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sunday Clear 77/58 Inside carrborocitizen.com september 23, 2010 u locally owned and operated u Volume Iv No. Xxviii Free Board rethinks its position on Veridia By Kirk Ross The property has a unique zoning the court ruling’s 1,350-square-foot able housing, the usual town policy. Staff Writer designation as the result of a settle- threshold. At the time, board members cited ment in a 1970 lawsuit between the But Veridia’s plans, including a the relatively low cost, $289,000, as CARRBORO — In 2008, the Car- town and the former owner of the photovoltaic array and a network of compared to typical prices for new rboro Board of Aldermen said it was parcel. underground cisterns, required a con- homes in Carrboro, as well as the po- willing to waive affordable-housing Town officials have acknowledged ditional-use permit from the town, tential for adding to the town’s stock requirements for a proposed proj- that Veridia developer Trip Overholt and in December 2008 the board of green housing. ect that would build 39 small, green could have simply replaced the 39 agreed with Overholt’s request that homes on property now occupied by mobile homes with stick-built homes the development not be required to set Pine Grove Mobile Home Park. as long as those houses came in under aside 15 percent of the units for afford- SEE BOA PAGE 3 Some history of hurricanes Council gets look at Lowe’s expansion By Kirk Ross Staff Writer

CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel Hill Town Council reviewed plans Monday night for an expansion of the garden-supplies area at the Lowe’s Home Center on Note the hourglass shaped leaves of wild U.S. 15-501, a move the company says poinsettia. will actually improve conditions along a Photo by Ken Moore creek just off the store’s parking lot. Lowe’s wants to add 27,691 square feet of space to its outdoor merchandise and supplies area, including erecting a flora By Ken Moore 12-foot-high fence around the area. The plan would eliminate 64 existing park- ing spaces. A waif of a plant In its redesign for the area, the com- pany is also planning to add additional everal weeks ago, Ra- stormwater infrastructure. Allan Fortner leigh friend Margaret and Derek Melton, representing Lowe’s, Schucker emailed to me told the council that as part of the project a plant image with this the company will commission clean-up teams to remove garbage along the creek inquiry: “What is this? I and eliminate some downed trees blocking Sfound it growing out of a crack the flow of water. in the sidewalk and came home After hearing concerns from resi- dents of the nearby Providence Glenn and threw it into the ground. It neighborhood, council members said looks sort of like a poinsettia, that if they approve the expansion they but obviously not on steroids. would likely require a stipulation that the store’s loudspeaker system be posi- If it’s not some kind of horrible, One of dozens of smashed cars documented during newsman Roland Giduz’s tour of town following Hurricane Hazel. tioned in a way that it did not blare across Giduz’s photos from the day are now part of the North Carolina Collection at UNC’s Wilson Library. invasive thing, I will leave it there. the property line It’s great to have anything that Photo by roland giduz courtesy of the north carolina collection The hearing was continued until Oct. 25. blooms in this heat. Plus I didn’t By Kirk Ross perience tells us that this part of the 68 miles per hour with gusts much The council also reviewed plans for tropical season should be of particu- higher. Heavy rain bands dumped have to do anything to help it Staff Writer finally finishing a section of the North- lar interest to residents of our portion 4.57 inches in a little more than woods V subdivision. Builder Calvin along. Good quality in a plant!” Last Sunday night, there were of the Piedmont. Fall is often when an hour. The temperature dropped Mellott asked the council to allow for the For several weeks, I’ve been three big systems chugging their disturbances coming off the coast from 75 to 51 degrees. construction of four homes on five lots way across the Atlantic Ocean. Hur- of Africa and passing near the Cape Hazel’s visit was violent but, un- enjoying wild poinsettia, Eu- along a stretch of Palafox Drive at the in- ricane Igor, which at one time was Verdes draw a bead on the Americas. like the two big storms in the 1990s, phorbia cyathophora, formerly E. tersection of Rowe Road bordered by the an intense Category 4 was closing In our local history, the glori- mercifully brief. Accounts tell of the Parkwood subdivision. The fifth lot would heterophylla, beneath my sea- in on Bermuda. Hurricane Julia was ous weather we experience in late storm roaring through town. be converted to an access point for a future beginning a big curve northward summer and early fall is sometimes Helen Giduz, her husband, Ro- shore mallows. I had considered greenway project. and a tropical depression called 94L interrupted by calamitous winds land, and their 2-year-old son, Bill, describing this unusual waif of a The lots had been removed from the was building in strength, but firmly and rain. During the later half of were sitting down to lunch at their original expansion of Northwoods V be- plant to Flora readers, but other expected to curve north as well and the 20th century, three powerful dining room table, which looked cause they would have been difficult to pass the east coast of North America late season storms – Fran (Sept. out on the front yard on their plants kept pushing it aside. build on. Mellott said his company had far out to sea. 5, 1996), Hazel (Oct. 15, 1954) Roosevelt Drive home. Hazel ar- Having one make its way to excavated a build-up of silt at the site and It has been an active tropical and Floyd (Sept. 16, 1999) – be- rived quickly and with great fury, improved the lots so that they were now Margaret’s yard was enough to season and, with record high sea came part of the permanent lore Helen Giduz said. ready for homes. bring it forth for this week. temperatures and three Category 4 of southern Orange County. Any- “I remember the pine trees were “This has been a long time coming,” storms at one time, one not to ignore. one who experienced them has a doubled over,” she said. “They This smallish, native annual is Mellott told the council. Climatologists are ever closer to un- memory of sound and sight that is didn’t break like the big heavy trees Council members said they too also called fire-on-the-mountain derstanding the cycles of the storms unforgettable. that were pulled up by the roots.” wanted to see the project come to a and painted leaf, definitely de- and the conditions that favor them, Her husband, the editor of the conclusion because it left a gap in the but predictions are still predictions. With great fury newly established Chapel Hill News scriptive names. neighborhood, including one in its side- By Tuesday morning of this week, By the time Hurricane Hazel Leader, finished lunch, grabbed his My original plants came from walk structure. But Mayor Mark Klein- 94L had become Tropical Storm reached Orange County on the camera and went out, much to his schmidt and council members Jim Ward the members’ plant sharing at Lisa and the concurrence of various afternoon of Oct. 15, the storm’s wife’s protest. Fortunately, she said, and Ed Harrison said they wanted some computer models as to its guidance forward motion had increased sub- the storm did not last long. Hazel an N.C. Native Plant Society assurances that the lots would not have had changed to a widely scattered stantially since having hit the coast was on the way to an historic en- annual picnic several years ago. a negative impact on a stream near the set of possibilities. Meanwhile in near the North Carolina-South counter with Virginia and much of properties. Keen plantsman Pete Schubert the Caribbean, a new system, 95L, Carolina border as a Category 4 Orange County was a wreck. brought seedlings from his is building fast into another cyclone. storm. Although the eye passed 30 Durham garden, where they had Neither of the storms brewing is miles to the east, winds at the uni- SEE COUNCIL PAGE 3 expected to reach our coast, but ex- versity water plant were clocked at SEE HURRICANE PAGE 7 proliferated from ones he dug from the garden of exceptional plantswoman Edith Eddleman. I Transparency lacking in suspensions treasure such pass-along plants By Eddy Landreth supreme law of the land, the A writ of habeas corpus guarantees a because they all come with sto- supposed to have done. His Staff Writer