Samuel Lloyd has a passion for the presentation, but this winter put a chill on business.

"I tell people all the time it was the worst winter I've ever experienced," Lloyd said. "There were a lot of days sitting on the couch, that's for sure."

Lloyd said his company, Cardinal Wood Landscapes, saw about a 10 percent decrease in normal winter work.

The decrease was closer to 30 percent for Leisure Landscapes, explained Paul Martin, who said he had to lay off a crew for a few months.

"Because of the economy and the weather, we had the big chill and so it was really tough," Martin said.

Martin said because competition is so tight right now, costs for consumers have not increased and are holding steady.

And depending on what's in your yard, Martin said this winter may have affected you as well.

"Some plants may have been hurt from all the freeze, so we're hoping that we can assess that damage," Martin said.

But now that warmer weather has come out of hibernation, Martin said business is picking up.

"I said the snow is fun, but I'm ready for the sun," Martin said.

Lloyd said phone calls are pouring in as people make up for lost time.

"I was really excited to hear that my phone was ringing because I was nervous the way the economy is and everything that it wouldn't start ringing, but it's a good sign that I've got quite a few phone calls," Lloyd said.

County Manager David Cooke removed elective abortions from the health plan last month on the advice of County Attorney Scott Warren.

Warren said the change puts the county in line with policy for federal employees, and he also cited a 1981 State Supreme Court case.

He said the county could face a lawsuit if the change wasn't made.

Board Chairman Tony Gurley said he supports keeping elective abortions out of the county's health plan.

"We're following what the Supreme Court has said. So we're not allowed to cover elective abortions," he said.

Commissioner Stan Norwalk is proposing a resolution Monday during the board's regular meeting to restore elective abortion coverage.

Norwalk said the law can be interpreted differently, and he said it's up to commissioners to determine what the county's employee health plan includes.

"The reason I'm bringing it up again is because I don't think we should be bullied into what we do," he said.

After Cooke removed elective abortions from the health plan last month, the measure was put before the board, which deadlocked 3 to 3 on the consent agenda, which included the measure.

Democrat Harold Webb, still recovering from a stroke, was absent at the meeting.

The issue generated many comments from the public, who spoke out both for and against the measure. 

Norwalk said he believes his measure will pass Monday.

"I submitted it because, after talking with people on the board, I expect it to pass," Norwalk said.

Gurley admitted the measure could pass at their meeting.

"We'll have four votes probably that will force Wake County to begin paying for elective abortions, but we'll be doing so illegally," Gurley said.

Currently, the county does allow coverage of elective abortions in the cases of rape or incest, or where the health of the mother is at risk.

Other counties including Chatham, Durham and Johnston do currently allow for elective abortions in their employee health plans.

Wake County Commissioners meet Monday at 2 p.m. on the 7th floor of the Wake County Courthouse.

"It was so unique at the time. We referred to it as psychedelic," said Karl Larson, a graphic designer at NCSU. "My friends and I would often go across the street to the bank and just sit in the parking lot in our car and watch the color wall."

But today the wall is dark. Few people who walk by it know what it is.

"Isn't that a rotating advertisement?" said student Nathan Johnson when asked about the wall.

The color wall relied on a mechanical switching system that kept breaking down. Cox would fix it. But when he retired, the wall went dark for long stretches. The lights were turned on in 2005. But the system broke down again.

"The colored gels were broken or missing. The lights were all burned out. The system wasn't working properly," said Larson.

And the university didn't have the money to fix it, he added.

So Larson and some friends decided to try to find money to buy a modern switching system, and to restore this part of the university's history.

They raised more than $10,000 by selling several of Joe Cox's paintings, which were donated by Cox's niece, at the Lee Hansley Gallery on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh. They're halfway to the goal of $20,000, which would make it possible to create a maintenance fund.

The group hopes to turn the lights back on by the time the Hillsborough Street renovation is complete, which should be later this year.

"Public art always makes people smile and get involved in the community. And just the surprise of happening upon it just really kind of makes your day," said Pat Hall, a fundraising consultant.

If you would like to learn more about the Color Wall, go to www.thecolorwall.org

Raleigh police said a car driven by 27-year-old Manuela Mantanona Gomez of Raleigh slammed into the back of another car stopped at a red light killing 24-year-old John Sullivan of Charlotte on Saturday. Sullivan was trapped in the back seat of the car that was hit.

