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Spring Daze Arts and Crafts Festival 2013

DATE:  April 27, 2013

TIMES:  9am-5pm

LOCATION: 801 High House Rd., Cary, NC 27513

Admission: Free Admission

Venue: Fred G. Bond Metro Park and Boathouse
Presenting Organization: Town of Cary

 Visit Spring Daze Arts and Crafts Festival Website

Enjoy the arts in the Park with the 20th annual

Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival!

Featuring over 180 local artists, entertainment on four stages throughout the festival, Children’s Village, concessionaires with your favorite festival foods, a Storyteller stage and the beautiful, serene setting of Bond Park, this festival promises to be the best yet! Bring the entire family for a day of art, entertainment and good food in the Park!

Coming again to Spring Daze is the Fitness Trail – learn about keeping healthy and well and the Fit Concessionaire Program – look for concessions vendors that have committed to adding a heart healthy menu item for this year!

The Town of Cary Earth Day Celebration will be held in conjunction with Spring Daze 2013. Exhibits will provide information on the role you can play in preserving our natural resources and protecting the environment. The whole family will enjoy the hands-on activities and games that will show you how you can make every day Earth Day.

Free and open to the public. Call (919) 469-4061 for more information.

We are so proud of our local artist & resident,

DOUGLAS PAYNE!

Chosen to join the Cary Artistic Rainbarrell Project this year, his barrell will be on display in locations around the Town prior to Spring Daze and featured at the 2013 Spring Daze Arts and Crafts Festival. Which includes the Town's Earth Day Celebration. After the festival, they will be auctioned off with the proceeds benefiting the Town's OASIS Program and the Relief for Recreation Scholarship fund.

For full details visit: www.townofcary.org

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It's time for the

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

at Sumter Square Apartments!

DATE: March 23, 2013     TIME: 11:00pm  

Everyone meet at the Front Office

AGE PARTICIPATION

The children will be grouped by ages 1-5 & 6-10

RULES

• Children ages 1-5 can be accompanied by an adult to help gather eggs.
• We ask that children ages 6-10 NOT be accompanied by an adult during the actual hunt-Please allow the children to gather their own eggs. ALL children must have an adult present to participate.
• Bes sure that all children have baskets or bags to carry their eggs
• If a GOLDEN EGG is found, you must have your child bring it to a Sumter Square Staff member immediately. Prizes will be awarded when all eggs have been found. (If there is any dispute over a Golden Egg, it will be removed from the prize list.)

RAIN DATE

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 5:00pm

HAPPY HUNTING!

 

HOPPY HOUR AT SWEETFROG!

Sumter Square and SweetFrog of Cary, the largest Yogurt Bar in greater Raleigh, cordially invite you to Hoppy Hour at SweetFrog.

DATE: March 21, 2013

TIME: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

WHERE: 1105 Tyron Village Drive, Cary, NC

Located at Walnut and Tryon next to Harris Teeter (only 8 mintues from Sumter Square!)

Get a 12oz. (small) yogurt, not to exceed to exceed the rim of the cup, without toppings, for $2.00 cash, plus tax. At the cash register you must mention the password:

"Sumter Square"

Hope to see you there! Get Hoppin'!

KEEP UP WITH YOUR LOCAL LANDFILL AND RECYCLING NEWS!

City of Raleigh - Solid Waste Services

News and Events
February 2013

Show Your Love with a Landfill Tour

Chocolates and roses are fleeting pleasures, but trips build memories that last for a lifetime. Give your loved one a memorable Valentine’s Day by taking a guided tour of the South Wake Landfill. On Monday, February 18, join Wake County’s Environmental Services staff to learn how the landfill operates. You’ll learn how today’s landfills are designed to hold garbage without polluting our air and groundwater. The tour includes visits to the household hazardous waste collection site and oyster shell recycling area. Adults and kids aged 5 and up are welcome on the tour. Spaces are limited so sign up today at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LFTours

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Free Shredding Event February 23

Do you need to destroy old tax records, checks or credit applications? Shred It and the NC Attorney General's Office are sponsoring a free shredding event. The shred-a-thon will be held Saturday, February 23 from 10 am to 1 pm at Method Child Development Center. The center is at 900 Trailwood Drive near the intersection with Avent Ferry Road.