charges, if they ever existed, United States Constitution, powerful majority cannot rob individu- ries shared by special friends. were not explained in an guarantees the writ of ha- als of their freedom, or in this case, an CHAPEL HILL – When this football open and fair manner. beas corpus. athlete’s well-earned opportunity to per- season concludes, there could be more And it was not just any “A writ of habeas corpus form, without a fair hearing. SEE FLORA PAGE 10 guilt to assess than whether some play- game. He missed the op- is a judicial mandate … “The [writ of habeas corpus is a] fun- ers took illegal benefits from an agent or portunity to play in the ordering that an inmate be damental instrument for safeguarding cheated academically. The NCAA and Georgia Dome on national brought to the court so it individual freedom against arbitrary and Carolina could be in line for a large help- television during the prime- can be determined whether lawless state action,” the courts have con- inside ing of guilt, although both will assuredly time television hour. or not that person is impris- sistently ruled. deflect it. But, hey, he’s been oned lawfully and whether The remaining football players may What if only two or three kids are cleared – of what, we just do not know. or not he should be released from custo- eventually be found to have broken ei- Carr Mill clinic to close found to have broken some rule? The NCAA is the collection of mem- dy,” is a definition defined by the courts. ther school or NCAA rules and thereby Shaun Draughn, the starting run- forfeit their privilege to play. But See page 3 ning back a year ago before suffering their cases will be conducted behind an injured shoulder, was “cleared” Playing ball is a privilege, but being robbed of it should not occur Index closed doors. before UNC played Georgia Tech The lesson has been that they last weekend. The question is, cleared without an open and fair hearing that follows due process. Music Calendar ...... 2 have no rights. Yes, playing ball is of what? The administration’s overre- a privilege, but being robbed of it News ...... 3 action? Draughn served a one-game House Calls ...... 4 ber schools that comprise it. It operates There is no writ of habeas corpus should not occur without an open and suspension to start his senior year, a game Community Calendar ...... 5 out of Indianapolis, but unfortunately where the NCAA is concerned. One is fair hearing that follows due process. Opinion ...... 6 that he cannot get back. the enforcement branch infrequently guilty until proven innocent. Thus the We can all live with their eventual Schools ...... 8 No one has apologized to him or represents what students at the member example of Draughn and possibly the guilt or innocence. What we should not Classifieds ...... 9 said that he was unjustly suspended. The institutions are taught is the American other 12 who remained suspended at the abide is doling out this so-called justice Water Watch ...... 10 public has never been told what he was way. The most fundamental basis for our start of the week. in a tyrannical fashion. 2 thursday, september 23, 2010 The Carrboro Citizen

music calendar spotlight : PHANTOGRAM tuesday sept 28 Cat’s Cradle: Phantogram, Josiah Wolf. 9pm. $10/12 The Cave: North Columbia. 9pm Local 506: The Quick and Easy Boys, Eleventyseven, Score 24. 8pm. $8/10 wednesday sept 29 Caffe Driade: Highkick. 8pm Cat’s Cradle: Electric Six, The Constellations, The Alcazar Hotel. 9pm. $12/14 Local 506: Jonas Sees in Color, Morning in May. 8:30pm. $8 Nightlight: Boyzone, Tinsel Teeth, Unstoppable Death Machine, Elec- tric Cactus. 9:30pm Resevoir: Kowloon Walled City, uniontown Batillus, Machete. 10pm City Tap Saturday, September 25 thursday sept 30 ArtsCenter: David Wilcox. 8pm thursday sept 23 Memorial Hall: Chick Corea Trio. The Resevoir: Gollum, Make, Man Cat’s Cradle: Dead Confeder- ate, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Cat’s Cradle: Jenny and Johnny, 8pm Will Destroy Himself. 10pm Aminal. 9pm. $10/12 Eternal Summers. 9pm. $16 Nightlight: Jubilee, Talk. 9pm. $10 sunday sept 26 The Cave: LATE: The The Cave: LATE: Wild Wild Open Eye Cafe: The Carrbros. ArtsCenter: Earl and Rhoda Honeycutters Geese, Whatever Brains, The Super 8pm Wynn Theater: Raleigh Jazz Orches- Vacations. $5 tra, Dave Youngman Quintet, Tony City Tap: Daniel Sean. 7pm saturday sept 25 General Store Cafe: Marie Van- Galiani Band, The Bradshaw Quar- General Store Cafe: Jo Gore and ArtsCenter: Cris Williamson and derbeck Quartet. 7pm tet, The Kevin Van Sant Jazz Collec- the Alternative. 7pm Friends. 8:30pm. $32/35 Local 506: Signalfest 2010. MMA tive, MahaloJazz, Griffanzo West End Local 506: Tobacco, Dreamend. Caffe Driade: Pablo and Drew. DJ Battle with Sammy Bananas. 9pm. Theater: George?preston/Herrett, 9pm. $9/11 Phantogram will perform at Cat’s Cradle on Tues- Skeedaddle, Gut Lightning, Loose $6/8 Cat’s Cradle: Le Castle Vania, Memorial Hall: Leon Fleisher. day, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. Tittsworth, Nick Catchdubs, Sonic Mood Experiment, Gypsy Town, Nightlight: Caleb Caudle and the 7:30pm Truth, Dow Jones. 9:30pm. $14/16 Craicdown Birds and Arrows. 3pm Phantogram is a duo comprised of Sarah D. Barthel Bayonets, Soft Spot, Tripp. 9:30pm Nightlight: Gmish Klezmer Band, and Joshua M. Carter of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The The Cave: EARLY: The Vinegar Carrboro Century Center: Taraf de Unemployed. 9pm. $5 band plays a mix of organic and electronic sounds friday sept 24 Creek Constituency. $5 LATE: Magnolia Klezmer Band. 1pm with swirling guitar, spaced-out synths and chopped- ArtsCenter: Teenage Battle of the Shithorse, Diminished Men Cat’s Cradle: Radio Silent Auc- friday oct 1 Bands. 8pm. $8/6 students up samples and rhythms. City Tap: Uniontown. 8pm tion, Kitty Box and The Johnnys, Caffe Driade: BaryOnyz. 8pm Caffe Driade: Nikki Meets the Barthel and Carter were friends since junior high General Store Cafe: Magical Lazy Circle, The Stray Dogs, Arch- Cat’s Cradle: Stars. 9pm. $18/20 Hibachi. 8pm school but didn’t officially form the band, originally Mystery Tour Fundraiser with The bishops of Blount Street, Milagro Carolina Inn: Big Fat Gap. 5pm Saints, The Harvey Dalton Arnold called Charlie Everywhere, until 2007. The band Carolina Inn: Mick Mixon, Franklin Backbeat. 8pm. $15/adults, $5/ The Cave: LATE: Dead to Society Street Band. 5pm children Blues Band, New Town Drunks. changed its name to Phantogram after signing with Local 506: Kevin Seconds, The City Tap: When Cousins Marry, the BBE record label and released its first record in Cat’s Cradle: The Wailers, Duane Hillsborough Jazz Festival: Ed Great Big Gone, David Quick. 7pm Stephenson. 9:30pm. $24/27 Moon Trio, Sawyer-Goldberg Jazz, Hell No. 9pm. $8 May 2009. General Store Cafe: Guilty Laura Ridgeway, Magic of African Tyler’s Restaurant and Tap- In late 2009, the band signed with Barsuk Records, The Cave: EARLY: Burke LATE: Pleasures Band. 8pm The Morningstars, 12,000 Armies Rhythms, Equinox, Lois Deloatch. room: Saludos Compay. 8pm which has been home to Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo 12-6pm. $10/12 Weaver Street Market: Chris Nightlight: Radar’s Clown of Kiley and Mates of State. City Tap: Gasoline Stove. 7pm Sedation, Eno Mountain Boys, The Jessee’s Coffee and Bar: Animal Reynolds Swing ‘N’ Jazz. 11am Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the Sarah Shook. 10pm Ethnographers, Michael and His Gar- Alphabet, James Mathis and The Community Church of Chapel den, Chris Jones. 9:30pm. $5 show. Doors open at 8 p.m. Josiah Wolf opens the Summer Snow. 8pm monday sept 27 Hill: Dixie Bee-Lines. 7:30pm. Cat’s Cradle: David Bazan and show. $17/20 Local 506: The Beast, The Alpha Band, Mynabirds. 9pm. $12/14 saturday oct 2 Theory, Mr Invisible. 9:30pm. $6/8 ArtsCenter: Chris Smither. General Store Cafe: Irish Wolf- Local 506: Film School, Milliony- 8:30pm The Cave: EARLY: New River Up- His Wild Rebels, Kitty Box and The hounds. 8pm Nightlight: Rapoon, Illusion of oung. 9:30pm. $8 Safety, Ethan Clauset, Steve Burnett, Caffe Driade: Shawn Deena. 8pm rising LATE: Big Al Hall and Marching Johnnys. 8pm Local 506: CEX, The Exmonkeys, Nightlight: Spider Bags, Strapping Khristian Weeks, Bicameral Mind. Rams Local 506: Cotton Jones, Pepper Arnhao, Casual Curious, Hollygrail- Field Hands, Los Naturales. 9:30pm. Cat’s Cradle: Rogue Wave, 9pm. $10 City Tap: Robert Griffin, New Rabbit. 9:30pm. $8 ers. 9:30pm. $8/10 $5 Midlake, Peter Wolf Crier. 9:30pm. Open Eye Cafe: Jay Ladd. 8pm $16/18 Town Drunks, Jack Maverick and Memorial Hall: Ozomatli. 8pm spotlight : OWLS!

