Carrboro’s Wednesday Community March 21, 2007 Newspaper www.carrborocitizen.com Volume 1, No. 1 Market time The Carrboro Farmers’ Market prepares to open for the season

By Kirk Ross “At peak, we have about 60 farmers on a Saturday,” she Staff Writer said. “We’ll probably have 35 this week.” There’ll be greens and radishes and crops like collards Sheila Neal is as calm as a mother can be while her and cabbage that have wintered over. Most of the vegetable son, Hank, an affable toddler, sends the last few carrots action at the farms this time of year is taking place in on his plate floorward. And she’s remarkably calm when hoop houses or greenhouses. “We’ll also have cheeses, you consider the pace she’s been keeping in preparation meats and eggs,” Neal said. “And pecans,” she added after for the opening of the Carrboro Farmers’ Market. remembering that Alfred DeLahassaye of Sweetwater Pecan Neal, full-time market manager for three years, has Orchard is bringing along some of his seven different been meeting with volunteers—there’s a roster of 20 this pecan varieties. year—and getting the special events schedule finalized. Last As for the rest of the season, Neal is looking forward week was full of the same, along with a string of meetings to the return of the children’s seedling event. On Saturday, like a Thursday evening discussion with the market’s meat April 21 vendors are donating sungold and other cherry committee. tomato plants to children interested in gardening. The kids will get some advice from the market’s cadre of master Even though it’s the first market of the season, Neal photo by kirk ross said, there is going to be plenty waiting for the first round gardeners on planting and soil. The kids are then invited Elizabeth Studstill and Cov DeRamus weed through Betsy Hitt’s anemones at of customers. Peregrine Farm. SEE MARKET, PAGE 5 A SOLEMN ANNIVERSARY Aldermen ready As the war on Iraq entered its fifth year this moratorium plans week, our community observed this somber Public hearing set for Tuesday on efforts occasion with several actions. to put a hold on northern development On Monday night, a vigil was held in front By Kirk Ross in general.” The other concern, he of the post office on Staff Writer said, is that residential development Franklin Street. Carrboro is moving so fast that the area could Citizen photographer The Carrboro Board of be built out before any commercial Isaac Sandlin was there. Aldermen will open a public development happens there. He tells us: “It was really hearing Tuesday on plans for a six- The Northern Study quiet out there. The month development moratorium Area Implementation Review people keeping vigil were on nearly 4,000 acres north of Committee will look at the idea of taking turns reading from town. reserving some areas for commercial a collection of personal The hearing is scheduled during or mixed-use (commercial and accounts of soldiers who the board’s regular meeting at Town residential) development. have been killed in the Hall, which begins at 7:30 p.m. The town is pursing the war, written by the people (Check www.carrborocitizen.com moratorium in collaboration with closest to them. Each for exact times and details) Orange County. While 37 percent account was followed by Mayor Mark Chilton said the of the total area is under Carrboro’s a moment of silence. The moratorium is aimed at giving the jurisdiction, most of the area— sound of passing cars town’s new advisory board for the roughly 2,300 acres— is under the often swallowed that of area time to look at the pace and jurisdiction of a joint planning the reader. The silence type of development in the area agreement between the county was also occasionally and work on changes to the town’s and town. Both governments will broken by a honk of land use plan. have to agree to the moratorium support or a scream of There are two things driving for it to take effect. Orange County protest from passing photo by Isaac Sandlin the moratorium effort, Chilton commissioners have scheduled vehicles.” Elijah Moracco-Schelp of Carrboro holds a candle in memory of soldiers killed in the Iraq war at Monday’s said Tuesday evening: public comment on the plan for vigil at the Chapel Hill Post office. “There are two different April 26. SEE PROTEST PAGE 5 concerns out there. The first is the pace and amount of growth SEE MORATORIUM, PAGE 5 Town looks at changes in rules for downtown By Kirk Ross Last fall, Jack Haggerty, who is working on designation for downtown and a new set of rules rules make it impossible for a project to work, even Staff Writer the Alberta, a 46,000-square-foot mixed-use to govern development in the area. Development if the town wants to move it forward. “There are development planned for the old farmer’s market in the proposed new Downtown Livability Area occasions where [the town’s land use ordinance] The Carrboro Board of Aldermen set the date space on Roberson Street, submitted to the town a (DLA) would be required to provide urban doesn’t apply and doesn’t work,” he said. “I think on a public hearing on proposed changes to the proposed amendment to the rules. He was joined amenities, including public art, fountains or other we need to keep the safety valve for situations we town’s land use ordinances that could ease the way in the effort by David Ripperton, who is planning water elements, bikeway connections and “pocket might not have thought of.” forward for residential and mixed-use projects housing and commercial space at the site of the parks.” Under the proposed new rules, the town, Board member Jackie* Gist said she would agree downtown. former Andrews-Riggsbee Hardware store, and in reviewing a project, would adopt a point scale to to a payment-in-lieu option only if it was tightly The board is studying a revision that would swap by Laura Van Sant, who is working on a major score the types of amenities, whether or not they’re drawn. “I want it to be a true safety valve and not requirements for open and recreational space for redevelopment along East Main Street that would landscaped and whether or not they’re accessible an easy opt out.” residential developments downtown for “urban create new spots for the ArtsCenter and Cat’s Cradle to the public. The point system would be tailored The Board of Aldermen agreed to hold a pubic amenities” like public art, plazas, fountains and along with shops, offices and residences. to encourage public access and greenspace, Brown hearing on the matter April 24. greenspace. Haggerty said that he hopes the town will said. In other action, the board reviewed a proposed The way the rules are written, all residential work quickly to make the changes. As long as Brown also suggested that the board include stormwater protection plan near Roberson Place as developments are required to set aside 40 percent the open space requirement is still there, he said, “safety valves” that would allow developers with part of its ongoing effort to mitigate stormwater of the total land used for open space and recreation adding housing downtown will be at a standstill. situations that would be difficult to fit into the rule runoff ahead of new EPA rules requiring counties amenities. The requirement has made it difficult “We can’t move on until that changes,” he said to offer a payment-in-lieu or perhaps provide an and towns to greatly reduce the amount of pollution for several downtown projects to move forward Tuesday night. amenity somewhere else downtown. sent downstream. because the inclusion of residential units in the At the board meeting, town planner Kendal Board member Alex Zaffron said he favored In presenting the plan, Will Autry, the town’s developments triggers the open space rule. Brown presented the latest draft for a new the idea of a payment in lieu option in case the SEE DOWNTOWN, PAGE 5

Index Schools lay out construction, repair needs Nearly a century later, By Susan Dickson She said that over the past several years, OCS town gets name on paper Staff Writer “had to put some things on the back burner that Calendar...... 2 we really needed to do for our school district.” By Kirk Ross lasted until 1959 and Giduz went News...... 3 Representatives from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City For example, Grady Brown Elementary, which Staff Writer on to edit the News of Orange Schools and Orange County Schools on Tuesday was built with an open-classroom plan, still has and a few other thousand things, including, recently, his blog Features...... 4 presented their capital funding needs to the Orange portable walls between its classrooms, creating You hold in your hands the “old codger blogger.” (http:// County Board of Commissioners. safety and security issues. inaugural edition of The Carrboro rolandgiduz.wordpress.com/) Deaths...... 5 Steve Scroggs, Chapel Hill-Carrboro In addition, several Orange County schools need Citizen. (You folks reading from In addition to wishing us well, afar on the Web, well, you’ll just Giduz said it was about time. superintendent of support services, projected that fire alarm upgrades, which could cost as much as have to imagine it.) Opinion...... 