Staples and paper clips do NOT need to be removed from your documents. This event is not sponsored by the City of Raleigh. We will co-sponsor a free shredding event near Earth Day. Look for details in a future edition of this newsletter.
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Easy Electronics Recycling

Did your holiday haul include a new computer, TV or video game system? While you’re enjoying the latest gadgets, don’t forget to give your old gear the proper send-off. Raleigh residents are blessed with ample opportunities to recycle electronics responsibly. It's not just the right thing to do; it's the law. Computers and televisions have been banned from disposal in NC landfills since July 2011. Here are some options:
1. Curbside Collection
Residents who receive curbside garbage collection from the City of Raleigh may request computer or TV pickup twice per month. Days have been designated for each of the quadrants we service. Call 919-996-890 to schedule your collection. There is no charge for this service. You must have at least one TV or computer to recycle, but you may also recycle other corded items such as a toaster, hair dryer or alarm clock.

2. Drop-off Centers
Two of the City's six drop-off recycling centers accept electronics.


Raleigh Public Works Administrative Office
400 W. Peace Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Mon - Fri, 7 am to 4 pm

Raleigh Yard Waste Recycling Center
900 N. New Hope Road
Raleigh, NC 27610
Mon - Sat, 7 am to 4 pm

Remember to erase your data before recycling your computers!

February 14th, 2013 ~ Treat your special someone to dinner and bowling.

$55 per couple dinner includes: 1 appetizer, 2 entrees & 1 dessert

$10 couples bowling

Dinner special is available Thursday – Sunday, Feb 14th – 17th

Bowling special is available on Thursday, Feb 14th, with the purchase of our dinner special

Make your reservation at 919.803.3718 Ext: 0



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Valentine’s Day Pre Fix Menu

$55 per couple including a single carnation

Includes 1 appetizer, 2 entrees & 1 dessert

Appetizers

Peppered Calamari
Hand-breaded calamari flash fried and tossed with sliced pepperocini peppers, black pepper, and Romano cheese served with lemon aioli

Ginger Chicken Lettuce Wraps
A pan roasted blend of fresh chicken, carrots, scallions, zucchini, water chestnuts, and wontons simmered in a ginger Asian glaze served with local butter lettuce cups

Firecracker Shrimp
Golden fried shrimp tossed in spicy cream served with lemon aioli

Shrimp Cocktail
Jumbo shrimp drizzled with fresh lemon juice and served with spicy cocktail sauce

Entrees

Served with dinner rolls and side salad

Sirloin Medallions
Sirloin medallions grilled to order served over roasted garlic purple smashed potatoes and roasted local vegetables finished with rich cabernet demi glace and grilled onions

Sundried Tomato Salmon
Grilled Salmon placed over lemon scallion risotto roasted local vegetables finished with sautéed spinach, sundried tomato and balsamic glaze

Lemon Herb Chicken
Grilled chicken breast drizzled with lemon herb vinaigrette served over garden rice and roasted local vegetables

Shrimp and Crab Penne
Shrimp and crab meat sautéed with spinach, artichokes, mushrooms, and lemon in a white wine caper sauce

Desserts

Milk and Cookies
Warm chocolate chunk cookies served with a frosted pint glass of milk

Fudge Brownie
A house made fudge brownie served hot topped with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and chocolate sauce

Tiramisu
Italian custard made with sugar and Meyers rum layered with lady fingers dipped in strong black coffee and whipped cream made with Kahlua and Bailey’s Irish Cream

Southern Fried Pecan Pie
Slice of pecan pie dipped in a sweetened tempura batter, fried golden, rolled in cinnamon sugar and drizzled with caramel sauce served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Live Music At North Hills

WHERE:
Mia Francesca Trattoria
Raleigh, NC

Thursday, Feb 14 6:00p to 9:00p
More dates & times (6)

Join Mia Francesca Trattoria & The Social Designers for a night of delicious food, good company and groovin’ tunes. With jazz in their bones, funk running through their veins, and just a little bit of Americana to flavor, this saxophone/guitar & vocals duo has lit up stages far and wide with their original tunes.

LOOKING FOR AMAZING SOUTHERN COOKING?

Pam’s Farmhouse

By David McCreary
5111 Western Blvd., Raleigh • (919) 859-9990

Beloved by white- and blue-collar patrons far and wide, Pam’s Farmhouse restaurant in Raleigh serves up spot-on Southern comfort food, including sweet tea served in Ball Mason jars. Where else do you find bottles of blackstrap molasses on the table? Sit there for just a few minutes, and you’ll also find a basketful of scratch-made biscuits and hushpuppies.

