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sunday Partly Cloudy 94/70 better living, better health carrborocitizen.com june 17, 2010 u locally owned and operated u Volume Iv No. Xiv Free County votes to put sales tax option on November ballot By Susan Dickson $177.6 million 2009-10 budget and Orange County voters over- ing to Clifton, the tax could generate Staff Writer an $8.5 million decrease from the whelmingly rejected a transfer tax $2.3 million annually, though rev- 2009-10 amended budget. The bud- referendum in May 2008. enues for fiscal year 2010-11 would The Orange County Board of get would also maintain the Chapel “Whether we like it or not, we are be minimal. Commissioners voted unanimously Hill-Carrboro City Schools special in a situation where we only have a Board members said they sup- on Tuesday to put a quarter-cent district-tax rate at 18.84 cents per limited number of revenue sources,” ported putting the sales-tax referen- sales-tax referendum on the Novem- $100 of valuation. County Manager Frank Clifton said. dum on the November ballot as an ber ballot. In the 2007 state budget, the leg- “Without additional revenues, county alternative revenue source to property The move followed the board’s islature gave counties the option of services are going to deteriorate at a taxes, but said they would postpone a final approval of the county’s $175.3 a quarter-cent sales-tax increase or a greater rate than they have in the past.” decision on how the money would be million 2010-11 budget, which in- 0.4 percent land-transfer tax to help If voters approve the sales-tax allocated if the referendum were ap- cluded steep cuts to county depart- compensate for money taken away increase, the Orange County sales- proved in order to give the public the ments, nonprofit agencies and both from counties when the responsi- tax rate, which would apply to all chance to weigh in on that decision. school districts. bility for paying for Medicaid was goods and services except food and Several board members indicated The budget maintains the cur- turned over to the state. As a result of medicine, will increase from 7.75 to they would like to see the money go rent ad valorem-tax rate of 85.8 cents that budget deal, counties lost state- 8 percent. The revenue from the tax toward economic development. per $100 of valuation and represents supplied school-construction money increase would not be shared with the a $2.3 million decrease from the and some sales-tax revenue. state or local municipalities. Accord- SEE COUNTY PAGE 3

Board approves spending plan By Kirk Ross Staff Writer

Clusters of showy white stamens surround the single CARRBORO — The Carrboro Board pistil of each cohosh flower. of Aldermen gave final approval Photo by Ken Moore Tuesday night to an $18,525,685 annual budget for fiscal year 2010- 11. The town’s tax rate remains at flora By Ken Moore 58.94 percent per $100 valuation of taxable property. At the board’s second to last What’s pollinating meeting before the summer break, Mayor Mark Chilton thanked black cohosh? Town Manager Steve Stewart for nne Lindsey – bo- avoiding a tax increase given a drop tanical researcher and in revenues. teacher and co-author, Stewart’s plan includes $560,500 in equipment purchases, much of with husband Ritchie that for replacement of a fire sup- Bell, of the second pression truck and solid waste editionA of Wild Flowers of North boom truck. Town employees will Carolina – has several of us get a one-time bonus of $455 for asking that question these days full-time town employees and a about whatever flower we may pro-rated bonus based on hours for be observing. Leading up to next part-time employees. The budget week’s National Pollinator Week, also raises the town’s living wage to $11.78 per hour. Anne’s month-long series of N.C. In other action Tuesday night, Botanical Garden classes on pol- the board voted to delay action on lination ecology is well timed. a minor modification to the Bal- Anne is making us aware that all lentine Architecturally Integrated those bees and wasps and beetles photo by kirk ross Subdivision conditional use per- and ants and butterflies and all the mit. Builder M/I Homes is seeking rest are not flying about trying to the go-ahead for the 96-unit proj- attack humans. They are way too ect off Old N.C. 86. The company wants to build 62 single-family intent on finding pollen and nectar homes and 34 townhomes in an to survive to bother with us, unless The Class of 2010 area between Lake Hogan Farms we make motions to interfere with There wasn’t a sporting event on the floor of the mencement, new Principal Jesse Dingle told graduates and Orange County’s Twin Creeks their nests. So before you reach Smith Center on Saturday; but throughout the day, the how proud he was to be their principal. He praised their Park property. Two other phases of for that can of insect spray, step place did echo with plenty of cheering. competitive spirit, but encouraged humility. the project are also being designed, back and take a closer look at what Graduation exercises for all three high schools in the “Envy is not competitiveness,” he said. according to M/I Homes’ Jeremy those insects are doing. Those in- Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district started at 9 a.m. In the late afternoon, the occasional roll of thunder Medlin. Medlin told the board sects we tend to dislike in our lives with Pomp and Circumstance, quickly followed by the punctuated the smaller, but equally enthusiastic ceremony that based on feedback at a previ- East Chapel Hill High School choral ensemble’s gospel- for Carrboro High School’s second graduation exercise. ous hearing before the board and are playing a vital role in harmony tinged version of Let It Be. Other highlights included Carrboro Principal Kelly Batten said that while last further feedback from the town, with all the plants. Our lives are Principal Eileen Tully’s musings on life and the slip-’n’- year’s class will be remembered for a lot of firsts, the the company is modifying its plan dependent on them. slide constructed on the school lawn as a senior prank. Class of 2010 also should be remembered for its key roll for the future phases of the proj- When we do stop to think She encouraged graduates to take life slowly and appre- in the school’s early history, including the formation of ect to increase the density and add about pollinators, we most likely ciate all of its quirks. student tutoring and recycling programs. a small commercial area, likely a think of honey bees. As important At Chapel Hill High School’s early afternoon com- —Henry Gargan and Kirk Ross small building with a couple of as honey bees are, they are only apartments above it. a tiny bit of the pollination story. List of Grads Thousands of native insects are See page eight for Carrboro High School’s Class of 2010 and be sure to pick up a copy of next week’s SEE BOARD PAGE 3 the real pollinators upon which our Citizen for the list of graduates from Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools. whole way of life is dependent. For example, hundreds of spe- cies of solitary bees alone go about their lives searching for pollen and The ripple effect takes hold nectar, and in doing so help hun- The Goddess Suite dreds of plants succeed in making recently . . . nated in , performed By Valarie Schwartz by women in praise of women. seed to continue a collective vital “I feel like I tapped into some in- role making our natural world spiration flowing through me,” Cros- function. “Athena . . . sen said. “It was a gift to me, but it Guardian of justice, came through collaboration.” The SEE FLORA PAGE 10 Bearer of wisdom, debut was in the Forest Theater, with Of a new vision other performances around the Tri- angle during 1986 and ’87. inside you speak.” — From The Goddess Suite “We shall work for Circulation Increase change, we shall Cynthia Crossen of Chatham work for peace.” See page 7 County had a glimpse of Athena’s Her only child, a son named new vision in January 1986, when Jesse, was 4 when she conceived and she became inspired to expand first delivered the suite. She contin- Index her musicality beyond the singing ued a life of serving her commu- groups she’d written for and per- nity through song and projects and Music ...... 2 formed with since her 20s. through the Haw River Assembly, News ...... 3 “I wanted to write a choral piece,” where she provides creekside en- Community ...... 4 she said this week from the home she vironmental education programs. Opinion ...... 6 and her husband, Ken Crossen, built Then last October, a challenge was Business ...... 7 on land they bought near Chicken Schools ...... 8 posed to Crossen – to revive The Bridge after they moved to North Goddess Suite composer, Cynthia Crossen (center) watches Kate Finlayson rehearsing Obituary ...... 9 Goddess Suite. dance moves to the chorus as they sing the Athena portion of the suite, conducted by Classifieds ...... 9 Carolina in 1972. Collaboration with Sheila Fleming. Photo by Valarie Schwartz Water Watch ...... 10 her community of musicians culmi- SEE RECENTLY PAGE 3 2 thursday, MAY 20, 2010 The Carrboro Citizen

music calendar spotlight : trkfest Local 506: Death On Two Wheels, killer filler Feeding The Fire, Mumu Tutu. 9pm. The Cave $8 Saturday, June 19 Weaver Street Market: Dana and Susan Robinson. 11am-1pm monday june 21 Cats Cradle: Sage Francis, Free Moral Agents, B. Doan. 9:30pm. $18/20 The Cave: LATE: Young Mammals Local 506: Danny Malone, Aimee Bobruk, Denitia Odigie, CJ Vinson. 8:30pm. $8

