North Carolina and Chatham County.
Available at the program will be a list of Chatham soldiers who participated in the War of 1812. Come and see if your family was represented.
The association will also be selling raffle tickets to raise funds for the new Chatham County museum. At the program, items to be raffled will be on display. They include framed "Coal Fields of Chatham," Ramsey 1870 map, and the O'Neil whimsical print of Pittsboro. Winners will be notified after the Pittsboro Street Fair on October 27.
County Courthouse Renovation
Architects Keynote Speakers
at Historical Association Meeting
Sunday, February 19, at 2:00pm
Bldg. 2, Multipurpose Room
Pittsboro Campus, Central Carolina Community College
764 West St., Pittsboro, NC 27312
Grimsley and Taylor Hobbs, AIA, of Hobbs Architects will tell us what is happening inside, outside, and all around the courthouse reconstruction at CCHA's annual meeting on Feb. 19. Images of the Courthouse in various stages of demolition and rebuilding will illustrate their narrative.
This will be your opportunity to listen, learn, and ask questions to find out what is really happening behind those courthouse doors. Get the inside scoop on those things you wonder about as you circle the courthouse and watch the activity inside the chain link fence. Learn about some of the courthouse's secrets that the destructive fire of 2010 uncovered.
Also at this meeting, Association members will share the progress on plans for exhibits in the historical museum that will be housed on the first floor of the restored courthouse. For more than a year, a dedicated group of CCHA volunteers has been hard at work developing the exhibits to tell the Chatham story.
Chatham County Historical Association welcomes everyone to the program and a brief annual meeting. Both the meeting and program are free and open to the public.
2011 Events
Historical Society
Continues Civil War Series
Sunday, May 22,
at 2:00 p.m.
Campus of the Community College, Building 2, Multipurpose Room
On May 22, 2011, LeRae Umfleet will present a program entitled "Life on the Home Front." The Civil War had a profound effect on all aspects of life in the South. Stories of bravery and suffering on the battlefields of the war are often told, but most of us know far less about the lives of those who stayed behind during those troubled years. Ms. Umfleet will draw on Chatham County documents for insight into the lives of ordinary local people during the war - how women fared with family and farm with husbands and fathers gone, ambivalent feelings about the war, the home guard, and increasing shortages of goods.
The second in a series of three public lectures commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War will be held in the multi-purpose room, building 2, at Central Carolina Community College, Pittsboro, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.
Throughout her career in public history, Ms. Umfleet has worked with a multitude of sites in a variety of capacities, including the North Carolina State Archives, the North Carolina Collection in Chapel Hill, the Joel Lane Museum House in Raleigh, Davis Library in Chapel Hill, and Historic Hope Plantation in Windsor. Originally from Bath, North Carolina, LeRae graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1991 with a Bachelor's Degree in History and earned a Master's Degree from East Carolina University in 1998. Reflecting her personal interest in plantation slavery, her Master's thesis was entitled "Slavery in Microcosm: Bertie County, North Carolina 1790-1810."
Ms. Umfleet currently is the Chief of Collections Management for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. In this position, she manages how the agency cares for, collects, stores, and exhibits the objects in its custody. In her spare time, LeRae enjoys learning more about women's roles during the Civil War, including sewing period fashions, and sharing her love of history with anyone who will listen!
This lecture series began in early March with Dennis Brooks's presentation about Chatham troops and the battle of Gettysburg. It will end with a program in September presented by Michelle Lanier entitled "A War with Many Voices: African-American Memory and the Civil War."
Directions to the
lecture location:
From the old Courthouse, go west on US Highway 64 through the stop light. In two-tenths of a mile, turn right into the Central Carolina Community College. Turn left into the parking lot. Building 2 is the second building on the right. The multi-purpose room is on the first floor on the immediate right upon entering the building.
Sunday, March 6,
2011 at
2:00 p.m.
Election of officers
Short reports of the state of CCHA
Dennis Brooks, Noted Historian to speak at Historical Association's Annual Meeting
Chatham County Historical Association is pleased to have Dennis Brooks present the program "26th NC Regiment at Gettysburg – The Chatham County Connection". Dennis' interest in the involvement of Chatham County troops in the Civil War has resulted in his having done extensive study and research on the topic. A rich history exists of contributions made by Chathamites. Come and learn.
The program will be given on Sunday, March 6, 2011, 2:00 pm at the Pittsboro Campus of the Central Carolina Community College, Building 2, Multipurpose Room. The public is invited to attend and is free.