It just doesn’t get any better than that.

Well, actually it does. Once you order the jalapeño-infused barbecue chicken, then you’ve entered otherworldly culinary terrain. Just be sure to ask for white meat (well worth the 50-cent upcharge) as well as an extra side of sauce for dipping.

Other items worth consideration are the pork chops and country-style steak with rice and gravy. At any given time, fresh veggies will include squash and onions, collard greens, steamed cabbage, sliced cucumbers and tomatoes. Creamy deviled eggs are also first-rate.

The barbecue chicken at Pam’s Farmhouse is so good people drive from Durham and beyond to savor it.

“We usually have a line out the door,” said owner Pam Medlin, who hails from Henderson and honed her culinary skills at the Farmer’s Market Restaurant years ago. Her mother sits behind the cash register and makes sure gracious interaction accompanies each guest’s final transaction.

Breakfast anyone? Pam’s features the requisite offerings such as omelets, hotcakes and French toast plus authentic country-style selections such as brains and eggs.

Not surprisingly, service is fast and friendly. A veteran all-female waitstaff is eager to please and calls patrons “shug” and “honey.” Consider it the epitome of Southern hospitality.

When it comes to décor, Formica tables and vinyl-padded chairs fill the modest dining room. A row of mirrored walls makes the already sizable space look even more expansive.

Menu prices are a good value — a meat plate with two vegetables costs less than $7. Keep in mind, though, that Pam’s Farmhouse takes cash and checks only. The restaurant is open Monday through Friday for breakfast and lunch and serves breakfast only on Saturdays.

Read more: http://www.carymagazine.com/restaurant-row/pam%E2%80%99s-farmhouse#ixzz2KFH5q4mi

SUMTER SQUARE PRESENTS...

Apply and Move In by March 31, 2013

and get entered to Win an iPad!!

New move in's only. One entry per single family OR one entry per roommate. Drawing will be held on April 1, 2013.

Come Home to Chili
By Cary Magazine

Saucy, meaty, chock full of beans and spices — you probably have a go-to chili recipe that rolls all your preferences into one bowl of home-cooked goodness.
You may already make the best chili in town, but why not expand your horizons and give someone else’s favorite recipe a try?
These recipes turned heads at the Western Wake Farmers’ Market Chili Cook-Off in October. A slow cooker makes prep easy, and dinner can be ready when you get home.
Another bonus: Many of the ingredients can be sourced from local farmers when in season.


Butternut Squash Chili
Janice Crawford

1 pound dry black beans

2 tablespoons butter

1 cup chopped onions

3 garlic cloves

1 cup chopped celery

3 cups peeled and diced butternut squash

2 chopped jalapeno peppers

4 cups chopped kale

2 tbsp chili powder

2 tsp ground cumin

14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes (or use fresh)

1 1/2 cups red wine

1 tsp salt
Soak beans overnight in water. Drain.
Sauté butter, garlic, onions and celery until soft.
Combine allingredients in slow cooker and cook on low 8 hours.



Best Darn Chili Ever
Chris Harper

1 pound ground sirloin

1 pound filet mignon, cubed (or substitute sirloin)

1 pound kielbasa, cubed

1 large yellow onion, cut into large diced pieces

1 or 2 large green bell peppers, cut into pieces

6 jalapeño peppers, sliced1 can of each of the following beans: dark red, light red, pinto, black, white northern, chili (you can add more if you like more beans)

28 oz. can diced tomatoes, drained

28 oz. can whole tomatoes, cut into halves, drained

chili powder, to taste

onion powder, to taste

cayenne pepper, to taste

16 oz. can beer
Add all ingredients to slow cooker and cook on high 4-6 hours or low 8-10 hours.




