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Don’t Miss It: SoDu Sweet Talk Closes Friday, Feb. 13

Publish a sweet note to your people, your places, and your South Durham community - deadline is Friday, Feb. 13.

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💖 Introducing SoDu Sweet Talk: Valentine’s Messages From the Neighborhood

Southpoint Access is an independent, locally owned news outlet focused on schools, neighborhoods, and community life in South Durham. Projects like SoDu Sweet Talk help support that work - while giving neighbors an easy way to celebrate love, gratitude, and community connection.

Features

[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Southwest's Winning Readers

Congratulations to the students participating in Southwest Elementary School’s Battle of the Books team, who recently won their regional competition and are bound for the state showdown! Here’s a quote from Anna Quindlen in How Reading Changed My Life: “Books are the plane, and the train, and the

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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Tobacco Trail Hero

Here’s a bit of appreciation for Harriet Green Sansone, who was out on the American Tobacco Trail from Solite Park to Juliette Drive cleaning up litter this morning. A quote from Aesop: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Got your own messages to share?

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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Environment

To all our neighbors in South Durham who love the environment, consider this quote by Rachel Carson from The Sense of Wonder: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” Got your own messages to share? Click here

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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Tolerance

As we await the arrival of the April 8 solar eclipse, a message for our neighbors in South Durham from the pen of Montesquieu: “Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance…the spread of which can

Birthdays

[Birthday] Catherine Constantinou

Catherine Constantinou celebrated her birthday on March 22. She lives in the Hope Valley Ridge neighborhood of South Durham. She’s the tolerant and supportive spouse of Wes Platt, Southpoint Access editor and publisher, and mother of two children, John Michael and Athena. Happy (belated) birthday from Southpoint Access, Catherine!

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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Challenges

To all our neighbors in South Durham who might be fans of Duke or N.C. State, consider the following words of encouragement that came from Robert F. Kennedy: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find

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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Growth

To all our neighbors in South Durham, consider the following words of encouragement that came from Frederick Douglass: “A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.” Got your own messages

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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Basketball

To all our neighbors in South Durham, consider the following words of encouragement that originated with basketball legend Charles Barkley: “The only difference between a good shot or a bad shot is if it goes in or not.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out how

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[Words of Kindness and Encouragement] Spring

To all our neighbors in South Durham, consider the following words of encouragement that originated with the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda: “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” Got your own messages to share? Click here to find out how subscribers can submit