Police say Gomez was injured and taken to WakeMed. A phone message left with the hospital's nursing supervisor Sunday was not immediately returned.

Gomez had not been booked into the Wake County jail as of Sunday afternoon.

Two other people in the car with Sullivan were hurt in the wreck, but their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.

Although the state's fiscal picture isn't as bleak as last year, Democratic budget-writers will likely confront a gap of several hundred million dollars between projected revenues and expenses for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

That's much smaller than the $3 billion-plus gap calculated by Democrats last year, excluding federal stimulus funds, but it won't allow lawmakers to avoid tough spending choices.

The gap must be closed to craft a balanced budget required by law.

With a shamrock hat fixed on his head, Bret Rein stood with his family on the corner Davie and Fayetteville streets to view the parade for the first time.

"We actually just moved to raleigh North Carolina two weeks ago," Rein said.

He almost didn't get to see it this year.

The city of Raleigh didn't have enough green in the budget to pay for the port-a-poties and alcohol licenses that it normally provides.

It's a situation Rein has seen play out in other cities.

"We're actually from Kansas City and we had a bunch of parades and stuff get cancelled there too for the same reason, budget cuts," he said.

Organizers were facing a $20,000 shortfall from the city so they went on a search to find a little more green.

"We had to really focus on getting sponsorships to make up that shortfall," Parade Chair Frank Mellage said.

Mellage and other organizers found their pot of gold with the Irish, through national companies like Guiness and local businesses like Napper Tandy's and Tir Na Nog.

"It's very important for the whole community to get together;" Tir Na Nog General Manager Annie Nice said. "I think [it's important] for any community of any nationality to have a day they recognize as theirs and be able to celebrate it."

Even those only pretending to be Irish for a day said the parade is like a lucky charm for the community.

"It's a great opportunity to really get people downtown to show folks that there is life down here," resident Beth Roden said.

The trend weakened after they did a second analysis taking into account seasons of the year. Some research suggests heart attacks are more common in winter, meaning the initial finding could have been a statistical fluke.

However, leading scientists unconnected with the work said they found it plausible and worth further research in a nationwide study.

"I do think there's merit to their first-round conclusion," said Dr. James McClurken of Temple University in Philadelphia. He is chairman of the American College of Cardiology's annual conference, where the study results were released Saturday.

Dr. Janet Wright, vice president of quality and science for the cardiology college, agreed.

"This is an intriguing study and yet another example of how stress can affect a person's heart health," she said. "It is important to be aware that personal stressors - in this case an economic one - can be a trigger for cardiac events."

Earlier studies have found higher rates of heart problems after World Cup soccer matches, earthquakes, Hurricane Katrina and other stressful events.

Mona Fiuzat, a doctor of pharmacy and researcher at Duke, had the idea for the new study. She tallied all patients who had a heart attack among those coming to the hospital for a test to detect heart disease. There were 965 heart attacks during the study period.

She then researched economic indices and how to best measure financial changes over time.

"This is not as clear as say Sept. 11," a specific date, she said. The health effects of bad financial news may emerge over weeks rather than on a single day, so she averaged heart attacks over three months, taking into account a period before and after each one, and compared these with the Nasdaq composite index.

"We felt the Nasdaq was most appropriate for the mainstream because it reflects small businesses" and therefore would have the most impact on the general public, Fiuzat said.

As stock market values decreased, the incidence of heart attacks rose; the reverse also was true, she found. The trend did not hold up when adjusted for seasons of the year, but the study's small size, at a single hospital, does not give enough information to answer the question, some researchers said.

McClurken also questioned how much impact winter in a place like North Carolina would have on heart attack rates. "Do they really have that much harsh seasonality in that area?" he said. This winter, yes, but not usually, he said.

March 13, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – A column by food writer Carroll Leggett originally published in Raleigh Metro Magazine is included in Corn Bread Nation 5, The Best of Southern Writing, available at bookstores and on the Internet April 15. The column, titled “Soft Shell Science,” is the second time one of Leggett’s monthly “Between You and Me” columns in Metro has been selected for inclusion in this popular series from the Southern Foodways Alliance.

Three other Triangle food experts are included in Corn Bread Nation 5 along with Leggett: John Shelton Reed of Chapel Hill; Ben Barker, chef and co-owner of Magnolia Grill in Durham; and cookbook author and publisher Fred Thompson of Raleigh.