Sara's Hot Buffalo Chicken Wing Chili
Sarah Coyrea

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1 1/2 pounds ground chicken breast

1 large carrot, peeled and finely chopped

1 large onion, chopped

3 celery ribs, finely chopped

5 cloves of garlic

1 small chili pepper

1 tablespoon chipotle chili powder

1 bay leaf

salt and pepper

1 cup chicken stock

1/4 cup Frank's Red Hot sauce

28 oz. can tomatoes (or fresh)

19 oz. can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed

blue cheese dressing

Place a large pot over medium heat and heat oil. Add chicken and brown. Add next 7 ingredients. Cook for a few minutes. Transfer to slow cooker. Add stock to pan and scrape the bottom then add to slow cooker. Add hot sauce, tomatoes and beans to slow cooker and stir. Cook on low for 4 hours. When almost done, add blue cheese dressing to taste. Serve with tortillas, carrots and celery and crumbly blue cheese.


Read more: http://www.carymagazine.com/features/come-home-chili#ixzz2IvEGr73L

Winter Wonderland
Event Description:

Bring your sled for a sledding adventure at Bond Park. Tickets are $12 for Cary residents and $16 for non-Cary residents. Tickets are per person and space is limited. Pre-registration is required; no tickets will be sold the day of the event.

Date:
Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 9:30am
Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 9:30am
Monday, January 21, 2013 - 9:30am

Time:
sessions at 9:30 a.m., noon, 2:30 p.m.

Location:
Bond Park Multipurpose Field

Address:
801 High House Road
City: Cary
Contact: (919) 469-4100

Website:
http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Administration/pio/Annual_Events_C...

Read more: http://www.carymagazine.com/social-calendar/event-3670#ixzz2IKq8v8Pl

Check out our 2 bedroom Colonial Townhomes for only $780.00 & our 3 bedroom x 2 Bath apartment homes for only $830!

This special is for a limited time and on select apartments, so act fast...come see us today!

Apply within 48 hours of your visit and waive the $100.00 administration fee!

Available for new move ins only. Apply by January 25, 2013 & move in within 30 days of receipt of application.

8 Ways to Show You Care

By Nancy Pardue

Life is better for all of us when we step out to help others — so says Kristen Johnson of Garner, who is president and CEO of Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina.

“I was taught by example from an early age that if someone needs help, you find a way to make a difference,” said Johnson. “Volunteering is a natural extension of what is important to you, helps others, builds character, hones skills, and the list could go on and on.”

In 2012, Make-A-Wish celebrated its 25th anniversary and the granting of its 2,500th wish in Eastern North Carolina, milestones Johnson says could not have been reached without the dedication of volunteers.

“Volunteers are the eyes, ears, arms, legs and heart of an organization,” Johnson said. “Everyone can volunteer! You just need to find what you are passionate about and what you are good at doing.

“The feeling of knowing you made a difference in someone’s life is one of the greatest feelings in the world,” she said. “It is a connection, a bond that can never be taken from you.”

Inspired to find your own special way to help others? Here are eight local starting points:
• Cary Magazine has a new online Charity Directory at www.carymagazine.com/charity-organizations , to serve as a resource for you in offering help to our neighbors.
• Ring ‘em up at the register, or help unload the goods at Garner Area Ministries. Offering financial assistance, food and clothing to the needy, GAM is always on the lookout for volunteers to staff its thrift shop and food pantry, help in the office and more. And of course, donations of new and gently-used clothing, household items and food are appreciated; www.gam-nc.org.
• Become a Townie: From acting onstage to behind-the-scenes roles like stage crew, prop master, lobby staff and more, theater group the Towne Players of Garner welcomes volunteers. Check out the opportunities at www.facebook.com/TownePlayersofGarner.

• Boost downtown! The Garner Revitalization Association, at www.downtowngarner.com, welcomes input on development efforts to take Garner into the future. Join a committee, such as Events & Marketing, Beautification or Economic Restructuring, and be a part of progress.

• Be a friend at Able to Serve, which helps adults with special needs focus on their abilities and roles in the community, www.abletoserve.org. From service and vocational learning programs to van drivers, the opportunities to volunteer are here.

• Wield a hammer for good at Community of Hope Ministries, which offers practical help such as home repairs to at-risk people. Programs also include afterschool, summer camp, food pantry and benevolence fund; for volunteer opportunities, see www.communityofhopeministries.org.

• Reading buddies are needed at Schools and Community Organized to Read, or SCOR. In 30 minutes a week you can help Garner second-graders raise their reading scores and boost school success. Contact Martha Liles to get started, at Martha@rand-bryanhouse.com.

Read more: http://www.carymagazine.com/features/8-ways-show-you-care#ixzz2I3kqYCpQ