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Lynn
Conley, Dick Larsen, Linda Burrell,
Shirley Matheny, Amy Sawyer, Leslie
Martin, Carole Dubber, Nancy Clausen,
Nancy Redman, Marcia Hill, Jim Wallace
and Kiki Farrish are among the 70-plus
area artists who are donating their
works for the art auction at the DuBois
Center on March 4.
Lee Holt and his sons are
donating two hours of music for a party,
Fran Shapiro donated her hand-made
quilt, and several people are donating
massages, jewelry and consultations
about kitchens, gardens and computers.
The entire proceeds for the
auction to celebrate John Pelosi’s 70th
birthday will go to the new DuBois
School of the Arts. That school will be
continued and expanded under the
direction of Bettie Murchison’s W.E.B.
DuBois Community Development
Corporation. All donations will be
tax-deductible.
The party will begin
Saturday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the
DuBois Center on North Franklin Street.
The $10 tickets, available locally and
at the door, entitle each person to
heavy hors d’oeuvres provided by the
members of the local DuBois Alumni
Association chapter and two drinks.
The auction with auctioneer
Louis Arthur will begin at 7:30 p.m.,
and there will also be a raffle. Only
cash or checks can be accepted.
Tickets are being sold at
the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce
and A Taste of North Carolina shops next
to each other on South White Street; at
jovi’s Kitchen & Market and Sunflower
Studio on East Jones Avenue; at Life is
Sweet, the confectionery story in The
Factory; and at the Purple Poppy florist
shop on South Main Street next to
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