Leggett’s October 2008 column took Metro readers to Hyde County and Debbie’s Crab Ranch located near Belhaven. Leggett introduced readers to the “Crab Whisperer” and discovered little known information about North Carolina’s home-grown soft shell crab industry and the lives and ways of soft shell crabs.

“Of all the things one might order in a restaurant, diners probably know the least about soft shell crabs and how they make their way to the table,” said Leggett. “Researching the Metro article gave me a chance to meet interesting, native North Carolinians who have always lived on or near the water. Their heads are full of the science of soft shell crabs, and my great joy was trying to pry just a small amount of it out to be shared with Metro readers and, soon, I hope, viewers of a film being produced in cooperation with my long-time friend and professional associate Gregg Jamback with Swiftwater Media of Winston-Salem”

Chapel Hill author and southern food aficionado Marcie Ferris writes in the Forward to the new book: “Food reflects our national and regional culture as surely as do the fields of art, folklore, geography, history, literature, music, politics and religion. The problem with the study of food is food itself. If only food were more arcane, less accessible, less popular, not so sensual or comforting, even divisive, its study would surely find a place in the hallowed halls of the academy.”

Fred Sauceman, author and food writer and Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University, edited the book along with John T. Edge of the University of Mississippi. It is published by The University of Georgia Press. For more information: www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/cornbread_nation5.

About Carroll Leggett:

Carroll is active in the Southern Foodways Alliance and often writes about food and foodways. He writes a monthly column for Metro Magazine, is a contributing editor to Edible Piedmont, and has written restaurant reviews and other articles for Winston-Salem Living magazine. He is cited in Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue published by UNC Press. He also contributed to the book, North Carolina Tobacco.

About Cornbread Nation 5:

The fifth volume in this popular series from the Southern Foodways Alliance spans the food cultures of the South. Cornbread Nation 5, edited by accomplished food writer Fred W. Sauceman, celebrates food and the ways in which it forges unexpected relationships between people and places. This collection includes more than 70 essays and poems about the food that provides nourishment as well as a sense of community and shared history. For more information go to www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/cornbread_nation5.

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The two hours of visitation at Wilkerson Funeral Home brought out many friends, colleagues and residents of her hometown of Greenville.

"It's not been a happy time, but we'll gradually get over it," Ira Hardy, who was one of Taft's Greenville neighbors, said.

Taft's death has left a deep scar in the Eastern Carolina community.

"They will never find another Kathy Taft. Nobody can walk in those shoes," Don Ensley, one of Taft's former teachers, said.

Ensley watched Taft grow as an educator -- he went from one of her teachers to a colleague.

"I've known her over the years," he explained. "We've worked together in the trenches of community advocacy and community involvement as well as politically. It's a sad loss."

Taft began her educational quest at East Carolina University, where one of its student government members felt compelled to attend her visitation in the name of all ECU students.

"They’ve lost a good friend and a hard worker. They've lost someone who truly cared about education," ECU student government Treasurer Tremayne Smith said.

And for several hours Friday night, those who cared about Kathy Taft came to rejoice in her memory.

"She was a wonderful person. Very giving," Ira Hardy said.

"I saw a spirit in her; a caring for education and community. We will carry that respect for Kathy as long as we live," Ensley said.

Governor Perdue's office, CrimeStoppers and the Knightdale community donated the money to help find the person(s) who murdered Kenneth Ring.

Ring was beaten to death on January 9th while working at the Dominos on Wide Water Parkway.

Dan Ring, the victim's father, said he wants those involved to be brought to justice.

"It's hard to explain to someone who has not gone through this type of thing. My son is in a jar on my dresser. That's all I have left at this point," Ring said.

Police Chief Shawn Brown said they have interviewing more than 50 people about the case but do not have a suspect.

"We are asking for any help the public might have, any information they may have no matter how insignificant it may seem. It may help resolve this case," Brown said.

Chief said this is far from a cold case. They come up with new leads every day and are working hard to solve the crime.

"We had a break in early last week and 15 Red Tail Boa Constrictors were taken," Lund said.

Lund said the suspect got in through a door in the front of the store in the early morning hours. The person broke the glass and then slithered in.

"Red Tail Boas are the Cadillac of snakes. The person who stole the stakes knows reptiles and knows their worth," Lund said.

And Lund said these little "beauties" are worth $150 each and the increase in value as they grow bigger and older.

But what makes these little creatures so valuable?