As 2011 begins the Civil War Sesquicentennial Anniversary this program is first in a series. The second program will be May 22 about "Chatham Life on the Home Front" and the guest speaker will be Ms. LeRae Umfleet from N. C. Department of Archives and History. A third program is planned for later in the year about "The Emancipation Proclamation and its Celebration in Chatham County."
Also at this time, the
annual meeting of the Association will be conducted.
Officers and directors will be presented for membership
approval. Those being nominated for filling vacated
director positions are Jane Hinnant who has been serving
as Secretary in an appointed capacity, Mary Nettles and
Cecil Wilson.
2010 Events
2009 Events
Arranging What We
Have in Hand & Finding What We Don't:
Conducting Local Genealogical & Historical Research
James Vann Comer
Noted Professional Genealogist
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Central Carolina Community College
Pittsboro Campus
Multipurpose Room
2:00 p.m.
The Public is Welcome!
Every family has a "skeleton in the closet" and the information that most genealogists are looking for is stored in closets, basements, attics, in trunks and strong boxes. Mr. Comer will be instructing us in how to look at what we have and how to further research genealogical and historical information. Come, listen, ask questions, and be assured that you will take home valuable information and new enthusiasm for your genealogy project.
During his years as a professional genealogist, Mr. Comer has assisted people with their family research, in some cases doing the research for them, and worked on other projects and publications that have enhanced the area's genealogical and historical records. The holdings of our Chatham County libraries include much of his material. Mr. Comer lives in Sanford – in that part of Lee County that once was Chatham – and is a fount of information about Chatham's people.
He has published Central North Carolina Journal and was previously editor of the Lee County Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc.'s newsletter The Times. As one of his more unusual projects, he attempted to identify a skeleton found in the area with the attribution that it was "the last man hanged." Maybe we'll hear the whole story.
Shew Yourselves to be Freemen:
The Regulator Movement in Chatham County,
John Hudson Emerson, speaker
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Program begins at 3:00 p.m.
Guided tour of the church grounds and
area begins at 2:00 p.m.
Rives Chapel Church, 4338 Rives Chapel Church Rd., Siler City
Join us to learn more about Chatham County's role in the Regulator Movement—a fascinating and important part of North Carolina and US history. John Hudson Emerson, a Chatham native and historian whose ancestor James Emerson narrowly escaped hanging after being captured at the Battle of Alamance, will discuss the movement at this free program.
Come early for a brief tour of the church grounds or to take a short walk to the Old Tick Creek cemetery nearby, where Regulator James Emerson is buried. His grave marker suggests some of the drama of the Regulator movement. It reads "Patriot. A Regulator at the Battle of Alamance, condemned to death by Gov. Tryon, pardoned by Gov. Martin, lived to take part in the War of American Independence." Volunteers from the church will serve as guides for these activities beginning at 2:00 p.m. Lemonade and cookies will be served on the church grounds following the presentation.
Mr. Emerson will discuss the "grievous oppressions" that the Regulators opposed and the implications of the Regulator movement for the formation of Chatham County and for North Carolina's participation in the Revolutionary War. He will describe clashes between Regulators and British forces that involved thousands of settlers, and will talk about the roles some early Chatham settlers played in the Regulator movement.
Beginning in 1766—six years before the Boston Tea Party and nine years before the Battle of Bunker Hill—settlers in what is now Chatham County participated in a movement that would lead to what many historians consider to be the earliest armed conflict against the British in the American colonies. Yet many are unfamiliar with this Regulator Rebellion, whose participants walked the very ground we call home today.
By some estimates, there were more than 6,000 participants in the Regulator movement—accounting for nearly three-fourths of the NC backcountry's white adult male population. It began with petitions and civil disobedience, and ended in May of 1771 when Governor William Tryon's Colonial Militia violently suppressed an armed rebellion at the Battle of Alamance, at which two- to three-thousand Regulators were decisively defeated by Tryon's smaller, but well-armed forces.
Among the Regulators were a large number of early Chatham settlers. Some of their family names are still represented in Chatham today.
Museum exhibit:
In anticipation of Mr. Emerson's presentation on the Regulator movement in Chatham County, a special exhibit will be on display in the Chatham Historical Museum. The display features Chatham-area men who participated in the Regulator movement and the locations of their properties, where known. The exhibit opens August 5 and will remain for several months. The Chatham Historical Museum is located in the historic county courthouse in Pittsboro and is open on Wednesdays from noon until 3 p.m. and First Sundays.
For more information call 542-3603 or 542-4478.