tuesday june 22 The third annual TRKfest will be held Saturday, June 26, from 2 to 11 p.m. The Cave: LATE: The Poison at Piedmont Biofuels in Pittsboro. Control Center, The Monument Club. $5 TRKfest began as a one-day music festival and fundraiser for the Trekky Records Collec- La Residence: Southern Routes. tive in 2008. Although it was initially intended to be a one-time event, the festival has become an annual institution. Local 506: Joe Firstman, Trey Lockerbie, Marianne keith. 9pm. $10 The event will feature live performances by Vibrant Free, Ezekiel Graves, Yardwork, Reservoir: North Elementary, The Ryan Gustafson, Butterflies, Veelee, Mount Moriah, Midtown Dickens, Embarrassing Wild Complete. 10pm. Free Fruits, Hammer No More the Fingers, Lost in the Trees and Megafaun. Other activities include local arts and crafts, the Pants-off Dance-off, a coffee sack race, wednesday june 23 a Cool Kids yoga session, a musical chairs cakewalk, free haircuts, local food and more. Caffe Driade: Wylie Hunter. 8pm Cats Cradle: Deas Vail, O’Brother. Participants are welcome to bring chairs and blankets. 8pm. $8/10 Admission is a $10 suggested donation. Piedmont Biofuels is located at 220 Lorax Lane The Cave: LATE: Valley Young in Pittsboro. General Store Cafe: Hokum’s Heroes. 7-9pm Local 506: The Fold, Gossip Grows On Trees, Jonas Sees in Color, The thursday june 17 City Tap: ShackTown. 5-7pm. Future Is Me. 8:30pm. $8/10 Blue Bayou: 15-501. 9pm. Free Daniel Sean. 7-10pm Nightlight: Robobilly, Slingshot Cats Cradle: Benefit for Eastern General Store Cafe: The Cash. 9:30pm NC Chapter of the National MS Drowning Lovers. 8-10:30pm thursday june 24 Society with The Sundowners, Local 506: Heat Tour 2010: Thao Blue Bayou: Under the Sun. Mount Moriah, Whiskey Smugglers, and Mirah, The Most of All, These 9:30pm Mandolin Orange, Last of the Great United States. 8:30pm. $10/12 Sideshow Freaks. 8pm. $7 The Cave: EARLY: Erin Brown Nightlight: MAKE, Tasha-Yar, Buck LATE: Follow That Bird! The Cave: EARLY: Gray Byrd Grooter LATE: Radio Silent Auction City Tap: Hwyl. 7-9pm saturday june 19 City Tap: Marc Brown. 7-9pm General Store Cafe: Marie Van- ArtsCenter: The Handsome Fam- derbeck Quarter. 7-9pm East 54: Guillo Carias Trio .5:40- ily. 9pm. $12 7:30pm. Free Local 506: Red Collar, The Baker Blue Bayou: Blues World Order. Family, Wood Ear. 9pm. $6 General Store Cafe: Tony Galiani 9:30pm. $8/10 Band. 7-9pm Nightlight: Microcephalic Superi- The Cave: EARLY: Rodie Ray tendant, Kamama, Renay Aumiller, Local 506: Dead Meadow, The LATE: Killer Filler, Phatlynx Static minds, Richard Bacchus and Alexis Mastromichalis City Tap: Kitty Box and The John- The Luckiest Girls. 9:30pm. $10/12 Weaver Street Market: The nys. 8-10pm handsome family Nightlight: Grouper, Heather Guilty Pleasures.. 6-8pm General Store Cafe: Tommy The ArtsCenter McEntire, Jenks Miller. 9:30pm. $7 Edwards and Friends. 8-10:30pm. $5 friday june 25 Saturday, June 19 Southern Village: The Incompa- ArtsCenter: Gypsy Jazz Night Jessee’s Coffee & Bar: Supreme rable Tres Chicas. 7pm. $5 with One Leg Up. 8:30pm. $14 Fiction, JokesandJokesandJokes. 8pm Weaver Street Market: Great Blue Bayou: Adrian Duke. 9:30pm General Store Cafe: Woody saturday june 26 City Tap: New Town Drunks. Local 506: Ryan Gustafson, Twelve Big Gone. 6-8pm Pines. 8-11pm ArtsCenter: Little Windows. 8pm. 8-10pm Thousand Armies, Old Bricks. Bynum Front Porch: Hot Local 506: Jill Andres, Gambling $12 General Store Cafe: Pocket 9:30pm. $7/8 Rooster. 7pm friday june 18 The Muse. 9:30pm. $9 Blue Bayou: Crossover Blues Creek. 8-10:30pm Blue Bayou: Da Muthas. 9:30pm. Nightlight: Monsonia, True Caffe Driade: New River Rising. Band. 9:30pm Memorial Hall: The New Pornog- Jessee’s Coffee & Bar: Salt to $8/10 Widow, Bad Dream Brooklyn. 10pm 8pm Caffe Driade: Off the Road Band. raphers. 8pm. $20-25 Bitters, The Bopeeps. 8pm Bynum Front Porch: Mandolin. Open Eye Cafe: Raymond Ward. Cats Cradle: Dar Williams, Sara 8pm Nightlight: Tomahawks, Roadsie Local 506: Lizzy Ross, Big Al Hall, 7-9pm 8pm Watkins. 8pm. $25/27 Cats Cradle: MC Chris, MC Lars Graves, Calico Haunts John Fonville The Cave: EARLY: The Tell Tale Caffe Driade: Harpist Rosaleigh sunday june 20 ftYTCracker, Math The Band. 9pm. Stringfellow. 8pm Hearts LATE: NORTH ELEMEN- Open Eye Cafe: Jay Brown. 8pm $13/15 Nightlight: Pros and Cons, Hon- ArtsCenter: The Mighty Gospel TARY, Owl Laws, Michale Holland Southern Village: North Carolina ored Guests, Western Civ. 10pm. Cats Cradle: Iris DeMent. 8pm. Inspirations, Mary Williams, Donna The Cave: EARLY: Blue Line Symphony. 7:30pm $5 The Cave: EARLY: The Honeycut- Washington. 6pm. $5 City Tap: Shawn Deena. 5-7pm Highway. $5 LATE: Twilighter, The See No Weevil. 7-10pm Diamond Center Open Eye Cafe: Morgans End. ters. $5 LATE: DTL, Shalin The Cave: LATE: Let W Lee 8pm MOVIEs We suggest you call for exact show times

Carolina Theatre of Durham 309 W Morgan St., 560-3030 fr 6/18 thao and mirah Retrofantasma Film Series, Friday Mo 6/21 only, It Came from Outer Space in local 506 saGE FranCis 3-D, 7 p.m. and Invaders from Mars 9:30 p.m.; Please Give, nightly at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. & 4:10 p.m., Exit Through the Gift Shop, nightly at 7:20 & 9:20 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:20 & 4:20 p.m.; The Secret in Their Eyes, Sunday through Thursday only at 7:10 & Mo 10/4 fr 6/18 thE national iris 9:30 p.m. Sunday matinees at 2:10 & MeMorial auditoriuM (raleigh, fr 6/25 4:30 p.m. dar williams dEmEnt prog. energy center) Chelsea Theater su 7/4 Timberlyne, 1129 Weaver Dairy th 6/17 benefit for th 9/19 su 7/4 victor fr 7/16 edward lou barlow viCtor wootEn Road, 968-3005 eastern nc wooten**($20/$25) sharpe & & the missingmen The Secret in Their Eyes; Exit chapter / ms society the magnetic w/wye oak**($12) mo 7/5 delta spirit Through the Gift Shop sundowners, mount moriah, w/david vandervelde zeros w/we are each fr 6/27 paul mandolin orange, last of other featuring aaron and the romany thorn**($15) The Lumina the great sideshow freaks embry**($15/$17) eye**($10/$12) fr 9/3 autolux Southern Village, 932-9000 and whiskey smugglers** sa 7/17 cd release party tu 7/6 sleigh w/gold panda**($10/$12) Karate Kid; The A-Team; Prince of fr 6/18**($28/$30) the love bells**($10) lso Persia; Shrek Forever After iris dement language th 9/9 corinne AresentinG w/nerve city and po po w/the light pines**($8/$10) bailey rae**($25/$28) p Regal Timberlyne 6 sa 6/19 l in japanese local 506 (chapel hill) fr 7/9 heartless sa 9/11 who's bad? 120 Banks Drive, 933-8600 dance party no alcohol served th 7/22 john hiatt fr 6/18 thao and mirah bastards and the combo**($35) (michael jackson The A-Team; Karate Kid; Get Him mo 6/21 sage francis with the most of all w/the builders and tribute)**($15) to the Greek; Killers; Marmaduke; (w/band) w/free moral th 7/29**($20) w/these united states the butchers and Prince of Persia mat kearney sa 9/18 billy th 8/19 miniature tigers, agents, b dolan**($18/$20) peter wolf crier** special acoustic show bragg**($25) we 6/23 deas vail / aminal The Varsity sa 7/10 cd release party mo 8/2 boris**($15) o'brother**($8/$10) we 9/29**($12/$14) fr 6/18 those darlins 123 East Franklin St., 967-8865 chatham w/russian circles electric six w/strange boys and fr 6/25 dar williams county line w/birds Clash of the Titans; Kicking and sa 8/7 here we w/constellations gentleman jesse Screeming w/sara watkins and arrows**($12/$15) go magic (of nickel creek)**($25/$27) th 10/7 menomena artscenter (carrboro) su 7/11 unrest / w/beach fossils**($10) w/suckers**($12/$15) sa 6/26 sa 6/19 the handsome mc chris teen-beat mo 8/9 cynic**($13/$15) w/mc lars mc lars ft. 26th anniversary tu 10/12 stephen family w/intronaut kellogg and the ytcracker and math the performances and dysrhythmia memorial hall (unc) sixers w/small ponds band**($13/$15) w/true love always, th 8/12 brave fr 6/25 the new and roy jay**($15/$18) Durham’s Historic Movie Palace tu 6/29 thrice w/kevin bossanova and mc: combo**($12/$15) pornographers sa 10/23 railroad w/the dodos and the Film Schedule Friday, June 18 - Thursday, June 24 devine, bad veins patrick bryant fr 8/13 mission of Friday, June 18 only! RETROFANTASMA dutchess and the duke pm and the dig**($19/$22) (sommerville earth**($20/$23) It Came From Outer Space – in 3D - 7:00 burma**($16/$18) reserved seats Invaders From Mars - 9:30pm speakout)**($15) Please Give fr 7/2 islands su 9/15 th 10/28** on sale 6/18 via etix.com Nightly at 7 & 9:10pm Sat & Sun Matinees at 2 & 4:10pm w/steel phantoms and tu 7/13 rasputina memoryhouse me first and the memorial auditorium (prog Exit Through the Gift Shop active child**($10/$12) w/larkin grimm**($15/$17) w/twin sister**($10) Nightly at 7:20 & 9:20pm gimme gimmes energy center, raleigh) Sat & Sun Matinees at 2:20 & 4:20pm Sunday-Thursday only! The Secret in Their Eyes H H mo 10/4 the national Nightly at 7:10 & 9:30pm catscradle.com 919.967.9053 300 E. Main StrEEt Sunday Matinees at 2:10 & 4:30pm w/owen pallett ** a sterisks denote advance tickets @ schoolkids records in raleigh, cd alley in chapel hill 309 West Morgan St. Downtown Durham order tix online at etix.com H we serve carolina brewery beer on tap!H we are a non-smoking club via ticketmaster www.carolinatheatre.org | 919.560.3030 The Carrboro Citizen News THURSDAY, june 