6 CHCCS will need $136 million over the next ten $190,000 per school. Carrboro, he said, has come into This is not the first newspaper its own. He recalled how for a years to keep up with growth in the district. Orange Scroggs also highlighted the need for improved based in Carrboro. Roland Giduz long time the talk was that merger Commentary...... 7 County Schools superintendent Shirley Carraway technology in the schools, pointing out that over half rang us up the other day to talk between Carrboro and the big city presented a plan that estimates OCS will need $11 of the instructional computers used in Chapel Hill- newspaper history and remind across the tracks was inevitable. Schools...... 8 us that he had a little paper in That’s history now, Giduz said, million over the same time period. Carrboro schools are more than five years old. the early 1950s based out of the According to Scroggs, growth projections for “If we don’t prepare our kids for the global and he reminded us of former Puzzles...... 10 building at 306 East Main Street alderman Hilliard Caldwell’s Chapel Hill and Carrboro indicate that the district marketplace, we’re not doing what we need to do where Surplus Sid’s is now located. famous remark that he didn’t Real Estate...... 11 will need three new elementary schools, one new for kids,” he said. His paper, the Chapel Hill News object to merger with Chapel Hill middle school and an addition to Carrboro High Board Chairman Moses Carey said he would like Leader’s motto was “Leading with as long as the merged metropolis the news of Chapel Hill, Carrboro was called Carrboro. Music/Nightlife.....12 School in the next ten years. to see some kind of a prioritization of the school and Glen Lennox.” The pressman However, he added that in terms of maintenance, systems’ needs. A slightly more obscure did show up the first day with a publication with the name of the schools are in “pretty good shape” and the district The board directed budget director Donna zinc plate that said “Carrboro our fair town coincided with the Visit us on the web at does “not have a pressing project right now.” Coffey and county manager Laura Blackmon to News” on it, Giduz said. But it founding of Nyle Frank’s Invisible www.carrborocitizen.com Carraway said OCS would like to focus on have a capital investment policy for the school wasn’t used. University. The News Leader, which had refurbishing existing facilities rather than building systems ready for review by the commissioners’ a paid circulation of about 3,600, SEE PAPER, PAGE 5 new ones. April 12 meeting. page 2 — Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The Carrboro Citizen Arts Community Calendar Calendar Volunteers poetry and other art forms, including Ronald McDonald House - Seeking a cooking contest, tongue twister, Art & Museums “peepyata,” peeps stacking contest Fashioning the Divine - South Asian volunteers for tasks around the sculpture. Through Mar 25. Ackland house, cooking dinners for families & and a concert. Saturday, March 24, 11 Art Museum, 101 S Columbia St, community service projects. Ronald a.m. – 6 p.m. Contact 933-5111 or UNC Campus, Chapel Hill, Office McDonald House, 101 Old Mason write to info@marketstreetbooks. 966-5736, recorded info 843-1611, Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, 913-2040, com. www.ackland.org. www.chapelhillrmh.net. Community Drum and Dance Wood turnings by Melvin & Mark Club Nova Thrift Shop - Seeking Circle – We’re Jammin’ Jam Series Lindquist - Through Apr 12. Animation and Fine Art Galleries, University Mall, volunteers; Club Nova promotes present Explore! Rhythm. This 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, 968-8008, & provides opportunities for event stresses fun and community www.animationandfineart.com. individuals living with mental illness spirit over technique. Open to all Water color & pottery by Marcy to lead meaningful & productive lives levels. Some drums provided, but Lansman & Roberta Black - of their choice in the community. A it is recommended that you bring Through Mar 31. East End Gallery, volunteer packet can be picked up your own. $3/person or $8/family/ The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main at the shop, or contact 967-6985, group. No registration required. St, Carrboro, 929-2787, www. Friday, March 30, 7:30-9:30 p.m. artscenterlive.org. [email protected]. Club Nova Thrift Shop, 103-C W Main Carrboro Century Center. Contact Rusty Sieck’s Eternal Imagination St, Carrboro, 967-6985, www. 918-7364. Show - pottery. Through Mar 23. Bill clubnova.org. Hester Fine Art, 1x43-F W Franklin Outdoors St, University Square, Chapel Hill, Groups Guided Garden Walk - Discussions 960-0059. Rape Crisis Support Groups - on fall planting, garden maintenance, The