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The Legend of the Guardians: Sa 10/9 mO 10/4 deerhunter blitzentrapper The Owls of Ga’Hoole CLAWS will celebrate the opening of The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole on Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. on the green at Southern Village. Sa 10/23 Th 11/11 The movie tells the tale of Soren, a young barn owl who is fr 9/24 railroad kidnapped by the owls of St. Aggie’s, an orphanage where the wailers matt earth owlets are brainwashed to become soldiers. Soren and his costa new friends escape to the island of Ga’Hoole to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the th 9/23 jenny & johnny mo 10/11 the vaselines th 11/4 ra ra riot**($15/$17) featuring jenny lewis w/jeffrey lewis**($15) fr 11/5 carbon leaf**($15/$17) wicked rulers of St. Aggie’s. & johnathan rice tu 10/12 stephen kellogg sa 11/6 man or astroman? CLAWS was founded in 2004 to rehabilitate native wildlife, w/eternal summers**($16) and the sixers w/fiend without a face and fr 9/24**($24/$27) w/small ponds nightmare waterfall**($15) rescue animals for which there are no other rescues and and roy jay**($15/$18) the wailers (reggae) su 11/7**($18/$22) educate the public about the animals with which we share w/duane stephenson, dj ras j th 10/14 punch brothers sa 9/25 signal 2010 perpetual groove our planet. It is the only rehabilitation center in the Triangle le castle vania, w/kite to the moon**($15/$18) tu 11/9**($13/$15) licensed to rehabilitate all species allowed under North fr 10/15 toubab krewe tittsworth, nick sara bareilles w/rubblebucket Carolina law. catch-dubs**($14/$16) SOLD w/greg laswell and Sa 10/30 OUT holly conlan we 11/10**($12/$14) su 9/26 carrboro music ariel pink blonde redhead For more information about CLAWS, visit nc-claws.org festival 3pm-midnight • free! with: sa 10/16 duck down 15-year radio silent auction, kitty anniversary tour: th 11/11 matt costa box & the johnnys, lazy pharoahe monch, boot w/everest**($15) camp clik featuring l circle, the stray dogs, fr 11/12 amy ray A so i buckshot, sean price & smif n w/mt. moriah**($15) r sent nG archbishops of blount wessun, kids in the hall, skyzoo p e MOVIEs sa 11/13 street, milagro saints, the and dj evil dee**($20/$23) badfish— local 506 (chapel hill) We suggest you call for exact show times harvey dalton arnold blues a tribute to SU 9/26 kevin seconds su 10/17 we are scientists sublime**($18/$20) band, new town drunks w/twin tigers and w/the hell no mo 11/15 the new Movie Listings The Lumina mo 9/27 david bazan rewards**($12/$14) th 10/28 strike anywhere w/mynabirds**($12/$14) mastersounds We suggest you call ahead for exact Southern Village, 932-9000 mo 10/18**($15) w/the new majority**($10/$12) w/a wilhelm scream tu 9/28 phantogram los campesinos show times. All listings start Friday. Easy A; Legend of the Guardians: w/josiah wolf**($10/$12) tu 11/16 tristan prettyman and no friends tu 10/19**($16.50/$18) is cancelled The Owls of Ga’Hoole; The Ameri- we 9/29 electric six circa survive fr 11/12 maps & atlases Carolina Theatre w/constellations and w/dredg, codeseven, we 11/17**($15) infamous w/tera melos can; The Town; Wall Street: Money alcazar hotel**($12/$14) animals as leaders stringdusters / of Durham trampled by turtles the artscenter (carrboro) Never Sleeps; The Other Guys th 9/30 dead confederate we 10/20**($16/$20) 309 W. Morgan St., 560-3030 w/mt st helen's vietnam band matt & kim w/donnis th 11/18 posies / brendan th 9/30 david wilcox benson w/aqueduct**($18/$20) Cairo Time, nightly at 7:15 & 9:15; Regal Timberlyne 6 and aminal**($10/$12) th 10/21 soja w/the movement th 11/18 azure ray fr 10/1 stars and mambo sauce**($16/$20) fr 11/19 mc chris**($13/$15) w/james husband Starting Monday: The Charlie Chap- 120 Banks Drive, 933-8600 w/the light**($18/$20) w/schaffer the darklord fr 10/22 guided and dead fingers lin Film Retrospective Devil; Easy A; Legend of the Guard- sa 10/2 rogue wave SOLD by voices on sale 9/24 and midlake OUT w/sweet apple su 11/21**($16/$18) cornershop memorial auditorium (prog ians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole; The Chelsea Theater w/peter wolf crier**($16/$18) sa 10/23 railroad mo 11/22 junip**($15) energy center, raleigh) Town; The Virginity Hit; Wall Street: su 10/3 mae**($13/$15) earth**($20/$23) (jose gonzalez, elias araya, Timberlyne, 1129 Weaver Dairy mo 10/4 the national Money Never Sleeps w/terrible things, windsor tu 10/26**($16/$18) tobias winterkorn) Road, 968-3005 drive, flowers for faye ghostface killah tu 11/23 iration**($12/$14) w/owen pallett w/sheek louch, via ticketmaster Animal Kingdom; Cairo Time; Bran The Varsity mo 10/4 blitzen trapper w/the movement and the green w/fruit bats, frank dukes fr 11/26 post turkey day jam 123 E. Franklin St., 967-8865 pearly gate music**($12/$14) kings (raleigh) Nue Dae we 10/27**($14/$16) mo 11/29 ben kweller we 10/6 gayngs high on fire / w/julia nunes**($16/$18) Sa 10/16 thermals Donnie Darko; North by Northwest w/glasser**($17/$20) torche / kylesa th 12/2 w/cymbals eat guitars th 10/7 menomena th 10/28** ($16/$18) hearnc music video festival w/suckers and me first and the lincoln thetre (raleigh) fr 12/3 tu fawning**($12/$15) gimme gimmes w/teenage steep canyon Sa 11/6 wolf parade bottlerocket, cobra skulls rangers**($128) fr 10/8 anoop desai tU 11/16 the weepies sa 12/4 southern culture durham’s historic movie palace w/the clef hangers, fr 10/29 crocodiles “be my thrill 2010 tour” j timber and w/golden triangle on the skids**($12/$14) film schedule september 24-30 tU 11/30 madame sambrosa**($10/$12) and dirty beaches** ($10/$12) sa 12/11 gene ween minus the bear w/whigs on sale 9/24 the escapism film festival fri - suN sa 10/9 deerhunter sa 10/30 blonde redhead (solo)**($17/$20) w/casino vs japan and w/pantha du prince**($20) sa 12/18 the casbah (durham) STARTS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 27 ducktails**($15/$17) su 10/31 caribou**($16/$18) k.o. kid, afika nx**($8/$10) tU 11/16 autumn defense the charlie chapliN su 10/10 built to spill tu 11/2 zane lamprey fr 12/31 arrogance w/johnny irion w/revolt revolt**($20/$23) “sings the booze tour”**($20/$23) new year's eve party!** film retrospective and sarah lee guthrie cairo time H H carolina theatre (durham) Nightly at 7:15 & 9:15pm catscradle.com 919.967.9053 300 E. Main StrEEt ** a sterisks denote advance tickets @ schoolkids records in raleigh, cd alley in chapel hill SU 11/21 needtobreathe No weekend matinees w/the daylights 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 caroliNatheatre.org ~ 919.560.3030 The Carrboro Citizen News THURSDAY, september 23, 2010 3 Briefs County to close Carr Mill dental clinic Neighborhood Night Out By Susan Dickson the Chapel Hill-Carrboro map,” just doesn’t feel like the right thing missioner Pam Hemminger said. The annual Neighborhood Night Out will be held Sept. Staff Writer county health director Rosemary to do,” Nelson said. “I would really “I think if we put [the dental ser- 28 in the Northside neighborhood as a part of the National Summers said. “People are a little prefer to work on this a little while vices] all together ... we’re going Night Out Against Crime. The town/gown Good Neighbor The Orange County Board bit more hesitant to travel to the longer.” to serve more individuals in this Initiative, in conjunction with UNC, the Town of Cha- of Commissioners voted 5-2 on southern part of the county than Gordon said she was concerned county who need service than pel Hill and EmPOWERment Inc., will sponsor the walk Tuesday to close the county den- they may be to the northern.” that residents of the southern part we’re serving now, except for the through Northside neighborhood followed by a block party. tal clinic at Carr Mill Mall and Summers said that the cost of the county would not be able to fact that they’re going to be dis- Walk registration begins at 6 p.m., with the walk lasting consolidate dental services at the to lease the Carr Mill facility is get to the Hillsborough clinic. tributed differently. from 6:30 to 7 p.m. The walk will start and finish at the Har- county’s Hillsborough clinic. $65,000 a year. To run two full- “I don’t know that we’ve done “We need to do something. graves Community Center, 216 N. Roberson St., where the The Carrboro clinic will close time clinics, costs to the county enough to figure out what the im- What we’re doing is not working,” block party will include free food, prizes, games and live mu- effective June 30, 2011, when the would total about $740,000, com- pact is [on those receiving dental she said. sic from 7 to 9 p.m. county’s lease on the space expires. pared with about $500,000 for a services] and how to mitigate it,” Commissioner Steve Yuhasz The county staffs part-time dental single full-time clinic. Gordon said. “Low-income resi- agreed. Hillsborough seeks alternatives clinics at Carr Mill Mall and at the According to the county, the dents are not going to be able to “The board of health came Whitted Human Services Center Dental Health Services Division get off work. They’re not going to to the conclusion reluctantly but The Town of Hillsborough is seeking input on a package on West Tryon Street in Hillsbor- of the county health department have time to go to Hillsborough.” nonetheless necessarily that a sin- of alternatives to the scrapped Elizabeth Brady Road exten- ough, with the Carrboro clinic provided about 4,000 clinic visits Summers said the health de- gle clinic located in Hillsborough sion project that was intended to alleviate traffic through open two days a week and the and 6,235 dental screenings for partment would provide bus that would be open five days a downtown. Hillsborough clinic open three. pre-school and school-age children vouchers to patients who needed week that would serve all of the An analysis of possible smaller road projects will be pre- Under the approved plan, the Hill- last year, including many for low- to travel from the southern part county would be the most effec- sented to the town’s board of commissioners during its sborough dental clinic will expand income and uninsured residents. of the county to the Hillsborough tive way to provide dental service monthly workshop on Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Town Barn. to serve patients five days a week Under the new plan, visits would dental clinic. to the county at this time,” Yuhasz The public is encouraged to provide feedback on the al- when the Carrboro clinic closes. increase to 5,100 annually. Other commissioners said that said. “It’s important that we come ternative road projects and which ones should be selected for “One of the things that we are Commissioners Alice Gordon while the decision was painful, the to this decision.” presentation to the N.C. Department of Transportation to aware of when we look at the map and Mike Nelson voted against money wasn’t available to fund Officials stressed that they build. of points of where people receive closing the clinic. two full-time clinics. hoped the single-clinic model Earlier this year, DOT agreed to drop plans to build a services