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Events celebrating Valentine's Day

Annual Mardi Gras Fundraiser Set for Feb. 18

The gaiety and excitement of the Mardi Gras celebrations that take over New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and countless other cities is being reproduced in the Sandhills on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 6 to 10 p.m., when Pope John Paul II Catholic School in Southern Pines holds its fourth annual Mardi Gras fundraiser.

Lingering Refrains of 'Auld Lang Syne'

When Alfred Tennyson penned the seasonal verse, "Ring out the Old, Ring in the New," in 1850, I doubt he aligned any real association with its words to those of "Auld Lang Syne" written more than 60 years earlier by another famous poet, Robert Burns.

Shop Sponsors Quilts of Valor Event

BY KATHERINE SMITH

Barbershop Chorus Announces New Director

BY RAY LINVILLE

Sunrise Presents Jolie's Film

The Sunrise Theater presents the directorial debut of Angelina Jolie in a Bosnian war drama about the complex relationship between a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman held captive in the camp he oversees.

Local Dogs Competing at Westminster Show

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How to See the Exhibit

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Local Co-Op Accepting Spring-Summer Subscription

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Former Resident Honored

BY ROSE HIGHLAND-SHARPE

Cunningham Celebrates 105th Birthday

BY FAYE M. DASEN

Getting the Story Behind the Food

By Claudia Watson

Computer and Digital Camera Classes at SCC

The month of February will see several computer and digital camera classes begin in the Continuing Education division of Sandhills Community College.

Sunrise Presents Polanski's Comedy 'Carnage'

The Sunrise Theater wraps up a fine lineup of January films with the latest Roman Polanski project, "Carnage," a comedy/drama about two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the others' at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a "civilized" manner.