Directions to Rives Chapel Church:
From Pittsboro and points west:
Take US 64 west. From the traffic circle in Pittsboro, go 7.1 miles and turn left on Rives Chapel Church Rd. Go 4.3 miles. When the road forks, stay left. The church will be on your right.
From Siler City and points east:
From US-64 east, turn south on US-421, toward Sanford. Go 6.2 miles. Turn left on Ike Brooks Rd. and go 2.5 miles. Turn right on Rives Chapel Rd. Go 0.2 miles. The church will be on your right.
From Chapel Hill and points north:
Take US-15-501 south. Turn right on US-64 west toward Siler City. Go 11.3 miles and turn left on Rives Chapel Church Rd. Go 4.3 miles. When the road forks, stay left. The church will be on your right.
From Sanford and points south:
Take US-421 north. Turn right on Ike Brooks Rd. Go 2.5 miles and turn right on Rives Chapel Church Rd. Go 0.2 miles. The church will be on your right.
The Chatham County Historical Association is hosting a free
Walking Tour and Open House of Historical Places in Pittsboro
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
1:00 -4:00 pm
Docents will be available at most sites to discuss the history of the place and to answer questions.
Have you ever wondered what Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church or the Pittsboro Masonic Lodge look like on the inside?
Did you know that the cute house on Salisbury Street next to the Baptist Church dates from before 1815 and was owned, along with much of the property in that block, by a free black man, Lewis Freeman?
See a partially reconstructed log-cabin near the Pittsboro Library, on Rectory Street. Visit the graves of some important Chatham County residents, and see a close-up view of the interior of Governor Charles Manly's tiny law office. Come discover other Pittsboro treasures you may not even know exist.
This is your chance to come inside some of the interesting places that you pass by in Pittsboro and to learn about their history.
Free maps and a listing of open sites will be available at the Chatham County Courthouse in the traffic circle and at all other sites on the tour.
Enjoy your individual tour, visiting the sites YOU choose. Travel by foot or by car at your own pace.
Sites open for the tour include
The Historic Chatham County Courthouse
Masonic Lodge
Governor Manly's Law Office
Pittsboro Methodist Church and cemetery
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and cemetery
Freeman House
Partially restored Marshall log cabin
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church and cemetery
and the Chatham County Historical Museum, located in the Courthouse
MAY 3 IS A FIRST SUNDAY, so: downtown Pittsboro will offer other exhibits, crafts and art vendors, music, food & drink as well.
Please join us!
More info: 919-542-3603
for details
A Conversation with Perry W. Harrison,
retired Superintendent of Chatham County Schools
2:30 p.m. Sunday, February 15, 2009
Superior Courtroom, Chatham County Courthouse in Pittsboro
Perry Harrison, a highly respected citizen of Chatham County, served as Superintendent of Chatham County Schools from 1967 until he retired in 1994. We are privileged to have him share his first-hand thoughts and observations about this historic period of school history with us.
The Chatham Historical Museum, located in the Courthouse, will open at 2. Our annual meeting will precede the program, and light refreshments will be served following the program.
Please attend and bring your friends to our free program!

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The solemn occasion was the commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center of Sept. 11, 2001.
Images of the airplanes crashing into the Twin Towers and the resulting fire and black clouds of smoke are seared into our minds for a lifetime. It is one of those tragedies that every person can recall where he or she was when the news was received. Much will continue to be written and done to mark this date in the nation's history.
It is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the 2,982 people killed in the terror attacks of Feb. 26, 1993, and Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center site, in a field near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon. The Sept. 11 Memorial, which was dedicated last year on the tragedy's 10th anniversary, is defined by two reflecting pools, a grove of trees and the names of the victims inscribed in bronze. The reflecting pools are nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood.
In her book, "Let's Roll: Finding Hope in the Midst of Crisis," Lisa Beamer writes about her feelings on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001: "In that dark moment, my soul cried out to God, and He began to give me a sense of peace and a confidence that the children and I were going to be OK. But even that comfort didn't take away the wrenching pain of the awful sense of loss I felt."
Every person who lost a loved one in those attacks went through, and still lives with, heart-wrenching loss. But for the Christian, there is hope. Even Todd Beamer, Lisa's husband and one of the heroes of Flight 93, turned to God in the midst of his own trial. With a telephone operator, he prayed the Lord's Prayer, recited the 23rd Psalm and was heard to whisper, "Help me, Jesus," several times before calling his fellow passengers to action: "Let's roll!" Those with a sure confidence in God's purposes and plans are never frozen by fear. Todd Beamer was not. Lisa Beamer is not. And you will not be, through faith in the goodness of God.