is that we have people “I feel like we’re cutting past “Staff isn’t going to be able to would be temporary and added bypass that would have connected U.S. 70A with U.S. 70 and from all over the county receiv- the bone, and I’ve reached the find $240,000 extra for us. If they that they planned to have two full- St. Mary’s Road east of town after the town board withdrew ing services in Hillsborough, and point where I can’t cut anymore. It could’ve, they would have,” Com- time clinics open by 2021. support for the bypass over concerns that it would have a sig- that is not as true when you look at nificant negative impact on the natural and social environ- ment, with only limited improvements in traffic congestion. Late last year, the board began discussing 11 smaller road projects that could be built in some combination with the Local farmer in intensive care after fall $34 million allocated for the bypass and that could similarly or further reduce traffic on Churton Street. By Susan Dickson course of the night, Hogan’s leg became in- and is on dialysis because his kidneys have In order to persuade DOT to reassign the funds ear- Staff Writer creasingly numb and EMS brought him to stopped functioning. marked for the Elizabeth Brady Road extension, the package the emergency room at UNC Hospitals in Hogan and his wife, Ann Hogan, live the town chooses must consist of projects that can be con- Longtime local farmer Rob Hogan is in the early hours of Sept. 16. on Hogan’s Magnolia View Farm outside structed quickly and that can be shown to effectively alleviate intensive care after falling from his tractor The doctors determined that Hogan of Carrboro, where the Hogan family has congestion in the downtown. on Sept. 15. had developed rhabdomyolysis, a condition farmed for more than 240 years. Hogan had been working in the field where injured muscle tissue deteriorates and Hogan’s family asks that concerned Solid-waste plan until 11 p.m. and missed the last step of his releases myoglobin, which is toxic to the friends and community members visit car- A public meeting on the countywide comprehensive tractor while getting off of the tractor, land- kidneys. Hogan has had multiple surgeries ingbridge.org/visit/robandannhogan/jour- solid-waste plan update is scheduled for next Wednesday at ing with his full weight on his hip. Over the since the accident to remove damaged tissue nal for updates on his condition. 7 p.m. at the Solid Waste office at 1207 Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill. Residents and businesses in Orange County and that portion of Durham County that is within the boa thing. “Three hundred thou- be built given the difficulties in which means fewer low-income Chapel Hill town limits are invited to comment on the sand and up is not affordable getting financing for the old plan buyers can afford them, even county’s draft solid-waste plan. The plan update must be from page 1 housing.” and selling buyers on smaller though they might save money submitted to the state every three years and public com- Board member Dan Coleman homes. down the road. ment is an integral part of that update. The revised draft That deal appears to be up also expressed concern with the “The economy has imploded He said the project was anoth- plan is now on file at the three public libraries in Carrboro, in the air now that revisions to new proposal because it would since we started,” he said. He er local example of the unfortu- Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. It can be viewed by going Veridia’s plans for adding an ac- likely raise the cost of the hous- later added that the fixed costs of nate clash between social-justice to www.co.orange.nc.us/workgroup.asp and then looking cess road, increasing the sizes of ing to a level not contemplated building in Carrboro also neces- efforts to increase the stock of af- for “Three Year Solid Waste Plan Update”. some houses to 1600 fordable housing and square feet and rais- the push for greener Chatham celebrates openings ing the projected construction. More than 300 residents joined with officials from Cha- price have triggered In other action tham County and Central Carolina Community College further review of the Board member Dan Coleman expressed concern with the Tuesday night, the (CCCC) at a ribbon cutting and open house on Monday project by the town. board extended for celebrating the new Chatham Community Library and the At its meeting new proposal because it would likely raise the cost of the another three years Sustainable Technologies Building on the CCCC campus Tuesday night at its authority to issue in Pittsboro. Town Hall, board housing to a level not contemplated during the affordable- bonds for construc- The 25,000-square-foot library will serve county res- members said they tion of sidewalks idents and CCCC students and features extensive day- are not so willing to housing deal struck with the town in 2008. and greenways. The lighting. waive the affordable- seven-year authori- The Sustainable Technologies Center houses CCCC’s housing rule given zation for the bonds, nationally recognized green education programs, including the change in plans. approved by voters in biofuels production, green building/renewable energy, sus- “What is there now is some of during the affordable-housing sitated the higher prices. 2003, expires in November. The tainable agriculture, ecotourism and organic culinary arts. the nicest affordable housing in deal struck with the town in “A doghouse would cost you move allows the town more time The building features a low-maintenance roof with vegeta- the community,” board mem- 2008. $120,000 in Carrboro,” he said. to consider the order of projects tion (sedum), which reduces interior heat and decreases ber Jacquie Gist said. She said Overholt said the changes are Board member Sammy Slade and their financing. water runoff. she would not be comfortable necessary because of new eco- said one of the difficulties with A bond-financing proposal is Both buildings are on track to receive LEED Gold Cer- removing that stock of housing nomic realties. He said he has greener construction and design expected to be presented to the tification from the U.S. Building Council. and not replacing it with some- concerns whether the project can are the greater up-front costs, board at its Oct. 5 meeting. COUNCIL Building 1 in the heart of Carol action and appointed Davenport • authorized the release of the SUBSCRIPTIONS Woods. The 38,142-square-foot & Company LLC as the finan- N.C. 54 Corridor Study to citi- The Carrboro Citizen is free to from page 1 building would contain 18 resi- cial advisor. The use of the tax- zen advisory boards and sched- pick up at our many locations dential units. able bonds could save the town uled a public hearing for Nov. how to reach us throughout Carrboro, Chapel Kleinschmidt suggested that The town council also met $800,000 in interest over the life 8. The corridor study is intended The Carrboro Citizen Hill, Pittsboro and Hillsbor- a conservation easement on a last Wednesday, after the press of the bonds. to assess existing congestion and 942-2100 ough. Subscriptions are also portion of the lots could be a so- call for The Citizen. At the In other matters, the council: evaluate the impact of future P.O. Box 248 942-2195 (FAX) available via first class mail lution. The hearing was contin- Wednesday meeting at Town • received reports on pedes- transportation demand along the 309 Weaver St., Suite 300 and are $85 per year. Send a Carrboro, NC 27510 ued until Oct. 25. 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4 THURSDAY, september 23, 2010 Community The Carrboro Citizen Briefs House Calls Low-cost rabies vaccinations The following school alumni will be honored Practicing family physicians from the UNC Orange County Animal Services will hold two for their service in education: Robert Bradley of Department of Family Medicine have teamed up low-cost rabies vaccination clinics this week in rec- Mesa, Ariz.; Ed Dunlap Jr. of Raleigh; Wilma with The Carrboro Citizen to bring you a weekly ognition of the fourth annual World Rabies Day. Peebles-Wilkins of Raleigh; Sharon Rose Powell feature responding to your questions about The low-cost clinics ensure that cats and dogs of Princeton, N.J.; Cynthia Thompson Rudolph health and medicine. Send your questions or are current on their vaccinations and provide pet of Huntersville, N.C.; and Betty Lou Whitford of comments to [email protected] owners with substantial savings on rabies vaccina- Opelika, Ala. tions. Clinics will be held today (Thursday) from 5 The public is invited, but advance registration to 7 p.m. at the Orange County Animal Services is required for some events. For more information, This week we respond refer you to a physical caused by health-related Center, 1601 Eubanks Road, and Saturday from contact Laurie Norman at laurie_Norman@unc. to questions about tennis therapist. And sometimes, behaviors. On the other 10 a.m. to noon at the Government Services Cen- edu or 843-6979 or visit soe.unc.edu/125years/ elbow and helping people if other measures don’t hand, we know that ter Annex, 208 S. Cameron St. in Hillsborough. event_details.php with diabetes. work or pain is severe, lecturing does not work Both clinics will offer one-year vaccinations for we recommend a steroid very well. In the case of Learning Celebration starts Dear HOUSE Calls, $10. The Hillsborough clinic is cash only. Dogs injection. One of the keys a man with diabetes that The 21st annual Haw River Learning Celebra- I’ve had an ache in my right must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers. to recovery is avoiding the has not seen a doctor in tion started this week and runs through Oct. 8 elbow for weeks. It hurts Fractious animals should remain in the car, where activity that caused it to five years, we might try along the banks of the Haw River. when I try to open a jar or the vet will vaccinate them. give the elbow a chance to to be encouraging without The solar-powered, traveling environmen- turn a doorknob. It feels For more information, visit www.co.orange. recover. being patronizing. We often tal-education extravaganza is aimed at helping better when I massage it. nc.us/animalservices/rabies.asp or call 942-PETS. tell patients that doctors fourth-graders from all over the Haw River wa- Someone said that it is tennis Dear HOUSE Calls, I’m don’t treat diabetes; Native Foods Celebration tershed area discover the wonders of nature along elbow, but I don’t play tennis. a massage therapist and one rather, patients treat their the river. Nearly 1,500 students from the six What can it be and how can I of my clients with diabetes counties the river connects will take a field trip own diabetes. We would get better? told me that he’s not been from school to learn about waste reduction, so- want to help him take to the doctor for five years lar energy and the geography and ecology of their Sorry you’re hurting; it control of his diabetes, and and his sugars are in the neighborhoods. sounds like it really could lecturing would not be a 200s. He doesn’t want