Best of Carolina Photojournalism Winter & spring support groups design & gardening for wildlife with at the OCRCC: Primary Survivors bird & butterfly gardens. Saturdays. - Mar 29-May 25. Carolina in My Mind: photo by kirk ross Niche Gardens, 1111 Dawson Rd, The James Taylor Story; Farmer/ The Carrboro Parks and Recreation horseshoe points race is on and last year’s champions are once again Group; Men’s Group; “Healing with James NC Pottery Collection; Lincoln off Old Greensboro Hwy, Chapel neck and neck in the points race. Here, last year’s points winner, Roy Jones of Bynum, pitches one while Nature” Group. Pre-screening High School; The Paul Green Legacy. Hill, 967-0078, www.nichegardens. the 2006 runner up, John Patzsch of Greensboro watches. Patzsch edged out Jones to take the lead in this required. Free & confidential, Info: An Uncommon Thread - works by [email protected]. Orange County com. Alexander Julian. Through Mar 25. year’s standings. Fourteen horseshoe enthusiasts showed up last Saturday for the first of four tournaments Rape Crisis Center, 825-A Estes Chapel Hill Museum, 523 E Franklin of the season. The contests are held at Hank Anderson Park. St, Chapel Hill, 967-1400, www. Dr, Chapel Hill, 968-4647, www. NC Botanical Garden Guided Tours ocrcc.org. - meet at the stone gathering circle in chapelhillmuseum.org. music by the Undertones. Potluck 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, 967-0402, Post-Slavery Melancholia.” Tue, Mar front of the Totten Center. Saturdays, www.harmonyfineart.com. 5:30-6:30 pm, dance 6:30-9 pm. Sat., 27, 3:30 pm, 962-0507, ayse@unc. \Welcome Back, Artists - new Mar 24. Binkley Memorial Baptist edu, www.unc.edu/depts/csas/. UNC Gang Activity in our Community 10-11 am NC Botanical Garden, works by 21 artists. Through Apr 29. Recent paintings by Beverly McIver. Church, 1712 Willow Dr, Chapel Campus: Hamilton Hall, 102 Emerson – presentation on the status of Old Mason Farm Rd near 15-501 Community Church of Chapel Hill, Through Mar 31. Tyndall Galleries, Hill, 942-4964, www.binkleychurch. Dr, Chapel Hill. gangs in our community. Learn about Bypass, Chapel Hill, 962-0522, ncbg. 106 Purefoy Rd, Chapel Hill, 942- University Mall, 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel org, Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm, Sun 9 resources available to young people unc.edu. 2050, www.mindspring.com/~c3h. Hill, 942-2290, www.tyndallgalleries. am-1 pm. Keio Univ prof Tashiyuki Takamiya and their families. Light refreshments com. - “The Digital Gutenberg.” Wed, will be provided. Sunday, March 25, Cane Creek Reservoir and University Photography by Jim White. Through Contact Improvisation - Improvised Mar 28, 3 pm, 962-1143, chenault@ 2-4 p.m. East Chapel Hill High School Lake – Both will reopen for boating, Apr 1. Cup A Joe, 1129 Weaver Dairy Radicals in Black & Brown: Palante, contact with 1 or more dancers, email.unc.edu. UNC Campus: Wilson Rd, Timberlyne Shopping Center, People’s Power & Common Cause no partner necessary; beginners Library, 201 South Rd, Chapel Hill. Auditorium. 500 Weaver Dairy fishing, picnicking, sunbathing and Chapel Hill, 967-2002. in the Black Panthers & the Young welcome. Sundays, 2-4 pm. 967-5321, Road, Chapel Hill. Information at other recreation on Saturday, Lords Organization. Through Mar carolinacontact.ods.org. Balanced “National Security Implications of www.chcymca.org. March 24th. Recreation hours at the Paintings by Lynne Clarke. Through 31. ibiblio.org/shscbch/ribb. UNC Movement Studio, 304 W Weaver St, Global Climate Change” - Hosted lakes are: University Lake – Fridays Apr 1. DeWitt Law PLLC, 118 E Campus: Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Carrboro, 942-0240, www.balanced- by the Triangle Institute for Security Intro to Buddhism: The Three Yanas. through Mondays, 6:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Main St, Carrboro, 338-8200, www. 150 South Rd, Chapel Hill, 962-9001, movement.com. Studies US Army War College. dewitt-law.com. Piedmont KTC Buddhist Meditation Cane Creek Reservoir – Thursdays www.unc.edu/depts/stonecenter. Fri, Mar 30 and Sat, Mar 31. www. Center. 