17, 2010 3 BOARD tion project; Briefs • received an update on the recently from page 1 Bolin Creek Greenway plans; Tyson, Rev. Barber arrested at sit-in • heard an update on Safe from page 1 Author and Chapel Hill resident Timothy Tyson along with That project won’t be ready Routes to School plans for Car- North Carolina NAACP head Rev. William Barber and two for submission to the town for rboro and McDougle elementary “We shall find our wisdom in the others were arrested after a sit-in protest at a Wake County review until late summer or ear- schools; dreams we weave.” board of education meeting Tuesday in Raleigh. ly fall, Medlin said. • set the date for reopening a Tyson told the Citizen he is concerned by the boards recent Jay Bryan, who lives across public hearing on plans for Smith The request came from perhaps the only person who actions saying their policies could reverse years of efforts follow- Old N.C. 86 from the project, Level Road for September 7; could have helped Crossen find her way to agreement – ing the end of segregated schools. asked the board to consider send- • approved a resolution de- Hope Wilder, her daughter-in-law. Crossen took the re- “I was raised in a Christian tradition where love is some- ing it to the Northern Transition clining an offer from OWASA quest with her as she spent her 60th birthday on a solo thing you do, not just something you feel. The conservative Advisory Committee for review. to purchase 73 acres of OWASA- campout on the family land, where Jesse and Hope now anti-diversity coalition on the school board is acting in a way Bryan said he was concerned owned land off Jones Ferry Road also have a home. She remembered the “spirit of love, in- that is destructive to our public schools,” Tyson said... “We’ve about the location of a proposed and Old Greensboro Highway; clusion and connectedness with people and community” seen this type of politics for a long time, and we’re not going to entrance for the development as • authorized the town man- during the previous performances, while concentrating on sit idly by and let a coalition of the cynical and self-serving and well as its future phases. ager to move ahead with the staying centered within herself, her mission for this period misguided destroy the public schools in North Carolina and all Board members said future design of the Wilson Park multi- of her life. we’ve accomplished here. phases of the project would be use path; Wilder, 25, on a break from teaching as a result of Lyme reviewed by the advisory com- • amended the contract for disease, agreed to co-produce. “I had no idea what I was Cable Channel 265 moves to 180 mittee and delayed taking action use of the Century Center to getting into,” she said. But the rewards – the reception by Starting on June 16, viewers wanting to watch the Orange on the first two phases of the plan include an anti-discrimination women willing to participate, the chance to witness the County government on digital cable will have to switch to until its next meeting on June 22. clause; and melding of talents and further consecration of the love of channel 180. The change is part of Time Warner’s recent chan- Also at Tuesday’s meeting, • appointed filmmaker Rich- her mother-in-law – have overshadowed the work involved. nel realignment. Monthly meetings of the board of county the board of aldermen: ard Jaimeyfield, a resident of “Athena, help us weave a new dream.” commissioners held in Chapel Hill will be broadcast live, while • received a report from the Hillsborough Road neigh- “Hope is an amazing human being and she’s going to those taking place in Hillsborough will be played the following Friends of Bolin Creek on the borhood, to the town planning be standing on my shoulders,” Crossen said. “She’s been a day. All meetings will be re-broadcast daily at noon and 7 p.m. group’s conservation and restora- board. wonderful partner in this.” Public library approaches milestone Each of the four performances will be a fundraiser for Chapel Hill’s Public Library is fast approaching a milestone Builder wants fees lowered local nonprofits representing traits or needs of the seven – one million items checked out in a year. The library expects goddesses profiled in the work. The 30-plus women in- to reach the mark on either June 18 or 19, and plans to cel- Builder Cam Hill said he’s finally found sound tenants for the volved range in age from 11 to near 70. There are singers, ebrate. Visitors on Friday and Saturday will all receive “Thanks Cleo Sterling building on N.C. 54, but wants to see the town lower a keyboardist, flautists, percussionists, a cellist and dance a Million!” pencils and will be entered into a drawing for prizes its fees before he proceeds with upfit plans. interpreters, all conducted by Sheila Fleming. such as an eReader, an MP3 player and a $30 dollar gift card Hill, speaking at a Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting Tues- There have been pre-show parties, and groups of women toward purchase of books. day night, said he’s been frustrated over the years because the have gathered their children and friends to attend. “Each and every patron has led us to this new record,” said town’s building code would require either sprinklers or an expen- “We opened the door to people we didn’t know,” Cros- Maggie Hite, the library’s head of circulation. “We plan to sive division of the building before its use could be changed from sen said, “and our kind of people showed up. I’m very open thank everyone.” manufacturing. to the ripple effect; I’ve no idea where it’s going to go.” With a manufacturing tenant lined up, he wants to go ahead Hillsborough police drop accreditation with dividing and renovating the space, but says the town is asking Contact Valarie Schwartz at 923-3746 or [email protected] The Hillsborough Police Department has withdrawn from for exorbitant fees for the building permits. Under one renovation the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agen- plan, the town’s fee would represent 60 percent of the cost of the Performances cies, a nonprofit organization that works with law enforcement job, he said. agencies to uphold record keeping and documentation stan- He asked the board to reduce the fee, citing its interest in eco- All begin at 7 p.m.; recommended donation $7 dards. Department officials say the decision was based on the nomic development. June 19: Forest Theater, Chapel Hill department’s incomplete documentation of compliance with Board member Dan Coleman said he agreed that the fees should the commission’s standards and said they dropped their par- be looked at. June 20: Eno River Unitarian Universalist ticipation because they would not have been ready for an onsite “It’s our top priority to have economic development in Carrboro,” Fellowship, Durham inspection by the agency in August. he said, “ and here it is standing right in front of us.” June 26: Northwood High School, Pittsboro Board members agreed to review Hill’s request for lowering the June 27: Forest Theater UNC to hold information meeting fee at their June 22 meeting. UNC is encouraging local residents to attend a public infor- mation meeting concerning the permitting process required by county of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the planned develop- Chamber of Commerce, said he ment of Carolina North. The university expects to submit an from page 1 had spoken with a number of re- application to the corps later in the year. UNC cites wetlands as tailers who did not support the their primary concerns about the project. The meeting will be “I think we have to diversify sales-tax increase, though they Monday at 5 p.m. in the theater room at the Seymour Senior buzz + cool stuff our revenues,” Commissioner would have supported when the Center on Homestead Road. Another public meeting will be Bernadette Pelissier said, add- option was first presented two held following the submission of the application. mill tv + contests ing that she would like to see the years ago. mill county dedicate at least some of “This is a slightly different OWASA Approves rate increase the revenues to economic devel- economic time, and I do think it The OWASA board of directors approved a rate increase opment. will take a concerted effort to get averaging 9.25 percent last week. The hike raises rates $6.95 for Commissioner Mike Nelson the voters to vote for it,” he said. customers using 5,000 gallons of service per month. blog. said that while he was “not a big “It is only with the promise to The OWASA board cited declining water sales and a need to fan” of the sales tax, he would be dedicate the funds to economic replace out-of-date infrastructure as factors in the decision. The willing to put the option on the development that you could earn increase is expected to cover a 1.7 percent net budget increase ballot to let the voters decide. our board’s support.” for 2011, which includes money for the resumption of water- “The vicious cycle that we’re Board members mentioned testing programs suspended as a result of budget limitations in in is that we don’t have good economic development, debt 2010. Next year’s budget also sets aside $9.7 million to pay off strong economic development service, schools and libraries as bonds issued to fund now-completed capital projects. carrborocitizen.com/mill here,” he said. things they would like to fund Aaron Nelson, president with the sales-tax revenues.