to This week, the event was held in Bynum. The be tennis elbow (also called very effective way of doing take medicine. He doesn’t Learning Celebration travels to Saxapahaw next lateral epicondolitits). that. In addition to being like to go to doctors; they just week, then to Guilrock for the final week. Tennis elbow can occur encouraging and supportive, lecture him. Do you have any from tennis, frisbee, you could make sure he Cocktails for Cancer other ideas? Samples of succotash, wild rice, chocolate and Cocktails for Cancer, a fundraising event to golf, yard work or other understands that over the more will be offered at a Native Foods Celebration help fund research on women’s cancers, will be repetitive activities that Thanks so much for asking long-term blood sugars in on Monday on the UNC campus. held on Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Great aggravate the elbow. The about his diabetes and the low 200s put him at UNC’s American Indian Center will sponsor Room at Top of the Hill. good news is that most encouraging him to see substantial risk for a heart the free festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the lawn The event will feature music, food, cocktails, people will get better. You a doctor. The main thing attack, blindness, kidney of Abernethy Hall, which faces South Columbia drawings and a live auction, which will be em- can take anti-inflammatory here is that he needs to failure and amputation. We Street near Cameron Avenue. ceed by former UNC basketball player Eric medicines (like ibuprofen) see a doctor and develop a hope you can encourage Education booths will provide information Montross. The Cocktails for Cancer organiza- or you can use ice or relationship with somebody him to get some help taking about American-Indian studies at UNC and na- tion was established in 2007 by a group of people massage. You can also he trusts and feels like he control of his diabetes. tive peoples’ contributions to sustainable agricul- with family members who have won and lost the ture, world cuisine and medicine. get a tennis elbow band can communicate with battle against cancer. The organization hopes to that wraps around the effectively. Sure, doctors House Calls is a weekly increase awareness about female cancers and sup- School of Education marks 125 years forearm. Some people will are often accused of column by Dr. Adam Gold- The UNC School of Education will celebrate port the research needed to find a cure through try acupuncture, which lecturing – don’t smoke, education, promotion and fundraising. stein, Dr. Cristy Page and its 125-year record of service to North Carolina may reduce pain and exercise, eat less, wear your Dr. Adam Zolotor on behalf and education on Saturday. Four panel discussions Attire is classy casual. Tickets are $40 per per- inflammation. Your doctor seatbelt … and the list of Your Health and the in Peabody Hall will explore the theme “Stories son, $75 per couple and $30 for students. Pro- might recommend stretches goes on. The fact is that UNC Department of Family That Changed the Face of Public Education” and ceeds will be donated to the UNC Lineberger and hand exercises or most human disease is school-reform leader Phil Schlechty will deliver a Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more infor- Medicine. keynote address at the Carolina Inn. mation or to donate, visit cocktailsforcancer.org

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super crossworD DON’T BE ALARMED CitizenCryptoquote By Martin Brody pets of the week For example, YAPHCYAPLM is WORDSWORTH. One letter stands for another. In Paws4Ever — Muffassa is a 5-year-old gray Maine Coon mix this sample, A is used for the two O’s, Y for the two W’s, etc.. Apostrophes, who is named after a famous Lion King, a name that grew on him pretty punctuation, the length and formation of the words are all hints. quickly. He “Modesty” looks rather Z Q K G Q B F C G Z G M Q K G I strange right now after the M Q L S P J Y F C G J P R G shave he was F C Y I X G F Q L V C G P X O given by one of the staff Y K Y S G . Z Q , M G ’ S S members. He P R Y A I Q Z G X O U J Q E O . was purring and dancing around - VUS. SRZY AYJPIGJ, while she did it, until she got Y K Y J R I G M C Q Y V F Z too close to Y Z Y I R I F G J K G P R Y J O his rear end, then he told X G F M G G I Y R S R I A her that was Y B A C Y I M Q K G I Y I P enough, that he didn’t need to YKGJRVYI PQVFQJZ. be completely Find the answer in the puzzle answer section. humiliated. All Muffassa wants is someone to love him and give him the home he deserves after being left to fend for himself for many lonely years. And all the love that wasn’t given to him, he will give to you tenfold. Contact Paws4Ever, 6311 Nicks Road, Mebane or call 304-2300. You can also go online at paws4ever.org ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES — Say hello to Buddy! This handsome mix-breed boy is around 10 months old and too cute to resist! Between his perky little ears and his lightly freckled face, he’s about as adorable as they come. And of course, Buddy’s great qualities don’t end there. He’s sweet, smart and eager to please. He is quickly learning the “sit” command and is excited to learn all of the things you have to teach him. Because Buddy is a little shy at first, he will feel safest and most comfortable in a calm, adult home where he can explore and grow at his own pace. He would especially love a home where he can be active and perhaps go on adventures with you! Come see Buddy today at Orange County Animal Services, 1601 Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill. You can also see him and other adoptable animals online at www.co.orange. nc.us/animalservices/adoption.asp The Carrboro Citizen Community THURSDAY, september 23, 2009 5 Calendar Friday Sept 24 Sunday Sept 26 Ballroom Dance — Triangle Breastfeeding Cafe — An Community Church Con- Carrboro Music Festival — StarDusters. Couples and singles informal drop-in gathering cert — Music by The Dixie 25 venues throughout down- are welcome. Fred Astaire of breastfeeding moms. A B-Liners. Community Church town Carrboro with over 180 Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett La Leche representative will of Chapel Hill, 7:30pm, $17/20. musical acts. 12-8pm Road, Durham. Second Saturday provide information and answer communitychurchconcerts.org of every month, 8-11pm, $7/ questions. The Red Hen, Mon- Talk at Chicle — Presenta- Sat: 7am-Noon • Wed: Now open 3:30-6:30pm Teenage Battle of the tion on Sister Communities of StarDusters members and stu- days, 1-2pm Bands — ArtsCenter, 8pm, San Ramon, Nicaragua. 101 E. dents, $12/others. 942-7232 Tutoring — Hillsborough Po- Southern Village open 3:30-6:30pm $6 Students, $8 Adults. Weaver St., Ste G-1, 5pm. chi- Shag Dancing — Every Mon- lice Department and UNC Hab- artscenterlive.org cle.com day, beginner class at 7pm, dance itat for Humanity offer tutoring What’s at Market? at 9pm. Free lesson firstM onday sessions for students in Orange Saturday Sept 25 Monday Sept 27 of the month. General Store County School’s K-5 classes. Check out what’s at the Carrboro Gustafer Yellowgold Re- How to Start a Business — Cafe, Pittsboro, 6pm Tutors are students from UNC. Year-Round Farmers’ Market . . . turns — Suggested for PreK- Chapel Hill Public Library, 7pm, Community Policing Station, 501 3rd Grade. The ArtsCenter, Free. 968-2780 Ongoing Rainey Ave. 732-2441, ext 26 11am, $8/10 Chapel Hill Public Library Hillsborough Jazz Festival — Story Time, for ages 3-6; — Celebrating Billy Strayhorn. Junior Book Club, for readers Historic Moorefields Estate, grades 1-3; Time for Toddlers, 2201 Moorefields Road, Hills- for stories, songs and activities; borough, noon, $10/15 Baby Time, for children be- Jazz and You — Jazz work- tween 6 and 18 months; Teen shop sponsored by the N.C. Book Club, for teens in grades Humanities Council. His- 6 and up; Bookworms Club, toric Moorefield Estate, 2201 for grades 3-6. Dates and times Moorefields Road, Hillsbor- vary, chapelhillpubliclibrary.org ough, 10:30am Depression and Bipolar Ovarian Cancer Aware- Support Alliance Sup- ness — Composers and port Group —Binkley Baptist performers will provide an Church, Tuesdays, 7:30-9pm. afternoon concert of original Free. [email protected]. music to raise awareness of com ovarian cancer. Children’s Hos- Gardening Questions? — pital, UNC Memorial Hospital, Ask Orange County. Master 4-6pm, free. healthgrid.tv Time Out — With guest Rob- Gardeners at Home Garden Esperanza/Safe Passage Clinic. Walk-ins welcome. N.C. ert Otterbourg, author of Retire New Item this Week: ACORN Race — A 5K benefit race. and Thrive, WCOM 103.5FM, Botanical Garden, Wednesdays SQUASH, cheese squash, edamame, muscadines, shiitake Southern Village, 9am. safepas- 5pm and Fridays, noon. 262-0522. sage.org/5K Hillsborough clinic weekdays, mushrooms, hot and sweet peppers, apples, okra, figs, wa- Tuesday Sept 28 Cancer Support — Support 10am. 245-2061 termelons, zinnias, celosia, sunflowers, lilies, tomatoes, Used Book Fundraiser groups for cancer patients and Hungry for Green — A film Free Yoga Classes — Sup- melons, corn, potatoes, beans, onions, swiss chard, garlic, — To benefit the scholarship their families. cornucopiahouse. by Matt Barr exploring the ties port for Cancer Patients, sweet potatoes, potted herbs and veggie starters, summer program at Blue Skies of Maple org View. Maple View Ice Cream between agricultural sustainabi- Survivors and Caregivers. CCSP squash, zucchini, eggs, parsley, purslane, sun-dried toma- Store, Hillsborough, noon. ity and world hunger. The Barn Carrboro Chess Club — A at Carolina Pointe II, 6013 Far- toes, cornmeal, lettuce, arugula, wheat flour, garlic, salad 933-1444 at Fearrington Village, 7pm, $3 casual meeting for people who rington Road, Suite 101. Mon- mixes (spicy and non), fresh herbs, pecans, meats like goat, students/$5 adults like to play chess. All skill levels days, 11am; Thursdays, 10:30am beef, pork, lamb, chicken, buffalo, and various specialty Harvest Craft Show — are welcome. Jessee’s Coffee Candidates’ Forum — Hand In Hand Exhibit meats like liverwurst, bologna, hotdogs, etc, cow’s and 2nd Annual Fall Harvest Craft and Bar, Saturdays, 3pm Show. Galloway Ridge Audi- Democrat Candidates’ Forum at at the Carrboro Branch goat’s milk cheeses, breads, doughnuts, tortes, pies, cakes, torium, Pittsboro, 9am-3pm. Chapel Hill Town Hall’s Council Compassionate Friends Library — A multimedia jams, relishes, local beer, and more! 545-2579 Chamber, 7pm. 593-1904 — Free self-help support for exhibition featuring the work of all adults grieving the loss of Brown Rice Tomato Mozzarella Salad Farmer Foodshare — A Friday Oct 1 eight local artists who are lend- a child or sibling. Evergreen ing their support to three local Recipe Provided by Market customer Paige Dixon one-day effort to raise over Transactors at ArtsCenter United Methodist Church, third 1,000 pounds of local food for — Suspense improv with music social action groups: the (UNC) Ingredients: Mondays, 7-8:30pm. 967-3221, Student Health Action Coali- Triangle residents. Carrboro provided by Killer Filler, 8pm, chapelhilltcf.org 1 cup brown rice Farmers’ Market and S. Estes $14 tion (SHAC), also known as the 1/4 cup rice vinegar Walking Group — The Cha- Carrboro Free Clinic; TABLE, Farmers’ Market, 8am-noon. 