| What's Up 11/23
Libraries to close. All libraries of the East Albemarle Region Library System will be closed today through Saturday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Libraries will re-open on Monday. For more info, call 335-2511. Public Works department to close for Thanksgiving. The city of Elizabeth City Public Works Department will be closed today. Today’s trash routes will be picked up Monday, and Monday’s trash routes will be picked up Tuesday. Coat and sweater drive. The Elizabeth City Women’s Club is holding its annual Coat and Sweater Drive through Dec. 30. Bring clean and "gently" used coats, sweaters, hats and mittens to Elizabeth City Pet Nutrition Center, 201 E. Ehringhaus St., or Puddleducks, 406-B S. Griffin St., Elizabeth City. For more information call 338-8862 or 338-6883.
What Thanksgiving means to me
Thanksgiving for the Cortese family of Kinnelon means family, friends and, of course, food. "While we may vary some of the side dishes, we always have two turkeys, one roasted and one fried, mashed potatoes, old fashioned sweet potatoes with marshmallows, stuffing and, of course, gravy," Lynn Cortese wrote to the Daily Record. "We all go around the table and state at least one thing that we are thankful for." The Daily Record asked readers to tell us what Thanksgiving means to you, and you responded. Many of your answers can be found in this special section; more will be published in Thursday's Daily Record, and still more will be posted online at www.dailyrecord.com. Ten-year-old Alexa Hesse looks at the holiday this way: "Thanksgiving means to spend time with your friends and family and a great meal.
Meet 30 of the area's most talented people age 30 and under
This year's 30 under 30 list spotlights men and women who have attained a significant position in their field, received an award for their work or achieved physical feats. The list includes East Carolina University and professional athletes, business owners in a variety of fields including mental health, animal services, fashion and tattooing. We've got television reporters, military veterans and even a mayoral candidate. If you know of someone that we didn't include in this year's list, there's always next year, provided your candidate is 30 or under as of November 2008. Send an e-mail to mixer@coxnc.com to tell us about your candidate. Robin Armstrong Age: 26 Occupation: Assistant Director for Graduate Programs at East Carolina University's College of Business Husband: Joshua Why we picked her: Armstrong advises ECU students as they progress through their master's of business adminsitration program.
U.S. Health System is Unprepared for Large-Scale Disaster, Warns PricewaterhouseCoopers
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Those on the front line in a disaster -- hospitals, medical personnel, public health officials and local emergency workers -- will be unprepared to seamlessly handle a surge of patient casualties or to orchestrate a timely, cohesive recovery effort, concludes a report issued today by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute on the state of the nation's health system preparedness for disaster. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, despite progress since 9/11 and nearly $8 billion in federal funding for emergency preparedness activities performed by healthcare facilities and agencies, the medical response to a natural or man-made disaster or an act of terror remains sporadic and disconnected. PricewaterhouseCoopers conducted extensive interviews with nearly 50 leading policymakers, a survey of almost 250 health care executives and practitioners and a poll of 1,000 American adults to identify gaps in the system in the event of terrorist attacks, pandemic disease or increasingly extreme weather.
Audit questions $26,000 in charges tied to ex-MnDOT manager
Sonia Morphew Pitt, the fired director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the state Transportation Department, cost the state at least $26,000 in unauthorized charges and improper pay.
A summary of a state audit released Wednesday also said an investigation found that Pitt was inadequately supervised.
The audit, which was to be released in full later Wednesday, said the state incurred more than $11,500 in "unauthorized, unreasonable or inappropriate expenses." It also said that more than $14,500 of work she was paid for should have been recorded as personal leave.
The Transportation Department fired Pitt on Nov. 9. The agency's own investigation concluded that she charged the state for personal travel, amassed high bills on her state-issued cell phone because of personal calls and used poor judgment by not returning to Minnesota soon after the bridge collapse.
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