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College will host an educational there will be dinner and door tour of longleaf pine stands in prizes. Thirty-five teams from all over the state will slow cook Chatham County on June 26 The church is located at 914 hams and pork shoulders. Hog Day 2010 will include from 9 a.m. to noon. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Siler the first Hog Day Invitational, in which last year’s top Learn about the disappearing City. cookers compete for the People’s Choice award. Five- longleaf pine ecosystem, the im- For more information, call dollar sample flights of the top five barbecues and $4 sandwiches will be available for purchase. In addition, portant role the tree plays, efforts 542-0794 or go to chathamhabi- tat.org/ownahome the Eno River Farmers’ Market will host a potato underway to restore the ecosystem salad, cole slaw and side-dish contest. Contestants will and how you can help. Mark Bost Fiber Art prepare four quarts of a homemade cold vegetable of the N.C. Division of Forest Marni Goldshlag will hold an side dish for judging. Service Forester Sara Thompson Resources will guide the tour. exhibit and reception, “Fiber Art,” The tour is part of CCCC’s Children’s activities include a bounce house, pony at the Pacifica Soft Art Gallery on rides and a small petting zoo. The event also will fea- series of guided fieldtrips this June 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. ture corn toss games, remote racecars, a hog-calling summer aimed at promoting the The suggested donation is $10 writers and directors. The events for adults and $5 for children. All will feature a beer garden with Goldshlag uses translucent contest and an antique-car show. Performers will college’s new ecotourism program. layers of fabric to create the image provide live music throughout Hog Day and attendees The tour is free and open to proceeds go to RENA. local beer and a selection of wines and food from some of Franklin of paintings. She will give a talk are welcome to bring blankets or chairs for the event’s the public. Register by contacting Cookout to support at 5 p.m. festival-style seating. Central Carolina Community Street’s restaurants. local food The gallery is at 119 Viburnum This year’s Hog Day also will include the event’s first College’s continuing education For more information, visit The HOPE Gardens Festival Way, at the end of Hanna Street. beer garden, coordinated by Durham’s Fullsteam office at 542-6495, ext. 8044. locally-grown.com or call 967- will be held Sunday from 4 to 8 9440 Brewery. The tour will start at the Jordan p.m. at 2200 Homestead Road. The Frog Prince Lake Educational State Forest at Festifall applications Rags to Riches Theatre for Hog Day kicks off Friday with events 6 to 9 p.m. On The festival is a fundrais- Saturday, the festivities start at 9 a.m. and run until 2832 Big Woods Road. For a map ing cookout to support local The Chapel Hill Parks and Young Audiences will perform of the area, visit ncesf.org/images/ The Frog Prince at The ArtsCenter 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but food, music and community. Recreation Department is ac- leave pets at home. For more information, visit hog- jlesf/jlesfdirmap.gif on June 26 at 11 a.m. HOPE Gardens, a joint project cepting applications from artists days.com Club Nova completes of the Chapel Hill Parks and and vendors for the 38th annual The show is interactive and Recreation Department and Festifall, to be held Oct. 3 from 1 intended for preschoolers through renovations third-graders. The Club Nova Community the Homeless Outreach Poverty to 6 p.m. on West Franklin Street. Eradication committee, is a com- The community celebra- Rags to Riches is a Durham- Cycling event to benefit become a sponsor, contact Gaby Project will hold a ribbon cutting based group that travels to to celebrate recent renovations to munity garden and education tion gives attendees a chance to Chatham Habitat for Fornari at 542-0794, ext. 223 or center that also serves as a transi- explore the local art scene and theaters around the state. Many Humanity [email protected] the clubhouse today (Thursday) of the shows involve audience at 2 p.m. tional-employment program for support artists. Cash prizes will be Chatham Habitat for Calling all artists homeless participants. awarded to the most outstanding participation. Club Nova is a nonprofit Humanity will hold the first The Hillsborough Arts Dinner is $7 for adults and artists. Tickets are $7 and free for mental health support-group annual Chatham 3RingCycle Council seeks submissions for a $3 for children. To buy tickets in The fee to host a booth at Fes- children under the age of 2. organization. It is one of only 400 Event starting at 8:30 a.m. on Miniature Art Exhibition in all advance or to make a donation, tifall is $100 for Orange County Reserve tickets by calling The clubhouses around the world that June 26 at the Central Carolina media. visit changingthepresent.org/ residents and $120 for non- ArtsCenter’s box office at 929- Community College campus in help adults with mental illness. 2787 or visiting artscenterlive.org Artists who live in or have More than 80 volunteers gift/29622/support_hope_garden residents. Applications must be Pittsboro. postmarked by July 30. For more studios in Orange, Alamance, worked to renovate Club Nova Volunteers needed for Special-needs registry The event will feature 30-, Chatham, Durham or Wake by refurbishing the clubhouse, information or an application, The Orange County Depart- 60- and 100-mile bike rides on Eno River Festival visit townofchapelhill.org/festifall counties are eligible. Original landscaping the lot and putting The Eno River Association ment of Social Services is updat- scenic roads throughout rural works of art of any media should a six-panel community mural on or contact Chela Tu at 968-2829 ing its section of the Disaster Chatham County. Proceeds will is looking for volunteers for this or [email protected] not exceed 6 by 6 by 6 inches and the exterior wall of the adjacent year’s Eno River Festival, July 3-5. Special Needs Registry and benefit Chatham Habitat for must be of material stable enough thrift shop. The festival features a variety Homeownership fair accepting applications in prepara- Humanity. to withstand handling and The clubhouse is located at of activities, all with an environ- Chatham Habitat for Human- tion for hurricane season. Registration is $30 and $35 exhibiting, suitably framed and 103-D W. Main St. For more mental or cultural connection to ity will host a homeownership fair The registry is a confidential starting at 7 a.m. the day of the prepared for installation. information, call 968-6682. the river. Volunteers who work at the First Missionary Baptist database used to provide help to event. To pre-register, visit active. Work must be received by one shift will get a free ticket for Church on June 24 from 6 to people in need of assistance in com. For more information and June 19 for the June 23-July 23 RENA presents Garbage, case of a hurricane or ice storm. a printable registration form, visit film discussion that day’s festival. 8 p.m. to provide resources for show. For more information, visit families in Chatham County who For more information, call chathamhabitat.org/3RingCycle. hillsboroughartscouncil.org The Rogers Eubanks Neigh- To sign up, contact Germane aspire to own their own homes. 254-2884. To volunteer at the event or borhood Association (RENA) at [email protected] will show the film Garbage! The Concert and movie Revolution Starts At Home on series starts June 24 Quality, detailed cleaning with Saturday at 531 Raleigh Road. The Locally Grown summer your preferences in mind. The film follows an average series of free live concerts and family as they keep every scrap of Trustworthy, reliable, own movies kicks off with Southern equipment, great rates. garbage for three months, then Culture on the Skids with The follows where that garbage travels Moaners on June 24 at 7 p.m. on Long-term original clients around the world. since 1992 top of the Wallace Parking Deck EST. 1992 There will be a spaghetti at 150 E. Rosemary St. Service above and dinner, with both vegetarian and This summer’s lineup includes beyond “the basics” meat options, at 6 p.m., followed nationally known but locally Kelsea Parker by the film at 7 and a discussion based music acts as well as docu- 919-357-7236 Clean house + happiness at 8:30. mentary and feature films by local guaranteed!