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End this ruinous war Tonight (Tuesday) at the Orange County commissioners Since 2007 meeting, I will be requesting that the commissioners pass a Your Communityj Newspaper resolution urging our senators and congressional representa- Locally Owned & Operated tives to oppose any further Af- ghan War funding and look for ways to defund the war. Sobering numbers Orange County has pressing local needs including education, with a clear infrastructure, social services, health and small-business sup- port, just to name a few. We message continually are forced to wrangle over restricted budgets that pit Chris Fitzsimon important local needs against The latest poverty data released by the U.S. Census one another. Meanwhile, about Bureau on Thursday was unfortunately not a surprise, $2,600 per county citizen leaves showing significant increases in the number of people Orange County annually for the living in poverty across the country and in North national military budget. That’s a Carolina in 2009. total of about $351 million. The percentage of people living in poverty nation- Our current annual county ally rose to 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent in budget is about $178 million. 2008. The increase in North Carolina was larger, ris- Imagine what we could accom- ing to 16.9 percent from 13.9 percent in 2008. Almost plish for the citizens of Orange 300,000 more North Carolinians joined the ranks of County if just 10 percent of our the poor in 2009. military contribution was re- The data puts actual numbers on the effect of the The best plan for the job tained at home for local needs. recession on families, but it also provides a reminder Steve Peha district’s mission statement with the In order to maximize our chanc- Another $35 million annually of how public investments can help ease the pain and following: “By 2020, all high school es of securing top talent, we must would make a world of differ- why more help is needed. We need a new superintendent seniors will have the skills and scores also keep in mind that people cho- ence for us. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports and we deserve great leadership. To necessary to succeed in college if sen for superintendent positions Make no mistake, U.S. mili- that unemployment insurance benefits kept 3.3 mil- get the best woman or man for the they choose to attend.” often decline the offers almost as tary spending (the U.S. spends lion more people out of poverty in 2009 – the benefits job, we need the best plan for the This aspirational “2020 Vision soon as they receive them. Why? more money on its military than that were part of the American Recovery and Rein- job. This means making changes be- for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Because superintendent candidates the rest of the world combined) is vestment Act that the anti-public investment crowd fore the search process begins. Schools” will be extremely attrac- evaluate their potential employers inarguably a local issue with huge vigorously opposed. First, we must suspend the cur- tive to our nation’s most attractive just as critically as their potential local impacts. The poverty rate among seniors fell by more than rent five-year strategic plan. Seri- leaders. It also will demonstrate our employers evaluate them. If the hir- Mark Marcoplos 7 percent, a credit to Social Security, the program that ous leaders want to lead. They don’t eagerness to respond proactively to ing district is not well organized, if Chapel Hill the right-wingers keep desperately trying to dismantle. want to follow someone else’s plan; our state’s recently adopted college- the board or the community seems Experts say that without Social Security, the num- they want to execute their own. If and career-readiness standards cre- dominated by special interests or Tolerance ber of seniors living in poverty would have grown by you don’t think this matters, ask ated through the work of the Com- seems otherwise too demanding or “Congress shall make no law as much as 14 million in 2009. President Obama how much he en- mon Core State Standards Initiative if the selection process is lengthy respecting the establishment of The census will release more poverty figures later joys struggling with his predecessor’s (corestandards.org). and onerous, the best candidates religion” is from the U.S. Consti- this year and they are likely to be lower than Thurs- military and economic leftovers. Su- Soon we will have to meet these are likely to pursue better opportu- tution’s First Amendment. That day’s numbers because they will take into account the perintendent candidates must know goals as a matter of law. Why not de- nities that are a better fit for their includes the right not to follow other benefits from the Recovery Act. The numbers that they will lead a new effort to clare our commitment to do so now skills and aspirations. any religion. released Thursday included only the expanded unem- create a new strategic plan as soon when it would help us attract great Sometimes, to ambitious As a non-Christian, I found it ployment benefits in their calculations. as they arrive. leaders? Outstanding candidates change-oriented candidates, dis- ridiculous recently that a Chris- The numbers also ought to be a wakeup call to If we don’t do this, we present an want to work for districts that want tricts appear less flexible, less pre- tian would feel sorry for me when all the legislative candidates running around North unattractive opportunity. We also to lead. To attract great educational pared and more highly politicized I told him I did not believe in Carolina vowing never to raise any new revenue and end up having to worry about three leaders, we must align ourselves in reality than they do in reputa- Christ as my savior. I wanted to instead address the looming $3 billion budget short- unfortunate outcomes: (1) a new su- with the values of great educational tion. I once watched a district lose tell him that I felt sorry for him fall with cuts alone. perintendent tied to an old plan for leadership. its top three candidates in just a feeling sorry for me. I want to feel More people living in poverty means more people what will likely be the full term of Finally, the best leaders know month. If this happens to us, we sorry for Christians believing in needing help with vital services they can no longer af- his or her initial contract; (2) a new that effective leadership is a team may have to repeat the search pro- something that I do not think is ford, from health care to transportation to help taking superintendent who may have little effort. That’s why they often have cess during a second year – a costly, real and will never believe is real. care of a family member with a mental illness. commitment to or understanding their own leadership teams. We time-consuming and embarrassing But I accept their beliefs and am The $3 billion figure for the shortfall may be end of the plan set by his or her pre- must be explicit in saying that the situation that may mark us as a dis- requesting that they accept mine. up being low. It is likely to take more than that to keep decessor; and (3) since the odds of new superintendent will have our trict inhospitable to top talent. I am writing this letter to ask state services at current levels while the number of success for any district’s multi-year full support in reviewing the perfor- We need top talent in the top Christians to stop the intolerance people who need help increases. But given the rigid ad- strategic plan are low, we may find mance of district office and building position here in the Chapel Hill- against those of us who are not herence to the no-new-tax mantra, the swelling ranks ourselves in the extremely awkward administrators – and in replacing Carrboro City Schools. The chal- believers in their particular form of the poor needing services is not likely to soften the position of having to fire someone people, if necessary, with others of lenges we face – especially the of religion, to allow us to prac- rhetoric of the candidates on the right very much. who played only a small role in this his or her choosing. challenge of closing a decades-old tice our own law-abiding form The new census data comes the same day that failure, or retaining someone who By suspending our strategic plan, achievement gap – will require ex- of non-Christian spirituality/reli- Families USA released a report showing that more failed to deliver promised results by aligning our mission with that traordinary talent, ingenuity and gion. Most non-Christians in this than a million people in North Carolina will be eligi- when the job was accepted. of our state, our nation and our na- commitment. We can’t afford to country do not persecute people ble for tax cuts beginning in 2014 thanks to the health The second thing we must do is tion’s top educational leaders and by lose the best leaders available to for wearing particular clothing. care reform law passed earlier this year. commit publicly to addressing the offering our new superintendent the us or to fail to attract them in the We do not use religion as an ex- More than a million, almost all in the middle class. two problems serious school lead- opportunity to build the best leader- first place. cuse to commit illegal acts, as an That’s not something you hear very much amid all the ers want most to address: closing ship team, we will create a position excuse to go to war, practice po- hyperbole from the right about the health care law. It the achievement gap and helping that will attract the top candidates. Steve Peha is founder and president lygamy or burn books, etc., etc., will actually provide a tax cut for more than a million kids attain college-readiness. We If we present a less-attractive oppor- of Carrboro-based Teaching That etc. I do not use religion as an people in North Carolina in three years. can best demonstrate our commit- tunity, we may have less-attractive Makes Sense Inc. He blogs for The Citi- excuse, period. That’s not likely to slow down the rants on the ment to these goals by replacing the candidates to choose from. zen at carrborocitizen.com/education To those Christians who feel right either, because it’s not about the poor or the un- the compulsion to preach to us, insured, it’s all about an ideology that doesn’t allow for please don’t. Please stop the intol- investments that help people help themselves. erance against all of us, whether State and federal officials should take Thursday’s Can we save Bolin Creek? we are Islamic, Jewish or whether numbers about the poor as reminder of how deep the we just do not believe in Christ. recession became and how many families are still suf- Linda Haac There is a lot of moral standing fering as a result. amongst us. They also ought to brush aside all the calls from Many people believe