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Storytelling Festival: New County Tradition Durin th riday on ct 22 musicians and storytellers usana and Timmy bell ill ic o the econd nnual Cumberland County torytellin estial at Headuarters ibrary The eenin starts at pm ith a presho puppet play olloed by the bells uniue repertoire o oriinal sons and stories The estial continues the net day at the library and eatures orth Carolina storytellers storytellin orshop beins at 1 am Reistration is reuired by callin 32 et 331 storytellin sampler ith three storytellers taes place at 1 pm irdman Dae incorporates lie birds and audience participation hile Birdman Dave tellin stories o atie merica at 2 pm arbara rmstron hite shares humor and isdom throuh rican rican merican and orth Carolinabased tales at 3 pm and Timmy bell shares stories and music o ppalachia at pm This proect is supported by the rts Council in part by contributions rom businesses and indiiduals and throuh rants rom the City o ayetteille Cumberland County and the orth Carolina rts Council an aency o the Department o Cultural Resources the riends o the ibrary and T t is presented in partnership ith ascinate Childrens useum and aces in the Community DSS Opens Call Center n ct 1 the Department of Social Serices started routing all calls through its ne call center DSS began piloting the ne call center bac in September t is designed to improe the agencys call efciency The pilot inoled all calls for amilies ith Children programs to include ood and utrition Serices edicaid Temporary ssistance for eedy amilies and Daycare ith this ne process callers ho need to report changes to their ood and utrition case or hae uestions about their benets can be directed to a ban of income maintenance technicians ho are trained to handle these types of calls The techs notify the caseorer of the actiity on the case as ell as mail out any reuired paperor to the customer This ill sae time for the caller as ell as the caseorer Callers will notice a slight difference in the message that they hear when calling the department and that the process has been simplied Health Dept Offers Flu Shots The Cumberland County Public Health Department at 1235 Ramsey treet is oerin seasonal u shots to anyone months and older The departments mmuniation Clinic located on the rst oor is also oerin the hihdose seasonal u accine or indiiduals 5 years and older oth the reular seasonal u and the hihdose ersion include the H11 accine Clinic hours are ondayThursday am until noon and 1 to pm n ridays the clinic is open am to noon The cost o the seasonal u accine is 35 edicare edicaid C Health Choice and lue Cross lue hield ill be led ith no cost to the client The hihdose accine is 5 and billable to edicare or lue Cross lue hield Children ho meet the ederallyunded accine or Children proram uidelines ill be able to receie the accine ree To ualiy a child must be edicaid eliible merican ndian or lasan natie or hae no health insurance or health insurance that does not coer accines or more inormation contact the mmuniation Clinic at 3335 New Service Provides Birth Certicates fro cross NC The Reister o Deeds ce is participatin in the ne tateide irth Certicate ssuance Proram hich enables Cumberland County residents to obtain a copy o a certied birth certicate or indiiduals born anyhere in orth Carolina rom 12 to the present The Reister o Deeds is the legally authorized agent of the State Registrar to issue copies of certicates from the Stateide irth Database hich is maintained by the State ital Records fce in Raleigh e are pleased to be able to offer this ne serice to Cumberland County residents t ill allo people to access their birth certicates in a more efcient and costeffectie ay said Register of Deeds ee arren Cost for the serice is 2 to research the certicate in the state registry and includes one copy of the certicate dditional certicates from the same search ill be 15 each or residents born in Cumberland County the cost for a certicate remains 1 each County residents ho ould lie to tae adantage of this serice are encouraged to go to the Register of Deeds fce in Room 11 of the Courthouse 11 Dic Street Hours are am to 5 pm onday through riday or more information call 5 or isit ccrodorg writ-er [rahy-ter] – noun 1. a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., esp. as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist. If you see yourself in that light, Up & Coming Weekly would love you to join our creative, talented, community-oriented line-up of contributing writers. If you are interested in joining our writing team, e-mail sample articles or questions to: editor@upandcomingweekly.com For more informtion, call 910-484-6200. 30 UCW OCTOBER 20-26, 2010 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM