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8 UCW APRIL 11-17, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Governor Roy Cooper has appointed local at- torney H. Gerald Beaver to serve as a member of the North Carolina Grievance Resolution board. "I am honored and humbled to accept this appointment to the North Carolina Grievance Board from Governor Cooper. It's my great plea - sure to serve on a board whose mission and members I have long respected and admired," said Attorney H. Gerald Beaver. Beaver began serving on the board in January 2018. e board is made up of five members who serve four-year terms. All board members are appointed by the governor. e Council of the North Carolina State Bar recommends 10 individuals to the gover - nor. ree of the five members must be chosen from the state bar list. e Grievance Resolution Board works with North Carolina inmates to settle grievances. Us - ing informal communication with authorities at offending facilities, or when a formal complaint is necessary, to reduce tension and create stability for formal complaints, the five board members seek to resolve issues. e board holds authority over inmate grievances filed through the Administrative Ready Procedure. 149 local teachers receive funding from Donorschoose.org DonorsChoose.org helps teachers fund projects for their classrooms. Teachers post projects on the site and donors give money to the projects they want to support. Sometimes it's individuals who give. Often organizations donate, too. On March 28, in an initiative called #BestSchoolDay Surprise, Ripple, a technolog y company in San Francisco, donated $29 million – enough to fund ever y project request on the site. ere were 220 projects from Cumberland Count y Schools, totaling $125,897. "ank you, Donors Choose and #BestSchool- Day funders for making it the #BestSchoolDay in Cumberland Count y," said Jennifer Lloyd, the school system's Grants Management Coordinator. "We are touched by the generosit y of the funders and the dedication to our students shown by our teachers!" Since its inception 18 years ago, this is the first time a donor has funded all projects on the site. Dow ntow n Fayettev ille Celebrates Na- tional Librar y Week April 8-14 is nat ional librar y week. The Cumberland Count y Public Librar y & Informa- t ion Center is joining t he nat ionw ide move- ment encourag ing people to take self ies at t heir librar y and par t icipat ing businesses and post t hem using #ihear t mylibrar y and an ex plana- t ion about why t hey love t heir librar y. Local dow ntow n businesses w ill also have g iveaways t hroughout t he week. For more informat ion about Nat ional Librar y Week and t he f ree prog rams and ser v ices at your librar y, v isit w w w.cumberland.lib.nc.us or call 910-483-7727. Governor appoints local attorney to serve on board a STAFF REPORT NEWS DIGEST Attorney Gerald Beaver Must be 21 years old attend. Business Casual Attire. For more information, call 910-485-0555