it’s simple to D. L. Nichols the anti-everything crowd to do less to help and in- create a concrete corridor through Chapel Hill stead should redouble their efforts for meaningful the woods along Bolin Creek. You public investments to further ease the suffering and just follow the sewer easement that’s help people rebuild their lives. already a narrow, somewhat worn Clarification path. You just roll out the concrete A story in the Sept. 9 edition Chris Fitzsimon is executive director of N.C. as if it were AstroTurf and every- of The Citizen incorrectly stated Policy Watch. thing stays the same. Wrong! It doesn’t matter how how funds from a potential quar- ter-cent sales tax would be used staff & contributors you feel about pavement down there, the reality is construction after the initial five years of col- editorial of a concrete corridor along Bolin lection. The commissioners are Robert Dickson, Publisher Creek would require a large swath still reviewing how those funds Kirk Ross, News and Opinion Editor through the woods. The result would be used after the first five years and have yet to take action. Taylor Sisk, Managing Editor would be an unrecognizable land- Liz Holm, Art Director scape. What had been a stunningly Susan Dickson, Staff Writer beautiful stretch of creek and for- Margot Lester, Lucy Butcher, Catherine est would become a hard-scaped, suburban-style landscape. ments be pursued such that the OWASA easement. The result is as Rierson, Rich Fowler, Mike Li, Contributors letters policy We’ve learned to adhere to state greenway trail is at least 25’ from much as a 60-foot clearing through Henry Gargan, Intern and town regulations; the town the creek…. This will protect the our woods – enough to wipe out Letters should be no more than Ava Barlow, Alex Maness Photographers would need to place the concrete riparian and creek ecosystem, and the Barred Owl’s habitat and to 425 words in length and must be accompanied by the author’s name, advertising corridor outside the 30-foot stream minimize trail maintenance costs.” produce a clearly altered landscape. They have also recommended the Why would we even consider address and contact information. Marty Cassady, Ad Director buffer. This puts the roadway up We will publish one letter per [email protected] onto the steep valley slopes, which sewer line be moved “to avoid mul- this when better alternatives already author per month. Lengthy letters would require cutting down impor- tiple future major construction im- exist or are planned? Ask people in written in longhand will mysteri- operations tant specimen trees and putting up pacts on the riparian area along the Durham about Ellerbe Creek and ously become lost. Emailed letters Anne Billings, Office Coordinator retaining walls like those at Chapel creek.” The sewer line would then what it means to pave next to a creek are preferred. That said, send your [email protected] Hill’s Meadowmont (an addition as be moved up the valley slope, be- and how much damage not only is letters to: Letters to the editor Distribution unnatural as you can get). More- ginning most likely about 55 feet done but what problems continue. over, this corridor is in a narrow from the creek. Think about this corridor’s costs Box 248 Carrboro, Chuck Morton, Wendy Wenck valley, unlike the greenways along Study this photograph and real- doubling or tripling or quadrupling. North Carolina 27510 Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. Booker and Bolin creeks in Chapel ize the proposed 30-foot clearing Perhaps, if the beavers down at the Email: Hill, which are in wide, flat valleys for paving would begin beyond creek could talk, they would warn [email protected] that allow room for greenways well the 30-foot buffer marked here. us: “This is a really bad idea!” Fax: 919-942-2195 away from the creek. Visualize then another 30-foot Carrboro town staff members, in clearing for paving in addition to Linda Haac is a member of Save member, nc press association fact, have recommended “improve- the current 20- to 30-foot cleared Bolin Creek. The Carrboro Citizen thursday, september 23, 2010 7

At top, a trio of images from the morning after Hurricane Fran, including smashed cars along Battle Lane, utility crews lining Cameron Avenue awaiting instructions and the downed trees at McCorkle Place. (All photos by Dan Sears and courtesy of UNC News Services). Below the photos is part of the front page of the Chapel Hill News Leader’s Hurricane Hazel edition and an ad that ran the next week trying to capitalize on the astonishingly ferocious storm.

hurricane ed that 90 percent of households Dave Robertson, who had was like negotiating a maze of borrowed beans from the pow- in 1999 more manageable. But had power back on, but that the been preparing for a night of wires and downed trees. erless Lizard & Snake across the like its predecessors, the slow- from page 1 5,500 customers of the Chapel music and reverie at Local 506, Near the university co-gen- street to contribute to the flow of moving storm dumped massive Hill Telephone Company might was among those watching the eration plant, Cameron Avenue morning joe. amounts of rain on eastern and Roland Giduz drove all over have to wait another week. storm hit, with particular atten- was completely obscured by a The sound of chainsaws rang central North Carolina. And the area documenting downed tion on the big oak out front on mass of downed trees. Historic out for months afterward and it southern Orange County lost trees and smashed automo- A very long Franklin Street. The roots of the North Campus was covered in took more than a week for many more hardwoods. biles, as did his counterpart at night tree bulged under the sidewalk debris, and the university can- areas in town to get power back The residual affects of Floyd The Chapel Hill Weekly, Louis Hurricane Fran arrived at the as it swayed in the wind. With celed classes so students could on. Just as in Hazel, the dark proved more devastating. Whole Graves. Suburbs like Dogwood North Carolina coast near Cape power out at the club and an in- help with the removal. nights were memorable. communities along the swell- Acres had lost power to the com- Fear as a strong Category 3 after formal hurricane party watching Downtown had intermit- And as with the earlier storm, ing eastern rivers and tributaries munity well, and in the fast- lollygagging its way across the At- the debris blow down the street, tent pockets of power and the community seemed to adapt were destroyed and later aban- growing Glen Lennox it took a lantic through much of late Au- the band Puritan Rodeo decided some businesses were able to quickly. The evening after Fran, doned. Hundreds of local vol- day to reopen the main roads. gust and early September. Its for- to make a run for it and head on open, including Caribou Cof- generators powered the 25 televi- unteers headed east to volunteer Downtown lost a number of ward motion and intensity picked to its next gig. fee, where there was evidence sion sets showing the Carolina- with a massive recovery effort. trees, including an oak at the up, but it took the storm about six “It was a good thing they that the deprivation of java was Houston football game at the In Hillsborough and Dur- chancellor’s house that several hours to travel from Wilmington did, because that tree came a major concern among the North Carolina Sports Bar on ham, flooding along the Eno years prior had been estimated to the Triangle along a route that down right where their van was storm-weary residents. The line Franklin Street. Next door, Lo- River and its tributaries was by botanist William Coker to be basically paralleled I-40. Tropical parked,” Robertson said. snaked down Franklin Street cal 506 had one last show before widespread. at least 330 years old. storm-force winds extended more Throughout the night, the and at times rounded the corner shutting down for a week while Floyd also left the state’s fi- Helen Giduz said she spent than 100 miles from the eye. Al- club served as temporary shelter at Columbia Street. power was restored. The Cash- nances in tatters, leading to a most of her time during Hazel though it rapidly weakened over and vantage point for anyone ad- At the corner of Columbia mere Jungle Lords played a love- round of heavy budget cuts and trying to make sure her young land, Fran was still at about Cat- venturous enough to be heading and Franklin streets, employees ly acoustic set lit by candles. tax increases and leaving the son was comforted. When she egory 1 strength when it moved down the sidewalk or fooled by at Copytron, which had only state ill-prepared for the eco- got out to see the damage, it was through town in the early morn- the calm of as the eye as it passed lost power for an hour during the The big rains nomic downturn two years later. stunning. Her husband’s well- ing hours of Sept. 6. over southern Orange County. storm, used a hastily purchased Fran taught a lot of lessons. In We have been spared of late, known photo of a smashed road- Much of the coast had already Driving through downtown coffeemaker from the open but the aftermath of the storm, local but history says the conditions ster on Rosemary Street says it received a strong blow in the 1996 Chapel Hill the next morning damaged Rite Aid and some governments and the Orange will once again steer something all, she said. season from Hurricane Bertha, Water and Sewer Authority our way. We can prepare and “Town was just devastated. but Bertha had stayed east of the and power companies reviewed predict, but not alter the path of That photo was what it was like Piedmont. There had been heavy Storm Resources a number of policies, includ- a storm. And unless you’ve rid- all over.” ing clearing power cuts, debris den one out, experiencing, hour thunderstorms in the days before For links to important storm resources and for a place to Some found solace in the qui- Fran and when the hurricane removal and undergrounding on hour, the sound of howling et, star-filled skies. leave your own memories of past storms, please visit The Car- utilities. In the years to come, winds mixed with branches churned through the ground was rboro Citizen website at carrborocitizen.com/main/topics/ “It was a beautiful night Sat- already saturated, making more the towns and OWASA greatly cracking and pine cones hit- urday night with the stars and the storms/ increased their emergency-gen- ting the side of the house at the trees vulnerable to high winds. There also are helpful links at the Orange County Emer- moon the only light on the street,” Among the losses tallied that erator capacity. speed of a major-league fastball, Clair Russell wrote in the Weekly. gency Management web site at www.co.orange.nc.us/emer- Those preparations, and you’ll just have to take the rest evening were dozens of the hard- gency/index.asp and at the American Red Cross at redcross.org Three days later, utility super- woods downtown that had sur- fresh memories of the 1996 sea- of us at our word. It’s something intendent Gray Culbreth report- vived Hazel. son, made the arrival of Floyd we’ll never forget.

