lITeRACy COUNCIl OF bUNCOmbe COUNTy Located at 31 College Place, Building B, Suite 221. Info: 2543442, ext. 204. • Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic literacy skills including reading, writing, math and English as a second language. Tutors provide one-on-one or small group instruction to adults in our community. No prior tutoring experience required. Tutors will receive 15 hours of training as well as ongoing support from certified professionals. Orientation: may 8 and 9. Info: literacytutors@ litcouncil.com. mAd CITy mONey • TU (4/9), 8am-1:15pm - OnTrack WNC seeks volunteers for its Mad City Money program, which
pARTNeRS UNlImITed • Partners Unlimited, a program for at-risk youth ages 10-18, seeks volunteer tutors and website assistance. Info: partnersunlimited@juno.com or 281-2800. plAy ANd leARN lITeRACy pROGRAm • MONDAYS through FRIDAYS, 9am - Play and Learn, an eightweek pre-literacy program for 3-5-year-olds, will be held at various locations in Buncombe County. Sponsored by Smart Start. Free. Info and registration: marna.holland@asheville.k12.nc.us or 350-2904. RAISING ACTIve ANd heAlThy ChIldReN • TH (4/4), 5:30pm - “It Takes a Village: Raising Active and Healthy Children,” with Robert Pangrazi. Held in WCU's Killian Building, Room 102. Free. Info: 227-7311.
ambassadors for the Dining Out for Life fundraiser, scheduled for April 25. Info: wncapvolunteer@ wncap.org or 252-7489.
Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call
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• MO (4/8), 7-8:30pm - Cookie Night: Help bake cookies for families staying at the Lewis Rathbun Center, which provides free lodging for out-of-town families who have a loved one in an area hospital. Supplies provided. pAN hARmONIA • Pan Harmonia seeks volunteers to assist with chamber music concerts. Volunteers receive two tickets to the concert. Info: office@ pan-harmonia.org. ROAd TO ReCOveRy • The American Cancer Society seeks volunteers to drive cancer patients to treatments as part of the Road to Recovery program.
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• SA (4/6), 10am - The public is invited to make a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the WNCAP office, 554 Fairview Road. No sewing experience required. Info and registration: pamsiekman@earthlink.net.
lodging for patients and their
AmeRICAN CANCeR SOCIeTy • The American Cancer Society seeks cosmetology professionals to facilitate its Look Good, Feel Better program for women undergoing cancer treatment. A training session will be held April 22. Info: 254-6931.
rathbuncenter.org or 251-0595..
ART ON mAIN • Art on Main arts and crafts festival seeks volunteers for planning, set-up and tear-down. Info: acofhc@bellsouth.net or 693-8504. blUe RIdGe pRIde vOlUNTeeR meeT ANd GReeT • SU (4/7), 2-6pm - Meet Pride board members during a volunteer event at Edna's Coffee, 870 Merrimon Ave. Currently recruiting for committee members, volunteer event managers and general volunteers. Free coffee and cookies. Info: amyhuntsman@ hotmail.com or www.blueridgepride.com/Volunteer.php.
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caregivers staying in Asheville for medical treatment, seeks volunteers to support and register guests. Weekend shifts: noon3pm; 3-6pm & 6-9pm. Info: www.
weSTeRN NORTh CAROlINA AllIANCe • MO (4/8) & TU (4/9) - The French Broad Riverkeeper and the Western North Carolina Alliance seek volunteers to improve water quality in the Pisgah National Forest by building silt fences, dragging brush and raking. Equipment provided. Bring lunch, water and appropriate clothes. Info, location and time: cynthia@ wnca.org or 258-8737 CAleNdAR deAdlINe The deadline for free and paid listings is 5 p.m. wedNeSdAy, one week prior to publication. Questions? Call (828)251-1333, ext. 365
fines to fit tHe crimes In March, the European Commission fined Microsoft 561 million euros (about $725 million) after, apparently, a programmer carelessly left out one line of code in the company’s Service Pack 1, containing European versions of Windows 7. That line, which Microsoft had agreed to include to settle charges that it was monopolizing the Web browser business, would have triggered the system to offer browsers other than Microsoft's own Internet Explorer. (That same month, the Danish government said Microsoft owed it about $1 billion dollars in unpaid taxes after taking over a Danish company. Microsoft had tried to route its taxes through notorious tax havens such as Bermuda. According to a March Reuters report, Denmark is among the first European countries to challenge such standard U.S. tax shenanigans and is expecting payment in full.)