super crossworD green piece CitizenCryptoquote By Martin Brody pets of the week For example, YAPHCYAPLM is WORDSWORTH. One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the two O’s, Y for the two W’s, etc.. Apostrophes, Paws4Ever — punctuation, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Turtle is a 3-year-old “Couldn’t or Wouldn’t” black-and-brown boxer/ Z LDSFAQ’R NRDX KUNIFO American bulldog. Turtle is a great lady who is still OYDK ADZQJ RTI RTZQJN Z adjusting to things here at p4e. She is shy when MEN ADZQJ, ICIQ PQDMZQJ she first meets you, but R T I L D Q N I V S I Q L I N . - once she comes out of her shell, watch out, she is a O D Y K I Y I N X Q E Q E F U N R ball of energy! She loves playing with all the other dogs and gets NRICI XTZFFZXN, ZQ TZN along great with all her doggie buddies. She met some kitties and was very nervous around them; they made weird noises at her OZYNR ZQRIYCZIM NZQLI and she just laid on the floor wanting to get out of the kitty area. She appears to be house trained. She would do great in a home FIECZQJ YITEH ODY NIB with an active couple or family. There are more pictures coming EAAZRZDQ. soon; we have a couple, but they are on the blurry side. Contact Find the answer in the puzzle answer section. Paws4Ever, 6311 Nicks Road, Mebane, or call 304-2300. You can also go online at paws4ever.org ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES — Every now and then a dog comes along that will steal your heart in an instant, and Smiley, a 2-year-old pit mix, is definitely one of those! This adorably shy girl spreads a nervous but happy grin across her entire face when you first approach her kennel, and you can’t help but smile in return! Her gentle and submissive disposition makes her immediately charming, and her sweet cuddly personality seals the deal. You will immediately fall in love with Smiley, and she is definitely worth it! She will be an outstanding companion to a very lucky new family. Visit her at Orange County Animal Services, 1601 Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill. You can also see her and other adoptable animals online at co. orange.nc.us/animalservices/adoption.asp The Carrboro Citizen Community THURSDAY, june 17, 2009 5 Calendar thursday, june 17 Sunday, june 20 Square Dance — NC Squares Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pol- “What Makes Companies presents a square dance with live Shen Wei Dance Arts lak Dance Company at ADT— Green” at Chi-cle — Susan Inglis, music by fiddlerWayne Martin and Durham Performing Arts Center. June Director of the Sustainable Furnishing the Happy Valley Pals, caller Aaron 17-19. americandancefestival.org Council will be speaking about “What Ratcliffe.. May 8, Pleasant Green Peg Bachenheimer and Lee makes companies green” in the home Community Center, $8/$6 student, Graham at Frank Gallery — The furnishing industry. The Sustainable ncsquares.com. title of their talk is “Encaustic: Painting Furnishings Council, of which she is the Shag Dancing — Every Monday. with Beeswax.” Frank Gallery. 5-8pm. ED, was founded in 2006 by a Peru- Beginner class at 7pm, dance at 9pm. Free vian furniture manufacturer who was Free lesson first Monday of the concerned about deforestation, the Carolina Mountain Dulcimer month, 6pm. General Store Cafe. use of wood in furnishings, etc. Chi-cle Players to Meet — The Carolina Tango — Learn and practice Tango (101 E Weaver ST, Suite G-1, 3rd floor Mountain Dulcimer Players will meet with the Triangle Tango Society. Open over Weaver Street Market.) 5pm. at the Carol Woods Retirement Eye Cafe. 8pm chi-cle.com Community in Chapel Hill. Begin- Ongoing ners and experts welcome. 7pm. Baron Von Rumblebuss at Car- Cancer Support — Support Information and directions, contact rboro Branch Library— As part groups for cancer patients and their Shirley Ray at [email protected] or of the Summer Reading Program, families. cornucopiahouse.org -929-535 Baron Von Rumblebuss will provide kids music that rocks! 8pm Carrboro Chess Club — A casual friday, june 18 monday, june 21 meeting for people who like to play Contra Dance — Live music will chess. All skill levels are welcome. HOPE Gardens Festival — The be provided by The Donnybrook Every Saturday. Jessee’s Coffee and HOPE Gardens Festival will be held Lads with special guest, Piper, John Bar. 3pm at 2200 Homestead Road. The festival McHugh. The caller will be Jack Compassionate Friends — Free Mitchell. There will be a newcomers is a fundraising cookout dinner to support local food, music, and com- self-help support for all adults grieving workshop at 7:30, and dancing will the loss of a child or sibling. Third munity. 4-6pm. $7/adult, $3/child. Carrboro Branch Library — Alamance, Chatham, Durham or teers must be 16 or older. o volunteer, begin at 8:00. Bring a partner or come Mondays, 7-8:30pm, Evergreen changingthepresent.org/gift/29622/ Storytime, Saturdays at 10:30am; Wake counties are eligible to submit email mkaslovsky@townofchapelhill. without! All are welcome! Please United Methodist Church. 967-3221, support_hope_garden Introductory Computer Classes for original works of art, any media. Work org or call -968-2813 carry a pair of clean shoes to change chapelhilltcf.org into at the dance. $8.00 donation is British Soccer Camp at Chapel adults, Saturdays, 10am. Registration: should be received by Saturday, June Artists/Vendors Needed for Yoga for Everyone — UNC Com- requested. For further information Hill Carrboro YMCA— Ages 3-16 969-3006 19. The show will run June 23-July 23. Festifall Arts and Crafts Street prehensive Cancer Support Program please call 967-9948 or visit us at csda- year olds. International expert coaches Chapel Hill Public Library — Info: hillboroughartscouncil.org Fair — C.H. Parks and Recreation presents Yoga for Everyone. Each class dance.org will be working on individual foot Story Time, for ages 3-6; Junior Book Water Your Mind-Read — Department is accepting applications will include a full yoga practice as well skills, technical drills, tactical practices, Club, for readers grades 1-3; Time for “Water Your Mind—READ” is this for the 38th Annual Festifall to be held Jessee’s June Evening Craft Fair as exploration of physical movement, small-sided games, coached scrim- Toddlers, for stories, songs and activi- summer’s theme at the Chapel Hill Oct 3. Artists are invited to apply to — 25 Local vendors on display inside, meditation, breathing techniques, and mages, and a daily tournament. Info: ties; Baby Time, for children between Public Library for adults ages 18 and showcase their artwork before more on the patio and in the parking lot. relaxation. All levels are welcome. challengersports.com 6 and 18 months; Teen Book Club, for older. The program runs from June than 10,000 attendees and participate Jessee’s Coffee and Bar. 6-10pm Classes will be held on Mondays from Permit Process Meeting for teens in grades 6 and up; Bookworms 11-August 13. Ongoing registration. in the juried art show. he fee 11am - 12:30pm. Carolina Pointe II, saturday, june 19 Carolina North— The permitting Club, for grades 3-6, each month chil- Sign up at the Information Desk. is $100 for residents of Chapel Hill or 6013 Farrington Road, Suite 101 in Fresh Chef Competition at process required by the U.S. Army dren in this program read and discuss chapelhillpubliclibrary.org Orange County residents or $120 for Chapel Hill. 966-3494 South Estes Farmers’ Market Corps of Engineers will be explained. different novels from a list of titles American Dance Festival — 77th non-residents. Applications: townof- Walking Group — The Chapel Hill — Be one of 4 customer contestants Seymour Senior Center. 5pm nominated for the N.C. Children’s season will be presented at the Durham chapelhill.org/festifall Area Women’s Walking Group meets battling skillet to skillet with local ingre- Book Award. Dates and times vary Performing Arts Center June 10-July 24. Nature Explorer Summer thursday, june 24 every Wednesday at Weaver St Mar- dients to make the freshest, tastiest Depression and Bipolar Sup- americandancefestival.org Camps — At NC Botanical Gar- TGI Thursday at FRANK Gal- ket in Carrboro. 9:15am. Information: entrees for our panel of judges: local port Alliance Support Group — dens. Ages 6-8, July 12-16 or July 26- lery— This week’s guest is Luna Julie (967-3221) or Marilyn (932-1411) The Lightning Players Seeks chefs, food writers and fellow custom- Meets on tuesdays at Binkley Baptist 30. 8:30am-4:30pm. Ages 4-5, August Lee Ray speaking about her paintings Performers — “Write, Prepare, ers. 1st place prize: a professional knife Saludamos Group Walks — Ev- Church. 7:30-9pm. Free. DBSA- 9-13,. 9am-12pm. Info and registration: “Enraptured and Ravenous.” 5-8pm. Gather, Perform, Record, Edit, Share, set from Kitchenworks. For more ery Saturday. Front of El Futuro. 9am [email protected] ncbg.unc.edu information visit: southestesfarmers- Free Repeat” A small, diverse, energetic, Job Search Meeting — A market.com Orange County Main Library creative team of performers get to- Gardening Questions? — Ask saturday, june 26 networking and support group for Brick Paver — Phase two of the gether to shoot short-form movies. Orange Co. Master Gardeners at Hand In Hand — “Hand in Hand Chatham 3Ring Cycle to job hunters. Wednesdays at Binkley popular brick paver campaign has Professional performers, wannabes Home Garden Clinic, Wed & Fri, ” is a multi media exhibition featur- Benefit Chatham Habitat for Baptist Church. 