Obituary Public Meeting on the Three-Year Update to the Lucy McKerrow mer physical therapist and gym row, the couple lived in Forest golfer. She played golf into her Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Lucy Hobson McKerrow teacher, retired to Chapel Hill Hills, N.Y. for 25 years. Aside 90s as a “Nifty Niner” at the Plan for Orange County died Sept. 18, 2010 in Chapel in 1970 and became an active from her work with the disabled Chapel Hill Country Club. She Wednesday, September 29 Hill, N.C. at the age of 105. member of the community. as a physical therapist, Grandma is survived by two children, four A celebration-of-life service She was a graduate of Mary Lucy taught generations of high grandchildren and two great- 7:00 p.m. will be held at Carol Woods, Washington College of the Uni- school girls tennis and bowling. grandchildren. In lieu of flow- Solid Waste Administration Building 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Cha- versity of Virginia, majoring in She was a member of the Mo- ers, donations may be made in 1207 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill pel Hill on Oct. 9, 2010 at 4 physical education. Following tion Picture Council of Queens, her name to the Carol Woods p.m. “Grandma Lucy,” a for- her marriage to Wilson McKer- N.Y. and an avid dancer and Staff Development Fund. This is an opportunity for residents and businesses in Orange County to have input for the three year update to the County's Solid Waste Plan. The plan may be accessed at www.co.orange.nc.us/recycling/workgroup.asp v Investments click on "Solid Waste Three Year Plan Update”. v Retirement Planning Services Dain E. Vines, M.D. Heather Fayhee, F.N.P. Contact our office to request a paper copy, or come to our office or any local public library to v Education Savings Family Medicine Family Nurse Practitioner review a copy of the draft plan. Dan Ryon v Financial Assessments Financial Advisor v Free Portfolio Reviews 919-245-3247 for Appointments 205 West Main Street, Suite 101 Orange County Solid Waste Management www.fchealthcare.com 1207 Eubanks Rd. Chapel Hill Carrboro, NC 27510 Member SIPC 1814 Becketts Ridge Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (919) 968-2788 Bus. 919-933-3191 Conveniently located at the end of Old Mill Business Park between I-40 and I-85 [email protected]

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Football Green submitted a letter of resignation to board Chair Mike Kelley that stated he would resign because Chapel Hill 40 - East he is moving to Milwaukee, Wis., to work as the execu- Chapel Hill 28 tive director of educational-opportunity programs at Thanks to an impressive pass- Marquette University. ing attack and vast overall im- Under state law, the remaining board of education provement, East Chapel Hill members have the authority to appoint a citizen to fill a (1-4) rose to the occasion for vacant seat until the next general election. this rivalry’s most even match- School boards to meet up in recent memory. Still, the Wildcats weren’t quite able to with county commissioners chalk up a sorely needed “W” The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of against crosstown foe Chapel Education will meet with the Orange County Board of Hill (3-2). Commissioners and the Orange County Schools Board East Side and West Side, of Education today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Southern as their fans call them, traded Human Services Center on Homestead Road. scores until early in the sec- Items on the agenda for the joint meeting include: ond quarter. In fact, East led • an overview of the quarter-cent sales-tax referen- 14-13 at one point, thanks to a dum education strategy; botched Chapel Hill PAT, but • an overview of both school districts’ approved 2010- 11 budgets; and the Tigers eventually exploded • a county update on the preliminary projected out- for a 20-point second quarter, come of 2009-10 year-end revenues and expenditures. gaining ground that East was For the complete agenda, visit www.co.orange.nc.us never able to recover, despite a respectable two-touchdown Middle and high school career expo second half. Chapel Hill quarterback T.J. coming soon East Chapel Hill’s Kearney Ferguson (l) and Claire Miller of Carrboro High go head to head during East’s 4-2 win Johnson, who completed four on Tuesday. photo by ted spaulding Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will host the passes in the end zone, joined 2010 Middle School and High School Career Expo on forces with running backs downs, all of which were either Soccer CAR: E.Lytle 2, C.Holmquist Oct. 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at University Mall. Daniel Watson and Kenyon The expo, presented in partnership with many local thrown or run in by quarter- 1, L.Royo 1 Ross in a relentless chain-mov- East Chapel Hill (6-2-1) 3 - professionals, will give students the opportunity to ex- back Drew Davis. Alex Moore Northern Durham (1-6-1) 0 Next up: at South Granville, plore career fields of their choice. Representatives from ing performance. Ross aver- and Tyler Klimko each had Sept. 27 many fields, including health, business, communication, aged over nine yards per carry end-zone grabs for the Wild- ECH: H.Roberts 3 for the game, rushing the ball Chapel Hill (7-3-1) 2 - arts, technology, fashion design, education, transporta- cats. Next up: vs. Chapel Hill, Leesville Road (8-2-1) 2 tion, engineering and public service, will be on hand. 94 yards on only nine carries. East will take on confer- Sept. 24 The other T.J., East’s run- ence rival Jordan on Friday, CHL: B.Matera 1, P.Whitford Carrboro (10-2-0) 4 - Mayor reads new book about Chapel ning back T.J. Tate, put up 108 while Chapel Hill will match 1; LVL: Campbell 1, A.Smith yards by himself, helping place Pittsboro Northwood (1-4- 1. Hill to Seawell students up against a well-rested and 1) 0 the Wildcat offense squarely in streaking Carrboro squad. Next up: at East Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Mayor Mark position for their four touch- Sept. 24 Kleinschmidt read from a new children’s book about Chapel Hill, Once Upon a Hill, to stu- School Lunch Workday care program dents in Denise Cowan’s fourth- The Community Schools Teacher Workday Program is open grade class at Seawell Elementary Friday 9/24 Grapes Turkey Hot Dog/ School last week. Chili/WW Bun; Fruit to all elementary students, regardless of whether the student par- Meatloaf/WW Roll; Tuesday 9/28 ticipates in after-school care. Teacher workdays are Oct. 25, Nov. The book, written by Irma Toasted Cheese & Cottage Cheese Homemade Salisbury Plate; Fresh Spinach 5, Jan. 18, Feb. 21, March 25 and April 22. Tejada and illustrated by Chris Sandwich; Tuna Salad Steak; Honey Wheat Salad; Whole Kernel The program operates at each elementary school in the district Kanoy, is the third book in a se- Plate; Vegetable Soup; ries commissioned by the Orange Breadsticks; Cheese Corn; Baked Apples; from 7:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. The fee is $38 per student per workday Herbed Potatoes; Sticks/Marinara; Tuna Orange Smilese County Visitors Bureau. Tejada Wild Greens Salad; and includes two snacks, lunch and all activity costs. The program Salad Plate/Crackers; Thursday 9/30 and Kanoy have previously pub- Chilled Peaches operates fieldtrips or special activities are planned for workdays. lished books about Carrboro and Hillsborough. Once Mashed Potatoes/ Baked Chicken with Parents must register their children at least two weeks be- Upon a Hill tells the story of a young girl who moves to Monday 9/27 Gravy; Marinated Brown Rice; Baked fore the workday. Registration forms are available in the After- Chapel Hill from France. She and her classmates present Chicken Broccoli Roti- Tomato & Cucum- Turkey Corn Dog; School office at each school and the Community Schools of- oral reports to one another about significant landmarks ni; WW Roll; Baby Sub ber; Black Eyed Peas; Turkey Chef Salad; fice at Lincoln Center. The form may be accessed online at Peach Cobbler and historical figures related to Chapel Hill. Sandwich on WW; Local Baked Sweet www2.chccs.k12.nc.us/education/components/docmgr/default. Several copies of the book were donated to the Sea- Beef Taco; Corn; Fresh Wednesday 9/29 Potato; Steamed Lo- php?sectiondetailid=45315 well Elementary library. Spinach Salad; Local Seasoned Pasta cal Cabbage; Chilled For more information, call 967-8211 ext. 28266. 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Red-tinged leafy bracts surround the tiny flowers of wild poinsettia. Photo by Ken Moore FLORA considered native to that, like the showy- from page 1 the lower South down specimen poinsettias of into tropical America. In the holidays, those red In past years, I’ve some distant countries petals are really leaves, delighted in spotting like Brazil and India, it is modified to mimic pet- these dwarf poinset- a “horrible invasive” in als. The true flowers tias scattered sparingly agricultural crops. are those little bud-like about the yard. This Alerted by descrip- structures in the middle, year, I have a patch mak- tions of its invasive out of which you may ing quite a statement nature, I checked with see heart-shaped balls “Dean Jack” at 90 because I have been my friend and invasives that are the develop- watering them during guru Johnny Randall at ing fruit extending out ow let us praise famous professors. Retired J-School Dean John B. “Jack” Adams, front and center, is surrounded by veteran UNC professors who the drought. Those little the Botanical Garden. His from within the cup-like came to wish “Dean Jack” a belated 90th birthday last week in Durham: waifs are standing 3 response, “For all practi- flowers, all of which are (left to right, front to back) Tom Bowers, Adams, Jan Yopp, Donald Shaw, feet tall, making a com- cal purposes, this sub- characteristics of the Richard Cole and Bill Cloud. Adams, who taught in Howell Hall from 1958- 85,N served as dean from 1969-79 and then returned to the classroom. “… 10 years in manding mass below the tropical weed is a ‘waif’ Euphorbia plant family. the job is penance enough,” wrote the late professor Jim Shumaker of Adams’ desire to mallows. Others scat- for us in the Piedmont I hope you are for- step down from the deanship to teach again. For a great teacher he was — any aspir- tered about elsewhere and has little chance of tunate to spot this little ing journalist lucky enough to get into Adams’ press law course will remember Adams are barely a foot tall, but posing a threat to natural cousin of the Christmas for his personal style, lively sense of humor and robust interest in the very least of us are still showing cheerful area ecology,” made me poinsettia. You can imag- undergraduates. I should know. Though I earned a “Gentleman’s C,” all these years later Jack’s class remains one of my favorites. red-tinged leaves in spite relax. ine yourself having to of no watering. If you happen to grab for a sweater be- In North Carolina, spot this little poinset- fore you walk outdoors. A thousand words this plant is scattered tia in your garden or by Jock Lauterer Email Ken Moore in the Piedmont and while walking out and Do you have an important old photo that you value? Send your 300 dpi scan at flora@carrborocitizen. to [email protected] and include the story behind the picture. Because coastal plain; its original about, take a “closer com. every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words. range is obscure. It’s look.” You will discover

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University Lake: 2’ 3.75” inches below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 6‘ 3” below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Plant: 0.02” Cane Creek Reservoir: 0.05”

CUSTOMER WATER DEMAND Past 7 days (average): 10.295 million gallons Past 30 days (average): 9.566 million gallons

Estimated Supply remaining : 266 days worth (about 8 months), based on average demand in the last 30 days, and assuming no further rainfall.

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