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Durham INC honors neighborhood hero award winners
 
 
 
(http://bullcityrising.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c786253ef011570466f41970c-popup)  It was a full house in Rigsbee Hall downtown last Thursday night, as 
the _Inter-Neighborhood Council_ (http://interneighborhoodcouncil.org/)   
celebrated two years' worth of Neighborhood Hero awards -- and had a 
celebration  of its own history to boot. 
Besides the thirty-eight Durhamites nominated by their fellow neighbors for 
 the INC's honor, the INC celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary at the 
bash,  which moved to the Rigsbee St. downtown event space after a number of 
years at  the Washington Duke Inn. 
BOCC vice-chair Ellen Reckhow and Mayor pro tem Cora Cole-McFadden 
presented  the INC with proclamations from their respective bodies commemorating the 
 anniversary of INC, which has through its history provided one approach to 
 galvanizing and supporting neighborhood issues. 
City manager Tom Bonfield was the night's guest of honor and participated 
in  the distribution of awards. Bill Anderson emceed the event again this  
year.
 
There's too many folks recognized to call out all of their accomplishments, 
 so we'll look instead at a sampling. Among the award winners: 
    *   Woodcroft's Beverly Blue, who besides serving as HOA president for 
a  portion of the south Durham development helped out in rescuing and caring 
for  residents and pets displaced by fires in two units -- including caring 
for and  cleaning the pets and returning them to their owners;  
    *   Old Farm's Carolyn Harris, who helped to raise almost $4,500 in six 
days  to help a neighbor at risk of losing their home to foreclosure;  
    *   Cleveland-Holloway's Natalie Spring and Harris Carpenter, veterans 
of  SEEDS who decided to make their home in the adjacent neighborhood and 
whose  home became a form of "neighborhood headquarters" amidst the influx of  
newcomers to the historic neighborhood that's recently attracted  
revitalization;  
    *   Northgate Park's Jennifer Kleckner, who's served as the 
north-central  Durham neighborhood's secretary in addition to helping to create 
neighborhood  yard sales and clean-up events;  
    *   Dr. Terry Peaks-Cash of North-East Central Durham, whose work in 
the  Hopkins St. area of NECD has focused on helping homeless women and others 
in  need and has drawn the attention of the Herald-Sun in a recent column;  
    *   Argonne Hills' Laurie Renard, honored for her advocacy in getting 
Keep  Durham Beautiful, Parks & Rec, fellow neighbors and students engaged to 
 clean up Holt School Park -- and for organizing aluminum can collections, 
a  Labor Day raffle, and a community garage sale to raise the funds needed 
to  finish the job. 
Other award winners for 2008 were Irene Guerrant and Loretta Ragan, 
Catsburg;  Wayne Smith, Fairfield; Dr. Nancy Henley, Forest Hills; Vicky Worthy, 
Grove  Park; Paul Cornsweet, Morehead Hill; Carolyn Young, Old Farm 
Neighborhood; Ben  Palmer and Mark Cool, Old West Durham; Richard Brown, Parkwood; 
Rick Phillips,  Twin Lakes; Elizabeth Gill and George Glover, Walltown; Mike 
Cashion, Woodcroft;  Wanda Boone of DurhamTRY (INC 2008 Good Neighbor Award) 
Other 2009 INC award winners were Tom Higgins and Diana Peronis, Central  
Durham; Nancy Astrike and Joan Davis, Fairfield; Joe Chambliss, Forest Hills; 
 David Davis, Grove Park; Beulah Hill, College Heights; Rob Corns, Milan 
Woods;  Page McCullough, Northgate Park; and Todd Twigg, Tuscaloosa-Lakewood. 
A number of local restaurants pitched in to contribute food, including Blu  
Seafood, Parker & Otis, Pop's, Q-Shack, and Rue  Cler.


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