9:30-11am begun. Pavers ordered before July 1, and people with other day jobs wel- noon-2pm, NC Botanical Garden, ing the work of 8 local artists who Humanity — Featuring 30, 60, Breastfeeding Cafe — An informal 2010 will be added to those already in come. meetup.com/lightning-Players/ walk-in or call 262-0522. Hillsborough are lending their support to three and 100 mile bike rides on scenic drop-in gathering of breastfeeding place at the main entrance. Proceeds clinic weekdays, 10am-noon, call local social action groups: the (UNC) Volunteers Needed for Adapted roads throughout rural Chatham moms will be held every Monday will enahnce the new factility and its 245-2061 Student Health Action Coalition Aquatics — Volunteers are needed County. The event starts at the from 1-2pm at The Red Hen. A La programs. Pavers are $100 each and (SHAC), also known as the Carrboro this summer to work with swimmers Free Yoga Classes — Support Central Carolina Community College Leche representative will provide tax-deductible as allowed by law. Info: Free Clinic; TABLE, the children’s with disabilities in Chapel Hill Parks & for Cancer Patients, Survivors and campus in Pittsboroat 8:30 a.m., information and answer questions. email [email protected] Recreation Adapted Aquatics. Classes Caregivers. Mondays 11am-12:30pm; weekend backpack feeding program; with registration beginning at 7 a.m. Tutoring — Hillsborough Police Hillsborough Arts Council will be held from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. on Thursdays 10:30am-12noon. CCSP and the Orange County Literacy Proceeds benefit Chatham Habitat for Department and UNC Habitat for Seeks Submissions — For a Wednesdays from June 30 to Aug. 4 at Carolina Pointe II, 6013 Farrington Council. These three organizations, Humanity. $30/$35, $20/25 for riders Humanity offer tutoring sessions for Miniature Art Exhibition. Artists living at A.D. Clark Pool at the Hargraves Road, Suite 101. Free parking available together with the Carrboro Branch 16-18 years old. Info: chathamhabitat. students in Orange County School’s in or who have studios in Orange, Center, 214 N. Roberson St. Volun- Library, impact the lives of thousands org/3RingCycle of local residents daily as they struggle K-5 classes at the Community Policing to serve the public on extremely Gardening to Attract Bees, Station, 501 Rainey Ave. Tutors are tight budgets and with limited staff- Birds and Butterflies — Featur- students from UNC. Call 732-2441, ing. During the exhibit there will be ing Ginny Gregory. Chapel Hill Public ext 26 to register Library. 2-3:30pm. Info: 968-2780 a free art workshop at the Orange Wish Granting Volunteers County Literacy Council sponsored Dance - Participatory Needed — Make-A-Wish Founda- by the Carrboro Branch Library’s Arts Ballroom— Fourth and fifth tion of Eastern North Carolina needs Program. Information and registration: Thursdays, 7-9:30pm. Seymour Senior Wish Granters to visit the family and 969-3006 Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Cha- help determine the wish of the child Long Leaf Opera National pel Hill. $2, 968-2070. while explaining wish procedures and using their creative side to make the Vocal Competition — Christ Carrboro DanceJam — Free-style wish truly magical. Wish Granters see Methodist Church, Southern Village. dance. First Fridays, 8pm, Balanced first-hand the impact a wish can make Info: longleafopera.org/pages/35/ Movement Studio, 304 W. Weaver on a child with a life-threatening medi- vocal-competition-even-years/ St., upstairs. 968-8776. cal condition. For more information, Benefit for the Africa Yoga Ballroom Dance — Second contact Lisa at -821-7111 or lbrinker- Project — The Africa Yoga Project Saturday of every month, recorded [email protected] uses the transformative power of yoga music Triangle Stardusters, 8-11pm, $7 to empower communities and change StarDusters members and students, lives. A potluck dinner will follow. $12 others. Couples and singles UNC Campus at McCorkle Place, in are welcome, Fred Astaire Dance the event of rain, Franklin Street Yoga. Studio, 4702 Garrett Road, Durham. Send your submissions to 4pm. franklinstyoga.com 942-7232 calendar@ carrborocitizen.com

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100 West Main st., CaRRboRo Debit 919-942-2196 H Mon-sat 9am-6pm & EBT 6 THURSDAY, june 17, 2010 Opinion The Carrboro Citizen Resolution [Editor’s note: The following resolution was passed last month by the Carrboro Board of Alder- men in response to the Since 2007 efforts of Rep. Paul Stam of Apex to get local gov- ernments to drop abortion Your Communityj Newspaper coverage from their health Locally Owned & Operated care plans.] A RESOLUTION AF- FIRMING THE RIGHT from the editor TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND REJECTING REP. PAUL Holding the line STAM’S INTRUSION This being the wind-up of budget season, INTO MUNICIPAL there’s been a lot of talk about the tax system, AFFAIRS REGARDING tax rates and taxes in general, including some THIS MATTER well-founded criticism. WHEREAS, the Car- One presumption is that by not increasing rboro Board of Aldermen supports all efforts to af- taxes this year, the towns and the county are ford equal protection un- treading water – balancing declining revenues der the law to Carrboro with cuts in either operations or ambitions. citizens regardless of race, In Chapel Hill, that meant a potential religion, gender, disability, delay in the long-term goal of adding to the sexual orientation, identity public library, until the council’s approval last or expression; and week of a bond sale in September to pay for WHEREAS, the Car- the new addition. More than Shelter rboro Board of Aldermen In Carrboro, the past couple of years have affirms protecting women’s involved further delays to long-sought capital Sharon Coulter-James reproductive rights which projects – improvements to parks and side- are protected under United walks and major road repairs. The Inter-Faith Council for Social ing and a continuum of services to community. Without them, homeless States law but remain un- Service (IFC) is proposing to build a residents. The goal of the new facility men and women have little opportu- der assault by forces which Both towns held hiring to a minimum oppose gender equity; and and this year offered only minimal pay transitional housing facility on Mar- is to promote the independence and nity to start their lives anew. tin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Cha- self-reliance of its residents by provid- An example of a successful pro- WHEREAS, a woman’s increases. pel Hill that will help men who are ing them with a safe and stable living gram similar to the one proposed by right to choose whether to The county, a creature much more at experiencing homelessness to change environment as well as a broad range the IFC is located in Charlotte. In bear a child is protected the mercy of Raleigh, has had to take more the course of their lives. The Orange of services to help them obtain em- 2002, plans for McCreesh Place—an under the constitutional drastic steps, as it was hit with the double County Partnership to End Home- ployment and permanent housing. apartment complex for disabled men right to privacy, as held by whammy of flagging revenues and an in- lessness supports these plans and The experience of IFC and similar living in the city’s shelters—were un- the United States Supreme crease in debt burden and new operating believes that the facility will make a organizations teaches that emergency veiled amidst strong neighborhood Court; and costs for recently opened facilities. significant contribution in helping to shelters get people off of the streets, opposition. Eight years later, many WHEREAS, it is a The results in all three cases may seem like prevent and end homelessness in our but transitional housing transforms of those neighbors are pleased to sup- woman’s right to have ac- treading water; but if you’re a teacher who’s community. lives. Each resident of the new fa- port an expansion of McCreesh Place cess to and be knowledge- lost a job, a social worker with an impossible IFC has provided many valuable cility will develop a set of individu- and are, in fact, participating in its able about affordable con- traceptives and the ability case load or a town employee trying to make services and programs to Orange alized goals and obtain the services groundbreaking ceremony. They have County citizens for decades, includ- they need to achieve them. Residents found that the formerly homeless men to have a safe, legal abor- ends meet, it’s more of a sinking feeling. ing the Community House emer- who are able to work will receive as- are good neighbors who volunteer for tion if she so chooses; and There is some thought that a turnaround is gency shelter that has operated in the sistance with education, job training trash pickups at nearby parks and pass WHEREAS, the Car- happening, but it is doubtful that will change old municipal building in Chapel and job searches and those who are out community association newslet- rboro Board of Aldermen the game plan anytime soon. The backlog of Hill since 1985. IFC’s need to open disabled will be referred to appropri- ters, and the facility is an asset to the affirms that women have what’s been put off is long and includes a lot of a new transitional housing facility is ate service providers. Social workers neighborhood that hosts community the right to control their deferred maintenance. It also will be a while twofold: first, the Town of Chapel will help the men apply for afford- association meetings and is home for own bodies and health before even critically important departments Hill wants to use the Old Municipal able or subsidized housing. Residents the Neighborhood Watch. care, including contracep- are staffed up again and deficiencies in areas Building to satisfy other public needs; will clean and maintain the building, The Partnership to End Homeless- tion and reproductive is- like emergency services are addressed fully. and secondly, the IFC program has work in the community gardens and ness believes that IFC’s new transi- sues; and And we’re going to keep talking taxes. simply outgrown the space. Walking help enforce house policies. Senior tional housing facility will be a good WHEREAS, the Car- In addition to this fall’s legislative and local through the building on any given residents will help mentor new ar- neighbor an asset to the community, rboro Board of Aldermen affirms that issues regard- races, which will no doubt feature plenty of day confirms that and will help men the residents and overcome their ing reproductive rights and revenue discussions, the ballot