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Chapel Hillian Tim Crothers’ novel turned highly awaited, star-studded, Disneyproduced film was celebrated during the local premiere at Silverspot Cinema. His novel, “The Queen of Katwe: One Girl’s Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion,” tells the inspirational, true story of how 9-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi escaped the slums and created a new life for herself by becoming a chess champion. Tim, a UNC School of Media and Journalism lecturer, enjoyed an outdoor reception with family and friends before heading inside for the film. CHM
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Chris Ducar, Jaxson Marshall, 11, Rachel Marshall and Hadley Marshall, 13.
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WALK FOR EDUCATION Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students, families and staff raised $107,000
at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation’s 20th Annual Walk for Education. Starting on UNC’s campus, the walk took participants down Franklin Street and ended on the lawn of Lincoln Center with a huge carnival. CHM
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Dr. Rydell Harrison, Interim Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction.
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Students from Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe School march down Franklin Street.
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Carrboro High School Principal LaVerne Mattocks.