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Regional Briefs: SECCA hires new curator from Canada
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Published: July 15, 2008
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art has hired a new curator.
Steven Matijcio will begin work Aug. 1. He previously worked as curator at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mark Leach, SECCA's director, said in a news release that Matijcio's "insight into international art practices will bring SECCA to the forefront of cutting-edge contemporary ideas and art-making on the global stage."
Matijcio replaces David Brown, who resigned in July 2007. Matijcio is the latest person to join the staff of SECCA, based in Winston-Salem, since it became an operating entity of the N.C. Museum of Art in December.
Matijcio worked for three years at Plug In until May 10, said Anthony Kiendl, Plug In's director. Before that, Matijcio held positions at such institutions as the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He has organized projects across all media, taught at the University of Manitoba and written for several journals. He is researching the relationship between art and political activism.
Matijcio has degrees from the University of Toronto and Bard College in New York.
Sergeant based at Fort Bragg killed by bomb in Afghanistan
FORT BRAGG -- The Army says that a Fort Bragg-based Special Forces sergeant was killed during a combat patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand province when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
The military said yesterday that Master Sgt. Mitchell W. Young, 39, of Jonesboro, Ga., died Sunday after the explosion in Kajaki Sofla, Afghanistan.
Young was a member of the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group.
He is survived by his wife, Robyn, of Fayetteville, and his mother, Jane Young of Jonesboro, Ga.
The Army Special Operations Command said that Young wasn't among the nine American soldiers killed during an attack Sunday in Kunar province.
Berger will push to resume executions if bill approved
RALEIGH -- Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger says he'll push for the approval of a plan to resume executions in North Carolina if legislators decide to vote on the Racial Justice Act.
The proposed law would allow capital murder defendants to challenge their prosecutions on the grounds of racial bias and by using statistics to make their case.
Berger, a Rockingham County Republican, doesn't like the bill but said he would push to add a provision to give the state power to resume executions if the bill is called for a vote. Legislators are expected to adjourn this week.
Last year, the state Medical Board threatened to punish doctors who participate in executions. That threat has stalled all executions. Berger's proposal would strip the board of the authority to punish doctors for their involvement.
Coble set record for service in House for North Carolina
GREENSBORO -- North Carolina Rep. Howard Coble is now the longest-serving House Republican in North Carolina history after more than 23 years in Congress.
Coble surpassed former Sen. James T. Broyhill on Tuesday. Broyhill and Coble were the only Republicans from the state to be elected to 12 terms in the House. Broyhill left the seat on July 14, 1986, to serve briefly in the Senate before leaving Congress.
Coble, who was sworn in on Jan. 3, 1985, said he never planned to set any longevity records.
The House Office of the Historian said that the longest-serving member of North Carolina's congressional delegation was Democratic Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, who served from March 4, 1911, to Jan. 3, 1953.
Coble said he has no plans to challenge Doughton's 42-year run, although he is running for re-election in November.
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