"This snake is very docile and laid back it's the best pet snake you can get," Lund said.

And Lund said despite their scaly and somewhat intimidating outward appearance, they are harmless even as adults so they can never get into the wrong hands.

"We wouldn't sell it if it bit. Anything we sell in this store is nice pet," Lund said.

Now, Lund is reinforcing the doors and blocking off the front windows to increase security and prevent any more of his merchandise from walking or slithering away.

A $100 reward is being offered to anyone who can help locate this expensive reptilian merchandise.

According to the Fire Department, staff will be removing building keys form 992 business lockboxes after the master key was discovered missing.

Officials say the 20 master keys unlock the lockboxes which hold the keys so firefighters can gain access to the buildings in case of emergencies. The 992 keys will be taken to a secure location and business owners will be contacted. Each box will also be re-keyed.

"Although we strongly believe that the key is simply lost and not stolen, we wanted to take all necessary precautions to ensure that our community's businesses are protected," said Fire Chief Allan Cain.

Officials say this is the first time in 24 years that one of the 20 master keys has been lost.

Business owners with questions or concerns can call the Fire Department at (919)469-4056.

"Once you've found out what you want to do just keep driving for it," he said.

The engineering student from Wake Forest knew exactly what he wanted to do in high school.

"I wanted to give back to my country and looking at the options, the Navy looked like the best way," he said.

Around graduation time, he went through the application process and received multiple recommendations and a nomination from the U.S. President's office to the United States Naval Academy.

"[I] went through the whole process and kind of came to the very end and didn't quite make it," he said.

Still, he had a back up plan.

Driesslein had an ROTC scholarship to attend NCSU.

He knew he wanted to do something with engineering and heard good things about the program at State.

But the dream of joining the Navy didn't die.

He spoke with officers in the ROTC program, many of whom were graduated from the Academy.

They told him what classes to take in order to mirror the program in Annapolis, Maryland, so he could transfer after one year of college.

Officers made calls to friends they had at the Academy to help Driesslein stand out just a little more.

"[The process was] drawn all the way down to the last waitlist and then they held me again," he said.

It was a problem Driesslein couldn't quite figure out.

He has a big family history with the Navy.

His father worked on submarines and his older sister just completed Officer Candidate School.

Two of his uncles have also served in the Navy.

As a college junior, he decided to give it one more try.

Navy personnel at the Academy told him if he got a 3.0 grade point average during his fall semester at State, he would be able to get in.

Driesslein got his 3.0, but was skill skeptical because of all the times he had been placed on the wait list.

Then he got a call he wouldn't forget.

"I answered the phone and Congressman Brad Miller was on my cell phone," he said. "I was kind of taken aback.
"He said that he had just gotten off the phone with Annapolis and [my acceptance letter] was in the mail."

Driesslein is rare.

Most congressional appointments to military academies go to recent high school graduates or college freshman.

Officials in Miller's office said they don't keep track of how many people get in on the third try because most people who are denied twice simply give up.

Each year Miller nominates 50 people for open slots for the five military academies.

Driesslein's determination will come with a sacrifice.

He'll be giving up all the ranks he achieved in State's ROTC program.

That's not all.

"Going into the Naval Academy, I'll have to go back as a freshman," he said. "None of the actual credits will transfer."

He isn't exactly sure what he wants to do in the Navy, but he says this experience taught him to not give up.

"Whatever comes up," he said, "there's a way around it."

It was the first day of the two-day Missions of Mercy clinic, sponsored by the North Carolina Dental Society and community partners.

The clinic is for adults who earn less than 200 percent of the national poverty level.

People began lining up hours before the clinic opened at 6 a.m. When organizers limited the clinic to the first 650 or so people in line, about half of the people who showed up were turned away.

Organizers attribute the massive turnout to effects of the downturned economy.

"My husband and I both need dental work, and we don't have insurance, and we can't afford to go," said Nola Britton, as she waited in line before sunrise. "When we had insurance we couldn't afford the insurance, we couldn't afford the co-pay."

"I've been laid off for a while, so this was great because it was free. It really was a blessing," said Denise Baptist. She waited about six hours to have a tooth extracted.

"To see somebody in pain, and then we put a smile on their face, and get them out of pain, it's personally rewarding," said Dr. Bill Blaylock, director of North Carolina Missions of Mercy.