It's hard to believe it's been 11 years since that tragic day. We've come a long way since that unspeakable tragedy.
We've spread freedom around the world. We stood our ground, said we would not stand for this atrocity, that those responsible would be brought to justice — and that's exactly what we did. We recognize that all our service men and women and emergency responders have given something of themselves to their community and their country and some have given all — laying down their lives to defend the freedoms we hold so dear.
On Tuesday, we especially honored those who have given their lives in the defense of liberty and we also recognized everyone who has worn the uniform of this great nation, our military, fireman and rescue personnel, EMS and our law enforcement officers. To all our veterans and emergency responders, we have a simple yet heartfelt message — thank you — for your service. We want you to know that your example serves to inspire others who follow in your footsteps. Thank you for your selfless service in peacetime and war, on that tragic day in September 2001, and here in this nation and throughout the world.
Regardless of their service and the era in which they have served, veterans have paid a price for the freedom we enjoy. They have paid with their courage and honor. They have defended America through both the best and worst of times and they have performed their difficult duties tirelessly, with little recognition or fanfare. They have sought neither fortune nor fame. A simple love of country and liberty compelled them to serve this great nation of ours.
Today's armed forces embody the "Spirit of 1776." Now however, instead of militias and the Continental Army of General George Washington protecting this nation, it is a team of National Guardsmen, reservists and active duty soldiers who help defend our towns and cities. Together with state and local authorities, these modern-day patriots form a team that is our nation's first line of defense against terrorists and other threats to our livelihood. At home and throughout the world, our soldiers uphold the finest traditions of veterans from other bygone eras.
Currently, our soldiers are serving in 120 countries throughout the world, and the legacy of our veterans continues to inspire each of them to answer the call to duty.
We now know our enemies will not be deterred solely by our ability to retaliate. We will be vigilant. We will maintain our fighting spirit and our values. For our emergency service workers and our law enforcement officers, they draw their strength from their values: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage.
These values have always been with them, and they continue to sustain us. The horror of 9/11 demonstrated to many that we cannot take our past peace and prosperity for granted.
But our emergency services and law enforcement workers, and all branches of our military, already knew this. They know our nation was founded not on the guarantees of the past, but the promise of the future. They know that freedom isn't free and that eternal vigilance is the price we must always pay for our liberty. What we must resolve is to now keep faith with our emergency service workers and our military.
We must also thank and support our veterans for their outstanding and selfless service to our nation. Let us thank them not only today, this week, next week and beyond, but every day. Remember all who served during the terror of 9/11, and the price that our military servicemen and women continue to pay physically and emotionally to keep this nation safe. Remember our troops — America's future veterans — America's sons and daughters, who have selflessly made the decision to defend your rights and to live as freedom-loving Americans.
Additionally, remember that our military and local emergency service workers' families also have paid a price for freedom. We may never be able to adequately thank them, but we must always support them. With your support, they will continue to honor their sacred duty of protecting this nation, our fellow citizens and the freedoms we hold so dear.
God told us in Psalms 55:22 that, "He will never let the righteous fall." God is faithful and grace is free. And the greatest reflection of Christ any person can show is to lay down their life for another. In that, many emergency service workers have reflected the example of Christ.


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December 11, 2013 | Vol.53 N.49
Tis the season to be jolly! Great news for sellers! The month of November was all about the market making a correction from a sudden drop in values of sold homes in Lake Stevens and Snohomish County.
Values rebound as inventory of residential listings decline for both Lake Stevens and the County; according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS). The median value for a residential home that sold for the month of November in Lake Stevens was $262,975, up from October's $242,475.
New construction sales made up 15 of the 54 residential sales last month. That is an increase from October's 7 or September's 8 sales. The median values for new construction sales for November are $362,285 for a home that averages 2383 square feet. The median value for existing homes is $252,200 for a home that averages 1814 square feet.
You can see from looking at these figures how much new construction bumps up median value. New construction sells for about $150 per square foot on average for living space. Existing homes sell for about $140 per square foot on average. Other variables can make a house worth more or less, and that can be determined by a real estate broker, or an appraiser.
Total sales of residential listings that sold in Lake Stevens for November was 54, down slightly from October's 62 home sales. Sales have slowed some since summer but sales are doing well compared to previous years for this time of year. As of December 4, there were 151 active residential listings, down from October's 160 and September's 171.
Thirty-five of the 151 active listings are new construction, 7 which are completed, and 23 under construction and 5 that are pre-sales yet to start construction. There are more new homes under construction now than the previous month, as builders continue to show confidence in the market.