also includes staff are living The Partnership to End Homelessness believes personal chal- health are confidential and a referendum for a proposed hike in the and working in that IFC’s new transitional housing facility will be lenges for finding should be made by a wom- county’s sales tax. This should spur another cramped quarters. jobs and perma- an in consultation with her discussion of the fairness of sales taxes, the There is no out- a good neighbor and an asset to the community, and nent housing. doctor, not by a legislative residential tax burden, the need for more door space such as will help men overcome their personal challenges We consider the body; and commercial space and at least a few thousand a yard or garden, IFC to be an es- WHEREAS, N.C. Rep. utterances of the phrases “buy local” and and the indoor for finding jobs and permanent housing. sential partner in Paul Stam has falsely as- “retail leakage.” space is much too our work to pre- serted that the 1981 case of small to accommodate the housing, rivals. Trained staff and numerous vent and end homelessness in Orange Stam v. State of North Car- A Century Ago kitchen, clinic, office and other spaces credentialed volunteers will provide County and look forward to strength- olina stands for the propo- We just received notice of another 100th for services that are required. health care, counseling, case manage- ening our collaboration with them to sition that “including elec- anniversary. They seem to be piling up. IFC’s new facility will be a 52- ment and support to the residents. It achieve these goals. tive abortion is beyond the Board of aldermen member Jacquie Gist bed transitional housing program is access to these vital social services statutory authority of city Sharon Coulter-James is chair of government,” and has mis- drew our attention to this phenomenon a for homeless men—similar to IFC’s within a transitional housing program the Orange County Partnership to End construed the court’s hold- couple months back, expressing her curios- HomeStart program for women and that will transform these men’s lives children—providing long-term hous- and reduce homelessness within our Homelessness. ing, pronouncing that “any ity over all the foundings that took place a North Carolina county … century or so back. must refuse to fund medi- With Carrboro’s 100th just around the cally unnecessary abor- corner, and several local churches and institu- Budget déjà vu tions under the precedent tions at or near the same mark, it’s evident Chris Fitzsimon the same way. Erskine Bowles is a pow- and provides North Carolina incalcu- of Stam v. State;” and that something was going on back then. erful voice in the legislative building and lable benefits in a wide variety of areas, WHEREAS, in fact, So, what was it? We know some of you In case you missed the news about he has a receptive audience, especially in including research, economic develop- the holding in Stam v. State have the history bug and are digging around the state budget negotiations between the Senate. ment and a world-class education for of North Carolina dealt in the local archives for various treasures of the House and Senate late last week, New investments in UNC have long North Carolina students. with the narrow question the past. If any of you have some thoughts here is a quick summary. been a priority of Senate President Pro The question every year is not of whether medically un- The House budget spends more on Tem Marc Basnight and other Senate should the state continue to strongly necessary abortions should as to what it was that spurred this cascade be covered under certain of centennials, please send us a missive with public schools and less on the univer- leaders. Then there is Citizens for Higher support the public university system Education, a political action committee – it is why does it seem that UNC is social service programs. your findings to [email protected] sity system than the Senate plan, and that prompted UNC President Erskine of wealthy donors to UNC-CH that has always the top priority in years when NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED staff & contributors Bowles to warn at Friday’s board of gov- become one of the biggest contributors to lawmakers cannot muster the politi- ernors’ meeting of impending doom for legislators’ campaigns and employs two cal courage to find revenue to make BY THE BOARD OF editorial UNC if the House equally important ALDERMEN OF THE Robert Dickson, Publisher budget was adopted. investments or TOWN OF CARR- Kirk Ross, News and Opinion Editor Then came news stave off devastat- BORO: Section 1. The Board of Taylor Sisk, Managing Editor that budget writers That means it’s up to lawmakers to make sure ing reductions in Aldermen rejects this in- Liz Holm, Art Director had somehow found other areas like $83 million to less- they listen just as carefully to the state’s the criminal jus- trusive suggestion of N.C. Susan Dickson, Staff Writer en the need to slash tice system, the Rep. Paul Stam, relying on Margot Lester, Lucy Butcher, Catherine most vulnerable people and educators at all human-services a misinterpretation of the Rierson, Rich Fowler, Kate Griesmann, the university bud- safety net and holding of Stam v. North Mike Li, Contributors get and Bowles said levels as they do the folks with access to the he was encouraged even public edu- Carolina and other hy- Becky Bush, Henry Gargan, Josie cation and com- potheses, that municipali- Hollingsworth, Intern s by the development. tickets at mid-court of the basketball games. If all that sounds munity colleges. ties “must refuse to fund Ava Barlow, Photographer familiar, it should. None of that is medically unnecessary advertising It’s almost exactly the same thing that lobbyists to patrol the legislative halls. the university system’s fault and none of abortions.” Section 2. The Board Marty Cassady, Ad Director happened last June and the June before The PAC was instrumental in getting it means that the university should get [email protected] that. The House passes a budget that a secret provision in the state budget a less funding, though the booster club of Aldermen continues to makes deeper cuts to UNC and fewer few years ago to give university booster subsidy is indefensible. support a women’s consti- operations reductions to public schools and human clubs a windfall by allowing out-of-state But there ought to be a way to at least tutional right to privacy, Anne Billings, Office Coordinator services than the Senate proposes and athletes to pay in-state tuition, a move have a fairer debate about budget priori- pursuant to the law of the [email protected] university officials go ballistic and the that cost the taxpayers $10 million a year. ties and it’s not likely parents of children land as articulated by our United States Supreme Distribution final budget makes fewer cuts to UNC. The House budget calls for an end to with a disability are forming a powerful That doesn’t always mean less fund- the booster club windfall, a proposal that PAC anytime soon. Court. Chuck Morton, Wendy Wenck Section 3. The Board Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. ing for K-12 education or mental health, that no doubt has Citizens for Higher That means it’s up to lawmakers to but it might this year. The reports about Education on high alert and planning make sure they listen just as carefully to of Aldermen resolves that the $83 million quoted a spokesman for more campaign contributions. the state’s most vulnerable people and the Town of Carrboro will House Speaker Joe Hackney saying the At some point during the discussion educators at all levels as they do the endeavor to provide Town new money came from shifting funds about why the UNC budget always folks with access to the tickets at mid- employees with health in- from other budget areas, including seems to prevail, somebody will call the court of the basketball games. surance coverage that cov- health and human services. UNC system the state’s crown jewel. ers the full range of repro- There are plenty of reasons that the And UNC is clearly among the best Chris Fitzsimon is executive director of ductive services. member, nc press association UNC budget dance always seems to end public university systems in the country N.C. Policy Watch. 7 THURSDAY, june 17, 2010 Business The Carrboro Citizen biz beat Citizen announces Get yer beer here circulation Margot C. Lester “My preference is for capital and kegs. The first beer will be a investments and slow growth Belgian/French-style farmhouse increase. It’s an old story that Wall via cash flow,” Myers explains. ale made with unmalted wheat CARRBORO – The Carrboro Citizen is now available at more Street still isn’t helping Main “That means that I’m not nec- and rye. Other candidates for than 175 locations, publisher Robert Dickson announced this Street when it comes to lend- essarily starting off with my early lineup include an English- week. The free weekly newspaper, launched in March 2007, is ing to small business. And even ideal business – for instance, style best bitter, a peat-smoky now distributing 7,000 papers in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Pitts- though the folks in Washington somebody else will be making – and beer is a social product – Scottish-style beer and a hefe- boro and Hillsborough. The current numbers represent a 40 say they’re working on that, tan- my beer for me for a short time while getting help with getting weissen made with a particularly percent increase since the paper’s inception and a 28 percent gible results are still a ways off. – but I think that the lack of the business off the ground.” flowery variety of oolong tea. increase since January 2009. But the current economic cli- crushing debt ultimately gives In addition to funding, Myers “I’ve also been planning to “We’re so gratified by the reception we’ve received from this mate’s not dampening the spirits me a better chance to succeed.” is scouring Orange County for buy used barrels from local win- community,” said publisher Robert Dickson. “Through