Grace ‘Gracie’ Ruark deValinger
WILMINGTON Sadly, Grace ‘Gracie’ Ruark deValinger, 72, was taken from us Saturday, May 22, 2021. Thus, ending this story of a beautiful soul.
The bundle of joy known as Mary Grace Ruark burst forth into this world Jan 5, 1949, to proud parents, Frank and Margaret “Mickey” Ruark in Evanston, Illinois. Along with her barely older brother, Bart, the family resettled in Winston-Salem in 1957, from where the kids eventually spread their wings and flew the coop.
Known to the family as “Mary,” she went to camp one year in her early teens, where there were seven girls named Mary. Always wanting to be her own person and “doing it her way,” she decided she wanted to be called Grace. So Grace it was! When her friends would call on the phone, we’d call upstairs for Mary, and they would say, “No, I want to talk to Grace.” I had to reassure them they were one and the same and that they weren’t dealing with a split personality.
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The city of Raleigh is taking action to combat climate change through the first Community Climate Action Plan.
What You Need To Know
The goal is to reduce 80% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
According to the EPA, agriculture is responsible for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions
The plan aims to reduce 80% of greenhouse gas emissions in the city by 2050 under three main umbrellas:
Energy Use and Buildings
Waste
“We’ve broken up the strategies into short-term goals, we should be able to be thinking about how we can build resiliency and equity at the same time,” said Megan Anderson, sustainability manager for the city of Raleigh.
The Photographer Tom Simon s New Exhibit Sheds Light on the Triangleâs Shifting Hunger Needs
Photo by Tom Simons
Meals on Wheels Orange Co. switched fromdelivering a hot meal daily to five frozenmeals once a week to keep recipients anddrivers safe.
The ArtsCenter | Online through Feb. 15
Lifeline: Hunger Relief During the Pandemic, The ArtsCenterâs first online exhibit of the year, takes a close look at the local food distribution channels that are fighting food insecurity during the pandemic.
Chapel Hill photographer Tom Simonâs 35 quietly emotional photographs capture weekly food distributions across the Triangle by organizations like The Produce Box and PORCH-Durham. The series sheds humane light on the workers behind these donationsâand the people who rely on them. The
The Raw Truth with Kenya Templeton of Viva Raw
Viva Raw’s market manager on family traditions, cycling and her fav CLT foods
Kenya Templeton is a force of wonder. You may know her face from Viva Raw, a raw bites juicerey located in 7th Street Public Market. After being an employee there for a few months, she was recently promoted to customer care and market manager.
This is the thing: Kenya knows her shit. I should know after working under her as my manager at Healthy Home Market on South Boulevard circa 2011. She was the manager of the vitamin department there, which, as in most health-food stores, carried the whole establishment. Former employee Elisha Covington credits Templeton with teaching her “pretty much everything I know about health.“
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