The NWMLS reports Snohomish County statistics have the same trends as Lake Stevens, with a turnaround in values and inventory that is shrinking. November had 2,108 residential active listings, 567 more listings available than last year, but less than October's 2,276, and September's 2,324. Median values for residential closed sales for the month of November for Snohomish County were $309,925, up from October's $286,250 and September's $304,475.
Median values around Puget Sound Region for residential sold listings are as follows for the month of November: King County at $414,000, Pierce County at $214,990, Skagit County at $249,900. Out of the 22 counties that the NWMLS has statistics on, Grays Harbor shows the biggest increase in median values; up 32.88% from a year ago at $121,250. Clark County has a 20% increase at $252,000.
For more information on the market and real estate in general, please visit http://www.johnlscott.com/steves.
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What new Japanese PM Abe means for IndiaPosted: 19/12/2012 Filed under: Asia Pacific, Geo-economics, Sanjaya Baru, South Asia | Tags: 'broader Asia', China, India, Japan, Manmohan Singh, Shinzo Abe Leave a comment
By Dr Sanjaya Baru, Director for Geo-economics and Strategy
'The Pacific and the Indian Oceans are now bringing about a dynamic coupling as seas of freedom and of prosperity'. With those words Shinzo Abe, now re-elected prime minister of Japan, launched into an historic address to the Indian Parliament in August 2007. A 'broader Asia', he said … 'is now beginning to take on a distinct form. Our two countries have the ability – and the responsibility – to ensure that it broadens yet further and to nurture and enrich these seas to become seas of clearest transparence.'
To an audience that had not yet absorbed the full import of the historic shift that Abe was seeking in Japan's relations with India, he added: 'This is the message I wish to deliver directly today to the one billion people of India. That is why I stand before you now in the Central Hall of the highest chamber, to speak with you, the people's representatives of India.'
Shinzo Abe is not just another prime minister in a country where prime ministers come by the dozen. He has pedigree and has acquired courage and a vision. And over the weekend he has also won a massive and historic verdict in favour of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
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Japan is facing another general election in December, after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the Lower House of the Diet last week. Noda – Japan's sixth premier in as many years – announced his intention to go to the polls during a parliamentary debate, saying: 'Let's do it'.
The main campaign issues will be tax and nuclear power. The emergence of a nationalist 'third force' involving Shintaro Ishihara, the nationalist former governor of Tokyo is also making this election one to watch. Ishihara triggered the current flare-up with China, and is now helping to challenge the dominance of Japan's two main groupings: Noda's ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which is currently in opposition.
Rising yuan in the land of setting yenPosted: 11/10/2012 Filed under: Asia Pacific, Geo-economics, Sanjaya Baru | Tags: China, currency wars, Geo-economics, IMF, Japan, World Bank, Yen, yuan Leave a comment
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The directors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank return to Tokyo this week for their annual meetings after a gap of 48 years. It's a different Japan. The aging of the host nation, the rise of China, the 'shift' of the epicentre of global growth to mainland Asia, in more ways than one, have subdued what was in 1964 – when the Fund and Bank last met here – the 'land of the rising Yen'. The 'shocks' administered to the global economy by the recent trans-Atlantic financial crisis have further accelerated these 'shifts', and the Yuan now rises where the Yen once shined.
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While the Bank arrives in Tokyo with a South Korea-born American as its first 'Asian-origin' president, the Fund arrives with its first Chinese deputy managing director, who got the job as part of a deal with the European Union. This would rub even more salt into the wounded pride of a Japan that tried hard for long to get one of the top jobs and repeatedly failed because the West would not accommodate Asia till China stared it in its face.
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We didn't start the fire. It was always burning since the world's been turning. –Billy Joel
In January 1930, Mao Zedong wrote a letter in which he repeated an old Chinese saying: "A single spark can start a prairie fire." Mao was referring to the possibility that the communist movement, although small at the time, had the potential to wage a successful revolution. The phrase is just as apt in the current situation, as protests sweep Chinese cities, with Japanese products and businesses being attacked in five different cities.
What is the source of the latest discontent? A long-running disagreement over the sovereignty of five small islands and three rock formations in the East China Sea that has recently risen once again to the top of the agenda. The decision by the central Japanese government to purchase three of the five islands from their private owner last week, although intended to limit potential damage that might have been caused if Tokyo's nationalistic governor Shintaro Ishihara succeeded in his bid to do the same, inspired an intense reaction from China's population.