some of Erik Lars Myers. The Cha- The decision to use Kickstarter space. eries to do lines of wine-infused tough economic times, we’ve managed to incrementally edge pel Hill resident plans to secure was partly driven by friends “I’ve been looking at Hills- beers and sour beers,” Myers our circulation numbers up. That’s a tribute to the support of $40,000 in start-up funding for wanting to support Myers’ borough for a while now, and I’d says. “My wife works part of our readers and our advertisers, the folks who make this a truly his craft beer-making business, venture but lacking the funds ultimately love to have a space her time on Documenting the unique place to live and work.” Mystery Brewing Co. (mystery- to be “real” investors. Via the there,” he says. “It’s an awe- American South at UNC and The Citizenhas added brewingco.com), via a campaign site (mysterybrewingco.com/ some town with great locavore has run across a few recipes from drops on the UNC cam- on the micro-financing site Kick- kickstart/), folks can put up as culture I think a brewery could pre-Prohibition North Caro- pus and is also now avail- starter.com. To date, he’s raised little as $5. thrive in. I have visions of col- lina plantations. I’d like to work able at UNC Hospitals. about 20 percent of the total. My- “It sounds ridiculous and cli- laborations with local farmers those into production, as well as Typically, 85 percent ers will only get the funding if he ché, but every little bit helps,” and dairies – beer and cheese is explore some European styles to 90 percent of the reaches his goal by July 23. (My- he notes. Myers also was drawn a mind-blowing combination – that have fallen out of existence, papers are picked up ers isn’t alone in thinking now’s by the sense of community the and it’s hard to complain about like Lichtenhainer, a German- by readers each week. the time for microbreweries. The site creates. In return for their being situated on the corner of origin smoked sour beer. It’s go- No papers are dis- mid-south region boasted the contributions, donors will get I-40 and I-85 when it comes to ing to be a hell of a lot of fun.” tributed unsolicited. largest growth in craft beer sales gifts ranging from stickers and distribution.” The window for investment is – Staff Reports in 2009 and the state is currently bottle openers to access to beer Mystery will feature seasonal, open through July 23. For more home to more than 40 breweries. tastings and video chats. “It’s a small-batch brews that Myers information on Mystery Brew- Three more are slated to launch fantastic opportunity to grow a plans to sell in $8 six-packs and ing Co., or to invest, visit mys- this year.) community around the product reasonably priced growlers/refills terybrewingco.com/kickstart/ Business Briefs Fiorentino selected for network over, the program is ongoing. Interested citizens can make dona- Mariana Fiorentino of Terra Nova Global Properties Inc. in Car- tions year-round at the Carrboro store, which is open Monday rboro has been named to Barbara’s inner circle, an international real through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 estate network. As part of the group, Fiorentino can post, promote a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit theupsstore.com/3651. and cross-market among other brokers in the network. The inner htm and ToysForTotsLiteracy.org. circle is selective and membership signifies a high level of profession- alism, dedication and ability. Women’s Roundtable Michelle Blackwood of RBC Bank will present “Leveraging Your Local firm lands gigs Most Precious Asset - Your Time” from 8 to 9 a.m. next Tuesday at The Splinter Group has been busy this spring. It was recently the Chamber of Commerce offices (104 S. Estes Drive). The session hired as the agency of record by the Carolina Railhawks soccer will help women learn to structure and allocate their time wisely. The team and University Square and was tapped to provide logo and event is free for chamber members but registration is required. RSVP brand development for The Center for Documentary Studies at to Laura Morrison at 357-9989 or [email protected] Duke and a new logo for Duke Gardens. TSG is also helping to introduce ROOT, a new organic liquor brand, to the state. A little more incentive “We started seeing a general increase in optimism early this Though it doesn’t get as dead around here as it used to, businesses year,” says co-founder Lane Wurster. “That’s when we started get- do note a slow-down in business during the summer months. The ting more inquiries.” folks over at Carolina Brewery have a few things on tap (yes, I said it) Children from Sheryl Schrimsher and Jordan Rosado’s pre- TSG also created a new website for itself (thesplintergroup.net) to entice diners to the Chapel Hill (460 W. Franklin St.) and Pitts- kindergarten class at Chapel Hill Day Care Center stopped by The “that really showcases our work and how we work. Since we don’t boro (120 Lowe’s Drive) locations. ArtsCenter on Tuesday to present Louise Tremblay, The ArtsCenter’s actively ‘sell’ – almost all of our work comes from referrals and The brewpub is offering a 10 percent lunch discount to parties children’s and family programs assistant, with a check for $210.50. word-of-mouth – having a solid site that we can point folks to has of 10 or more. Sounds like a good solution for those visiting family The class raised money for the Keeping Arts Centered fundraising been a huge help.” members. Or get the team together in the private dining area (avail- campaign with a bake sale earlier this month. Keeping Arts Centered able at both locations) for those office birthday parties, lunches or has so far raised $131,688 toward its goal of $350,000 by July 1. UPS Store promotes literacy going-away parties on your business calendar. Speaking of teams, Photo by Susan Dickson Customers of the UPS Store at Carrboro Plaza raised $237 sports coaches who bring their teams in for a pre- or post-game meal during a recent fundraising campaign for the Toys for Tots Liter- can eat free. acy Program. UPS Stores nationwide raised more than $1 million. Also worth noting: Carolina Brewery is introducing a few new Each $1 donation helped the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation brews for the warmer months (Bullpen Pale Ale, anyone?) and a tasty buy books for local kids in need. Though the campaign itself is new summer menu featuring North Carolina fish and dessert nachos.

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FLORA mont and mountain regions. from page 1 Candelabra-like flowering stems can reach higher than When I discovered black six feet. Sometimes you will cohosh, Cimicifuga racemosa, see them stretching out for coming into flower in the the light from dark forested dark forest above the Eno roadsides. The much-dis- River outside Hillsborough last sected compound leaves can week, I immediately became be a foot and a half or more curious about what insects it wide, seeming to hover needed to succeed. I didn’t above the ground. I was sur- linger long enough to make prised to find bumblebees in a scientific inquiry, but I was such dark environments. impressed with the antics of Like so many of our na- several big bumblebees hur- tive wildflowers, the black riedly scurrying over the white cohosh has a rich medicinal flowering stems. heritage. One described Along the flowering stem, use of the herb was healing clusters of showy white snakebite, thus the common stamens (the male parts) name, black snakeroot. And surround the single tiny pistil like many an herb, the roots, (the female part) in the cen- soaked in moonshine, were The Rec, 1956 ter of the flowers. Though used for rheumatism. other flying insects were vis- But don’t just look at the nce upon a time, in a decade long iting, none seemed to romp plant and flowers, remem- ago, there was this funky old teen so aggressively over all the ber to consider the pollina- center, smack-dab in the middle of flowers as the bumblebees. tors and reflect how our the 100 block of Franklin Street, I’ll give them credit for any very existence relies on pollination going on. them. that served as the social heartbeat, Black cohosh is an impres- safeO haven and Happy Times hangout for Chapel sive summer wildflower of Email Ken Moore at Hill high schoolers. Sitting modestly beside the [email protected]. rich woodlands in the Pied- tall-steepled University Methodist Church, the aged high-raftered building appeared to have Pollinator Week been a converted sanctuary. The place we called Be a part of pollinator week and plan to attend the simply “the Rec” was cavernous, drafty and fourth annual celebration of National Pollinator Week hard to heat – and we loved it. Every weekend, on June 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the Lawn at Chapel Hill High School teens gravitated there Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. You’ll learn about honey bees Flowering stems of cohosh can rise 6 or more feet and the diversity of native pollinators working over the for social interaction, ping-pong, sock-hops and above the broad dissected leaves. Pollinator Garden and there are educational activities for life mentoring. When the University Method- Photo by Ken Moore the kids. ist Church razed the Rec in ’57 to build a new fellowship hall, Chapel Hill teens of the ’50s lost their home away from home. WATER WATCH LAKE LEVELS CUSTOMER DEMAND A thousand University Lake: 0’ 10” Past 7 days (average): 7.958 inches below full million gallons Past 30 days words Cane Creek Res: 0‘ .2” (average): 7.406 million gallons by Jock Lauterer below full Estimated Supply Do you have an important old photo PRECIP THIS MONTH remaining : that you value? Send your 300 dpi Jones Ferry Plant: 1.60” 472 days worth (about 15 months), scan to [email protected] and Cane Creek Res: 1.77” based on average demand in the include the story behind the picture. last 30 days, and assuming no Because every picture tells a story. further rainfall. And its worth? A thousand words.

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