The clinic will be held Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Durham National Guard Armory, 801 Stadium Dr. Eligible patients will be seen on a first-come-first-served basis.

Richard Brandon Wells, 31, of Zebulon was arrested Thursday in Raleigh by a Guildford County Sheriff's Deputy.

Wells has been charged with indecent liberty with a minor and soliciting a child by computer.

He is being held at the Greensboro Jail under a $100,000 secured bond.

Jane Kirkpatrick says Wells has been with the Raleigh Fire Department since January 2004.

U.S. Government prosecutors have yet to come to an agreement with public defenders about who will pay for the hours of work it will take to transcribe audio and video recordings relating to the case. Some include several hours that are not in English. Altogether, there are 750 hours of video and audio tapes involved in this case. Defense attorneys said the cost of transcribing those recordings is already up to $60,000 and the work is "not nearly finished."

"Fortunately - the federal public defender's office is bearing most of that cost out of a fund that's given to them from Washington, D.C. called Litigation Technical Support," said Doug McCullough, who is the defense attorney appointed for Ziyad Yaghi. "It's unusual that they have to have those kind of costs absorbed so I think that we're able to meet the cost of getting things done. That's not really going to be a burden on the viability of our defense."

Defense attorneys also talked about using electronic voice identification services to make sure the recordings on those tapes are who FBI agents say they are.

"What the defense is looking at is perhaps the belief that the government has some of this stuff done already," McCullough said. "When I was assistant U.S. attorney myself - we had an 80-day wire tap. During the course of a wire tap - the government was identifying on a daily basis who the speakers were in this. We were reacting to that wire tap."

"Presumably, they were doing the same thing. But now we're in court arguing about these matters as though the government has no idea what's on the tape either except for the index. Some of the defense counsel are just a little skeptical."

Prosecutors did not want to comment outside of court Friday.

The mounds of evidence attorneys must go through comes after a 5-year investigation from the federal government. The original indictment charges that Daniel Boyd, Zakariya Boyd, Hysen Sherifi, Dlyan Boyd, Anes Subasic, Ziyad Yaghi, and Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan were involved in a conspiracy to provide material to support terrorists. The men are accused of conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people and property overseas.

The terrorism trial is set to start September 20.

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According to the ACR, Cary Hospital has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs. This was determined through peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality, that were performed by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field.

"We are extremely proud of our Imaging Services, Breast Ultrasound and Mammography teams for leading us to achieve this great honor," said David Coulter, senior vice president and administrator of Cary Hospital. "As an official Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, Cary Hospital can offer patients the entire spectrum of breast cancer screening and diagnosis services. Meanwhile, patients can feel confident that they are being cared for by a superior, top level program run by highly qualified health care professionals—the ‘best of the best' in this community."

Cary Hospital has been ACR accredited in mammography since 1993 and in ultrasound since 2009. The hospital achieved ACR accreditation in stereotactic breast biopsy in 2010. The designation as an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence is renewed on a three-year basis. The ACR is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs for focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology, as well as the delivery of comprehensive health care services. For more information, visit www.acr.org.

About WakeMed Cary Hospital

WakeMed Cary Hospital provides quality care for residents of Cary and the western portion of Wake County. This full-service community hospital offers a 24-hour emergency department, Women's Pavilion & Birthplace, intensive care, general medical and surgical care, telemetry monitoring unit, a busy day surgery unit, sleep lab and a cardiac catheterization lab.

RALEIGH, N.C. (March 12, 2010)-Better Business Bureau serving Eastern North Carolina (www.bbb.org) announces today it will host "Secure Your ID" Day, an identity theft prevention and education event, on Saturday, April 17, 2010. The local shredding event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the parking lot of Coastal Federal Credit Union, located off Wake Forest Road at 1000 St. Albans Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609.

"Identity theft is a growing concern that affects all businesses and consumers," says Beverly Baskin, president and CEO of BBB serving Eastern North Carolina. "In hosting this event, we aim to provide Triangle residents with the necessary resources to protect themselves against identity theft."

ProShred Security of Raleigh and Cintas Document Management of Garner will provide the free, on-site document shredding. Individuals are encouraged to bring up to three boxes or bags of documents that have been removed from binders. BBB and other partner organizations will offer tips and resources to protect your identity.

"Sensitive data is always at risk, even after being discarded," says Jim Klemes, general manager of ProShred Security. "Shredding documents is a simple and effective way to prevent identity theft. We are excited to again partner with BBB to help make valuable events like these possible."