woman to dinner (about $5 an hour) and a kiss on the cheek ($8). For $95, the “boyfriend” will spend the night — on the couch, of course, since sex isn’t part of the concept. Meanwhile, a new reality TV series highlights men (often gay men who haven’t come out to their parents) needing women for home visits. • The Fabulous British Government "safety Net": Heather Frost, 36, and her 11 children are getting a brand-new, specially designed house because the Tewkesbury Borough Council deemed inadequate the duplex the family had occupied for five years at taxpayer expense. Frost’s daughter needs a stable for her horse. • Authorities in Detroit continue to bill Lional Campbell for $43,000 in past-due child support. Campbell admits that he’s fallen behind, but he recently discovered that they were billing him for Michael, who died 25 years ago at age 3. Campbell had thought the support was for another child, born seven years later. The latest audit reduced Michael's balance to about $6,500. X
recurring tHemes • Being identified with the number 666 (the "mark of the beast" in the Bible's Book of Revelation) continues to trouble the righteous. Walter Slonopas, 52, a maintenance worker for Contech Casting in Clarksville, Tenn., resigned in February after receiving his W-2 form — the 666th the company mailed out this year. Slonopas had been working for Contech for less than two years, yet he’d already been "assigned" that number twice before, on the company's payroll books and in its time-clock system. • The Phantom Black/Hispanic Perp: In February, victims of crimes in San Antonio, Texas, and Terrebonne Parish, La., told police they’d been assaulted by, respectively, a "Hispanic male" and an "unknown black man" but later admitted these “assailants” didn’t exist. San Antonio police learned that the victim had been accidentally shot by a friend who mishandled his gun. The Louisiana “victim” hadn’t been abducted, raped and had her baby stolen but had invented a phantom attack to hide her miscarriage from family and friends. • In China, busy young professional women unable to show off a boyfriend to their parents at New Year’s hire fake boyfriends for about $50 a day. Extras include accompanying the
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leAF SChOOlS ANd STReeTS • WEDNESDAYS, 5-7pm - Wine tasting and jazz music, to benefit LEAF Schools and Streets, will be held at 5 Walnut Wine Bar, 5 Walnut St. $5 suggested donation. Info: www.theleaf.org or Jocelyn@theLEAF.org.
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hANdS ON AShevIllebUNCOmbe Youth are welcome on many projects with adult supervision. Info: www.handsonasheville.org or call 2-1-1. Visit the website to sign up for a project. • SA (4/6), 9am-noon - Help sort and pack food at MANNA FoodBank. • MO (4/8), 5:30-7pm - Volunteers are needed to create book packages for people recently placed in housing by Homeward Bound of Asheville.
mOTheRlOve meNTOR • The YWCA MotherLove program seeks volunteers to provide support and encouragement to teen mothers. A commitment of eight hours per month required. Info: 254-7206.
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GIRlS ON The RUN OF wNC • ONGOING - Girls on the Run of WNC seeks volunteers to plan and assist with the GOTR 5K, scheduled for May 18. Info: www. gotrwnc.org or 713-2321.
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ChIldReN FIRST/CIS • Children First/CIS seeks volunteers for its learning centers and after school program for elementary school children living in public and low-income housing. Mon.Thurs., 2:30-5:30pm. Volunteer for one hour a week and change the life of a local child. Info: www.childrenfirstbc.org or 768-2072.
teaches high school students about financial management skills. Volunteers needed to portray merchants and credit union employees. No experience required. Held at Asheville High School, 419 McDowell St. Free. Info: tamaral@ontrackwnc.org or 210-4953.
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bIG bROTheRS bIG SISTeRS OF wNC Located at 50 S. French Broad Ave., Room 213, in the United Way building. The organization matches children from singleparent homes with adult mentors. Info: www.bbbswnc.org or 253-1470. • Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks volunteers to mentor 1 hr/week in schools and after-school programs. Volunteers 18 and older are also needed to share outings in the community twice a month with youth from single-parent homes. Activities are free or lowcost. Information sessions will be held April 9 and 24 at noon.
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