Korean president flies into new Dokdo disputePosted: 14/08/2012 Filed under: Asia Pacific, Jens Wardenaer | Tags: Dokdo, Japan, Lee Myung-bak, maritime disputes, South Korea, South Korean elections, Takeshima, Yasukuni shrine Leave a comment
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After South Korea beat Japan in the Olympic football bronze-medal match last week, a Korean player was barred from the medal ceremony for brandishing a sign that promoted Korea's claim to a set of disputed rocks in the Sea of Japan (or the East Sea). The athlete's banner supported Korea's ownership of the Dokdo islands (called Takeshima in Japan, which also claims them).
Only hours before, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak had done something unprecedented for a Korean leader: he landed on the islets (above) and proclaimed that they were worth defending 'with our lives'.
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India and Japan stepped up their defence cooperation this week, saying on Monday that they would conduct their first joint naval exercise in June. This will be part of a new maritime dialogue mechanism announced by Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna and his Japanese counterpart, Koichiro Gemba, after wide-ranging strategic and economic talks. The two ministers also announced a new cyber-security dialogue and the resumption of negotiations over a proposed civil-nuclear deal. Begun in June 2010, these fell into abeyance in the post-Fukushima period.
Meanwhile, India agreed to give the Japanese government a 26% stake in the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation. The move is an attempt to accelerate a much-delayed new rail freight link between India's capital and its largest city, while also cementing a long-term economic partnership between India and Japan.
The long goodbye to OkinawaPosted: 30/04/2012 Filed under: Asia Pacific, Christian Le Miere, Defence, US | Tags: Japan, Noda, Okinawa, troop withdrawal, US military bases 1 Comment
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Just before Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrived in Washington this week to meet US President Barack Obama, the two countries announced that nearly 9,000 US Marines would be shipped off the Japanese island of Okinawa. The continuing US military presence there, more than 60 years after the end of the Second World War, has been increasingly controversial, especially after a local schoolgirl was raped by US troops in 1995.
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After 2 years, he knows pretty much by now how to 'work me'. I told him to watch woman on woman porn so he can learn something about female anatomy. Don't forget he wasn't born or raised in the USA therefore he was not exposed to or taught alot of things re females like most men are in the USA. However, he is creative which helps alot. LOLView Thread
He has done much better when he 'whacks off' and then comes over to see me afterward for the 2nd go round.
But that 1st one is 0.01 seconds. A Real Bummer.
Actually, I believe I have really and truly lost interest. Even he complains that I never call him anymore to come over - he has to call me. This is very true. After 2 years, I'm tired.
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I was and still am in shock.
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Marvel's Iron Man 3 added $72.5 million domestically its second weekend and $89.3 million internationally its third weekend! The third installment has now earned $284.9 million in North America and $664.1 million overseas for a worldwide total of $949 million.
Some of the box office highlights include:
- Iron Man 3 has passed the total global box office of Captain America ($369M), Thor ($449M), Iron Man ($585M), Iron Man 2 ($624M), The Amazing Spider-Man ($752M), Spider-Man 2 ($784M), Spider-Man ($822M) and Spider-Man 3 ($891M).
- Iron Man 3 posted the second-highest domestic opening of all time ($174.1M), behind only Marvel's The Avengers.
- Internationally, Iron Man 3 has passed the total international box office of Captain America ($192M), Iron Man ($267M), Thor ($268M), Iron Man 2 ($312M), Spider-Man 2 ($410M), Spider-Man ($418M), The Dark Knight ($470M), The Amazing Spider-Man ($490M) and Spider-Man 3 ($554M).
- Biggest opening day of all time in China, Russia, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Ukraine, Singapore, South Africa, Vietnam.
- Biggest opening weekend of all time in Asia Pacific and Latin America regions.
- Biggest opening weekend of all time in China, Ukraine, Thailand, South Africa, Argentina, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, UAE.
- Biggest Marvel opening weekend in China, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Romania, New Zealand, Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia.
- Iron Man 3 has surpassed the total gross of Marvel's The Avengers in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.
- Biggest grossing film of all time in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Performances to date in key territories:
China - $95.3M
Korea - $54.1M
Mexico - $42.2M
Brazil - $37.6M
Russia - $37.4M
France - $34.8M
Australia - $33.0M
Japan - $20.7M
Italy - $19.2M
Taiwan - $17.9M
Germany - $17.4M
Indonesia - $14.5M
Philippines - $13.8M
Malaysia - $12.7M
India - $11.4M
Spain - $10.6M
Argentina - $10.5M
Other - $120.0M
Total - $664.1M


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Although subject matter is depressing, this was a really good and entertaining book. So well written.
