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Kidzu unveils original exhibit

The growing pains are finished for Franklin Street's Kidzu Children's Museum. After two years of renting other children's museums' exhibits while raising the money to create its own, Kidzu unveiled its first original exhibit July 11. "This is a really momentous time for us as a children's museum," Kidzu Executive Director Cathy Maris said. "The rented children's exhibits really didn't reflect and show our community or our creativity."

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Town leaders under lockdown

Making arrests and raising bail was the theme Wednesday at the Franklin Hotel for some of Chapel Hill's leaders and business owners, who were "arrested" and brought to be "locked up" until they could meet their set bails. The jailbirds took part in the annual "lock-up," a fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association's local district. "This is one of our biggest fundraisers," said Karissa Binkley, district director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association for Eastern Carolina.

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Community unites to help accident victim

In response to an April 10 car accident that left a six-year-old resident with brain and spinal damage, the town of Hillsborough has come together to raise money for the victim's family's needs. Khari Clark-Hester was riding in the back seat on the passenger side of her mother's car when a truck struck their vehicle as it turned into the family's driveway. Khari is now paralyzed from the waist down. But her grandparents said she doesn't view her injuries as a setback.

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