Gene Galin for School Board

I would like to congratulate David Hamm and Flint O’Brien on their wins.
I wish them the best of luck in their endeavors as school board members.

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I was appointed to the Chatham County Strategic Planning Development Committee that I served on until 1998
Strategic Planning Development Committee:
Commissioner Pollard moved to appoint the following individuals to the Strategic Planning Development Committee: Howard Stier, East Chatham (Apex) - Chair; Joyce Cotten, Pittsboro; Karl Ernst, Siler City; Gene Galin, Pittsboro; Ray Greenlaw, Pittsboro; Joy Johnson-Turpin, [...]

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Here’s an opportunity for one of our students to shine.
This summer one rising 5th grader in our area will get a once in a lifetime opportunity! FOX is going on a nationwide talent search to find a group of 5th graders that will put grown-ups to the test on the next season of the hit [...]

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Our view on education: A nation still at risk
Fri Apr 18, 12:22 AM ET
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I started the Chatham Chatlist listsev in 1997. Here’s highlights from an News & Observer story “Web brings neighbors together” that was published on March 19, 2003.
In Chatham County, residents can use the “Chatlist,” which reaches 930 people across 700 square miles, to locate manure for fertilizing, find [...]

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Here’s a list of those who filed yesterday to run in this year’s election
Board of County Commissioners
Patrick Barnes, Democrat, Apex, District 1*
Mike Cross, Democrat, Moncure, District 2*
Armentha Davis, Democrat, Moncure, District 2
Register of Deeds
Treva B. Seagroves, Democrat, Goldston (interim register now)

Chatham County Board of Education (non-partisan)
Gene Galin, Pittsboro, District 2
District Court Judge
Glenn Gerding, Chapel Hill, [...]

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Excerpt from Rudy Crew’s book Only Connect: The Way to Save Our Schools
When I was young, my father used to give me a hard shake to wake me up. Then he’d stick his head right up next to my ear and say, “Rudy,” in his deep voice. “Rudy, time to get up. Sun’s coming up [...]

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