A quit dysfunctional family with members that love/hate each other. Throughout the book your sad to leave them, cause it feels like your family.
Normally when I start writing a review, I at least know if I enjoyed the book. The Corrections has me bemused however, as I think I enjoyed it, whilst taking a dislike to how Jonathan Franzen mischievously described the families emerging problems in a way that constantly makes you think: "Is this happening in my family?" "I think I'm ok, but now I've read this, I might need to get my head examined, just in case...". And so on.
Bear with the slow start, would be my advice, as I found it worth the long read.
Jonathan Franzen is a wonderful observer of dysfunctional family dynamics. His imaginative dialog and vivid scene descriptions are riveting. Franzen's erudite and ingenious account of Chip's, (the middle son), time in Lithuania was some of the most fascinating fiction I've ever read.
I'm kind of in awe of this book. There's so much detail. Each character's pathetic station in life is explored completely, giving a full picture of exactly how they got to be where (and who) they are. There's also plenty of detail on the housing and economic boom of the 1990s and the culture of Lithuania thrown in to frame the story.
It actually got to be a little overwhelming because none of the characters was particularly likable, and really, almost nothing good happens to any of them throughout the whole novel, and all of their misfortune is of their own making. They're self-absorbed and self-serving and conniving and frustrating...but they're so realistic and compelling that it was hard to put the book down. I read the whole thing in two days.
I also thought the narrative structure was interesting. Each section would start in one direction, and then meander off on a tangent into the past to detail each of the kids' relationship with their parents and how they got from there to here. It sounds jarring, but it really flowed pretty well.
Franzen has some things to say in this book about familial relationships, both parent-child and inter-sibling, if you will. I thought the role the parents' personalities played in shaping their children's lives was a little overemphasized, but that was what the book was about, so I get it. And having now read both this and Freedom, I have to wonder if Franzen will ever feature any characters that are mentally healthy and well-adjusted. Or if he perhaps thinks that everyone is broken in some way, which could probably be argued. At any rate, characters who are whole obviously aren't something he's cared to explore to this point, but I think it would set up a heck of a contrast with his other characters, if nothing else.
Franzen's brilliant achievement is that he creates a set of stereotypical characters and then opens the door and allows us see, in suspenseful, humorous, mesmerizing detail, their defining moments. What was once a silhouette becomes three-dimensional. The complexity becomes a dim mirror of our own complex interiority—writ large, the way we like it writ, because then we can't help but see ourselves in it.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0312421273, Paperback)Jonathan Franzen's exhilarating novel The Corrections tells a spellbinding story with sexy comic brio, and evokes a quirky family akin to Anne Tyler's, only bitter. Franzen's great at describing Christmas homecomings gone awry, cruise-ship follies, self-deluded academics, breast-obsessed screenwriters, stodgy old farts and edgy Tribeca bohemians equally at sea in their lives, and the mad, bad, dangerous worlds of the Internet boom and the fissioning post-Soviet East.
All five members of the Lambert family get their due, as everybody's lives swirl out of control. Paterfamilias Alfred is slipping into dementia, even as one of his inventions inspires a pharmaceutical giant to revolutionize treatment of his disease. His stubborn wife, Enid, specializes in denial; so do their kids, each in an idiosyncratic way. Their hepcat son, Chip, lost a college sinecure by seducing a student, and his new career as a screenwriter is in peril. Chip's sister, Denise, is a chic chef perpetually in hot water, romantically speaking; banker brother Gary wonders if his stifling marriage is driving him nuts. We inhabit these troubled minds in turn, sinking into sorrow punctuated by laughter, reveling in Franzen's satirical eye:
Gary in recent years had observed, with plate tectonically cumulative anxiety, that population was continuing to flow out of the Midwest and toward the cooler coasts.... Gary wished that all further migration [could] be banned and all Midwesterners encouraged to revert to eating pasty foods and wearing dowdy clothes and playing board games, in order that a strategic national reserve of cluelessness might be maintained, a wilderness of taste which would enable people of privilege, like himself, to feel extremely civilized in perpetuity.Franzen is funny and on the money. This book puts him on the literary map. --Tim Appelo
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After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have flown the family nest to live their own lives. Desperate for some pleasure, Enid has set her heart on bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home.… (more)
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Superhero Déjà View
In a cinema awash with stories, heroes and villains it is amazing how accepting we are of the actors who pop up on our screens time and time again. Admittedly it is the bargain that we enter into when we go to the movies, we have to suspend belief and just accept that George Clooney can be an astronaut one minute and then a charming con man the next. It takes a special actor to pull this off though, and lets' face it we all know the actors and actresses who simply play versions of themselves in whole series of unrelated films, Mark Wahlberg anyone? Yet it can work, just think of Pierce Brosnan who managed to take on two iconic roles, spy James Bond and playboy thief Thomas Crown, to arguably acceptable acclaim in both roles. Yet when it comes to Superheroes, who by their very nature, are the boldest and brightest characters to grace the silver screen but can an actor play more than one without blurring the lines?