According to a 2009 report from Javelin Strategy and Research, identity theft is on the rise, affecting almost 10 million Americans in 2008 and resulting in damages of more than $48 billion. The report also notes that low-tech methods for stealing personal information are still the most popular for identity thieves. Stolen wallets and physical documents accounted for 43 percent of all identity theft, while online methods accounted for only 11 percent. Alarmingly, in 35 percent of all cases, the victim knew who had misused their personal information.

Additionally, The Federal Trade Commission reports that ID theft has been the top consumer complaint for six years in a row, with the average victim spending nearly 600 hours recovering from identity theft.

"Shredding sensitive documents is critical in protecting yourself from identity theft," says Heath Kallam, general manager of Cintas Document Management. "We are proud to work with BBB on this initiative and encourage consumers to take advantage of this opportunity."

BBB looks to build upon the success of its October, 2009 "Secure Your ID" Day, where nearly 500 participants turned out and more than 19,000 pounds of documents were shredded. Additional event information is available at http://easternnc.bbb.org/secure-your-id.

About BBB serving Eastern North Carolina: Better Business Bureau serving Eastern North Carolina is a 501 (c)(6) not-for-profit corporation serving 33 counties in Eastern North Carolina. The organization is funded primarily by BBB Accredited Business fees from more than 2,900 local businesses and professional firms. BBB promotes integrity, consumer confidence and business ethics through business self-regulation in the local marketplace. Services provided by BBB include reports on companies and charitable organizations, general monitoring of advertising in the marketplace, dispute resolution services, and consumer/business education programs. All services are provided at no cost to the public, with the occasional exception of mediation and arbitration. Visit www.bbb.org.

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March 12, 2010 (CARY, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses and Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture continue the Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series this month with a special screening of “Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner,” on Thursday, March 18, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Galaxy Cinema in Cary.

“Infinite Space” It is the story of brilliance and a complicated life – and some of the most sensual architecture of the 20th century.

The 90-minute film also features commentary by architect/author Frank Escher on eight of Lautner’s residential masterpieces: the houses Marbrisa, Elrod, Pearlman, Walstrom, Turner, Silvertop, Schaffer and Chemosphere.

The Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series will continue on April 22 with a documentary on the life of Julius Shulman, arguably the most important architectural photographer of the 20th century. Shulman worked with such icons as Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra and John Lautner.

Sponsors for “Infinite Space” include the bar Foundation in downtown Raleigh, Kontek, Alphin Design Build, Frank Bowman Designs, and Tonic Design & Construction.

Galaxy Cinema is located at 770 Cary Towne Boulevard, across the street from Cary Towne Center (www.mygalaxycinema.com). All movies in the series start at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $7.95 in advance or $9 at the door.

For more information on the Nowell’s Architecture Movies Series, to buy advance tickets or sponsor a film, and to see a trailer from “Infinite Space,” visit www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/register.htm.

About Triangle Modernist Houses

Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) is a 501C3 nonprofit established in 2007 to restoring and growing modernist architecture in the Triangle. The award-winning website, now the largest educational and historical archive for modernist residential design in America, continues to catalog, preserve, and advocate for North Carolina modernism. TMH also hosts popular modernist house tours several times a year, giving the public access to the Triangle’s most exciting residential architecture, past and present. These tours raise awareness and help preserve these “works of art” for future generations. Visit the website at www.trianglemodernisthouses.com. TMH is also available on Facebook.

The NC Composting Council is dedicated to the development, expansion, and promotion of the composting industry based upon sound science, principles of sustainability, and economic viability. The NCCC hopes to achieve its mission by:

encouraging and guiding research

promoting best composting practices

establishing standards

educating professionals and the public

enhancing product quality and markets

SkyBound Designs will be working with NCCC leaders and members to engage composters, generators of organic residues, policy-makers, regulators, professionals, and consumers in the pursuit of this mission. Namely, SkyBound Designs will lead the development of a new interactive web presence and print materials that educate and engage North Carolina industry leaders and the general public. SkyBound Designs offers Consulting, Comprehensive Graphic Design, Strategic Marketing, and Web Development services. The company's flagship product, LaunchPad OBM, integrates e-commerce, email marketing, and online content management into a single customer management system. SkyBound specializes in serving mid-size businesses throughout the Mid-Atlantic. For additional information, please visit skybounddesigns.com.