This debate is raised by the recent announcement of Aaron Taylor Johnson previously of "Kick-Ass" who will play Quicksilver in upcoming "Avengers: Age of Ultron". The fact that another actor Evan Peters will also play a version of Quicksilver in the forthcoming "X-Men: Days of Future Past" complicates things a little, but one would argue that Taylor-Johnson was fairly memorable in 2 Kick-Ass ventures and will soon be donning more lycra in a different franchise. The impending appearance of Ben Affleck as Batman also throws this question into light. Much has been written about the choice and the big shoes which have been left to fill, but this isn't Affleck's first superhero gig. Technically it's his third. We have probably all tried to forget the gaudy travesty that was "Daredevil", but Affleck has actually played Superman in 2006's "Hollywoodland", albeit playing George Reeves who was the actor who played Superman in the 1950's TV series.
Taking these two dilemmas objectively we could apply Comicbook art house logic and say that because Batman is DC Comics and Daredevil was Marvel Comics, that Affleck has the better chance of making the duel comic book hero work. Both characters exist in completely different universes and therefore it doesn't matter. Taking this principle on board, Taylor-Johnson is at an instant disadvantage as both Kick-Ass and Quicksilver are Marvel Comic productions and therefore could clash. Admittedly Kick-Ass exists in another world/universe from the Marvel superheroes…yet they come from the same home. 1 – 0 to Affleck's chances.
We could take a different perspective. It is unilaterally agreed that Daredevil sucked. It came from a time when film studios had just awoken to the potential of lucrative superhero franchises after the success of Spider-man and X-Men and soon began churning out films like there was no tomorrow. It led to poor characters being coughed up on-screen with little thought to their future standing. Given Daredevil's poorness, it could be argued that movie franchise is dead in the water, Affleck is never going to revive the blind super hero anytime soon. This then frees him up to take on the Bat with little worry. This train of thought means that Taylor Johnson again loses out. Kick-Ass was a brilliant film and while the sequel wasn't met with the same rapturous acclaim (mainly due to the lost of Matthew Vaughan at the helm) it still worked. While I doubt we'll see a third Kick-Ass Movie soon, he is still fresh in the mind as the slightly dweeby green suited vigilante. 2 – 0 to Affleck's chances.
We can take these two viewpoints and apply them to other actors and actresses that have doubled up on the Superhero front. Halle Berry has made the role of Storm in 3 X-Men films (soon to be 4) her own, yet the car crash that was "Catwoman" looms in her back catalogue like a rotting corpse. Storm is a Marvel Comic creation, Catwoman a DC Comics. The X-Men films have been wholly positive in their reception and in Berry's portrayal of Storm, while Catwoman appears regularly in the worst film ever made list. In a similar vein we find Ryan Reynolds. The DC Comic Green Lantern was laughed off by most critics and film go-ers, while only 2 years earlier he strutted around the screen as Marvel Comics Wade Wilson/Deadpool in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", which also received a lukewarm reception. While I feel sorry for the development of Deadpool as a character in X-Men Origins, Green Lantern panned not because Reynolds was too memorable as Deadpool, but because it was shocking from start to finish.
Perhaps then the real reason that actors can succeed when playing two iconic comic book roles is because of their acting talent? Chris Evans is Marvel Comics Human Torch in two Fantastic Four films, whilst also masquerading as Marvel's Steve Rodgers in two Captain America films and two Avengers films. With the hint that the Fantastic Four series is to be rebooted, this means that the Human Torch will be recast. This could be the reason why the door was left open for him to take on the role of Captain America, but Evans does bring something to both roles. He is unlikely ever to be winning an Oscar, but there is definable difference between cheeky, wise cracking flirt machine Johnny Storm and wuss turned principled Super Soldier, and Evans carries both off with ease. When I look at Captain America, I don't see the Human Torch despite Chris Evans staring back at me.
Perhaps this is the answer then, acting ability…but hang on, Robert Downey Jr. is a great actor and he could never be anyone other than Tony Stark…oh pants, back to the drawing board.