35 Perkins Dr., Chapel through Saturdays 6:30 a.m – 6 p.m., Modernextension Dance Company tiss-nc.org. UNC Campus: Friday Sundays 1 – 6 p.m. Handcrafted items from West Africa, Carolina Faces: The Photography 20th Anniversary Celebration - With Center, 100 Friday Center Dr, off Hill. Off Weaver Dairy Rd., across the Middle East, Central America of Don Sturkey - Mar 22-May 31. guest artist Shain Stodt; featuring Hwy 54, Chapel Hill, 962-3000, www. from Timberlyne Shopping Center. & the US. Dirt Road Gallery, 8218 I Raised My Hand to Volunteer: Isadora Duncan’s choreography. fridaycenter.unc.edu. Wednesday, Mar. 21 7:30-8:45 p.m. Spring Co-Recreational Softball Bright’s Way, Chapel Hill, 933-6999, Students Protest in 1960s Chapel Thu., Mar 22, 8 pm and Fri, Mar 23. Visit www.piedmontktc.org or call – 10-14 team limit (first come basis). www,dirtroadgallery.com Hill. Through Mar 31. UNC Campus: UNC Campus: Memorial Hall, 114 E Literary 933-2138. Games played Tuesday and Thursday Wilson Library, 201 South Rd, CameronAve, Chapel Hill,Tickets 843- Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Kaleid-a-scape - works by Luise evenings, some Sundays. Season runs Chapel Hill. 3333, www.carolinaperformingarts. Prose Version of the Indian Epic by early April through mid-June. Players Francke. Through Mar 25. Carrboro org. RK Narayan. Wed, Mar 21, 7-8:30 Celebrations and Dance must be 16 years old by April 1, 2007. Branch Library, McDougle Middle Double Exposure - photography pm. Ackland Art Museum, 101 S PeepFest 2007 – Market Street School, 900 Old Fayetteville Rd, by Keith Shipman. Through Apr 15. Monet Impressions - Carolina Columbia St, UNC Campus, Chapel Books in Southern Village will host Registration: Contact the Carrboro Chapel Hill, 969-3006. West End Wine Bar, 450 W Franklin Ballet. Sat, Mar 31, 8 pm and Hill, Office 966-5736, recorded info the fifth annual celebration of the Century Center at 918-7364. St, Chapel Hill, 967-7599, www. Sun, Apr 1, 2 pm. UNC Campus: 843-1611, www.ackland.org. marshmallow chicks and bunnies in Digital Theater shows - Science 360: westendwinebar.com. Memorial Hall, 114 E Cameron Ave, I, Astronaut; Science 360: Hurricanes Chapel Hill, Tickets 843-3333, www. Open Mic - For poetry, music & short Unleashed; Creature Features; Plaster show by Ray Tolan - Through carolinaperformingarts.org. fiction. Tuesdays, 7 pm Market Street 10-11 am, NC Botanical Garden, Old Franklin St, Chapel Hill, 967-1400, Boldly Go; Science LIVE! Physics; Apr 9. Wootini, 200 N Greensboro St, Books & Maps, Southern Village, 610 Mason Farm Rd near 15-501 Bypass, www.chapelhillmuseum.org. call for times. Saturdays, Sundays. Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro, 933-6061, Victorian Ball - Sat., Mar 24, 8 pm, Market St, Chapel Hill, 933-5111, Chapel Hill, 962-0522, www.ncbg. Planetarium shows - Destination: wootini.com. www.trianglevintagedance.com. www.marketstreetbooks.com. unc.edu. Kids Space; Carolina Skies; Magic Tree Carrboro Century Center, 100 Express Yourself! - new art program House Space Mission; Solar System Unearthing the Maya: Highlights N Greensboro St, Carrboro, 918- Theater Club Nova Thrift Shop - Seeking for ages 3-8 & their caregivers allows Adventure; Sol & Company; call for from the George & Melinda Stuart 7385. Trace of Arc - Free Association volunteers; Club Nova promotes & children & adults to explore their own times. Thursdays-Sundays. Morehead Collection. Through Apr 1. UNC Theatre Ensemble (FATE) presents provides opportunities for individuals creative paths through open-ended Planetarium, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Campus: Wilson Library, 201 South Lectures production by Ali Smith. Through living with mental illness to lead weekly art projects; registration Hill, Info 549-6863, showtimes Rd, Chapel Hill. Sofia Quintero - hip-hop author to Mar 24. RSVP: 539-0993, 1-800- meaningful & productive lives of their requested. Saturdays, 10:45-11:15 & 962-1236, tickets 843-7997, www. read from Picture me Rollin’. Wed, Mar 838-3006, www.brownpapertickets. choice in the community. A volunteer 11:30 am-12 pm $2. moreheadplanetarium.org. Comedy 21, 6:30-8:30 pm UNC Campus: Dey com. Market Street Books & packet can be picked up at the shop, Best Show Ever - all-star comedy Hall, 105A South Rd, Chapel Hill. Maps, Southern Village, 610 Market or contact 967-6985, cmorton@ Pop Art Recycled - collaborative Inspired by Nature to Paint, Draw, & showcase. Saturdays, 9:30pm. Sumpter Priddy III - “Learning from St, Chapel Hill, 933-5111, www. clubnova.org. Club Nova Thrift Shop, works by 3rd & 4th graders of Seawell Teach - works by the instructors of CageMatch - competitive the Arts of the Early South: Museums marketstreetbooks.com. 103-C W Main St, Carrboro, 967-6985, Elementary with sculptor Lynn the Botanical Illustration Program. longform improv. Saturdays, 11 pm. & the Marketplace.” Wed, Mar 21, www.clubnova.org. Wartski. Through Apr 29. Kidzu Through Apr 30. NC Botanical ComedySportz - competitive improv 7 pm UNC Campus: Sonja Haynes The Bluest Eye - Playmakers Children’s Museum, 105 E Franklin Garden, Old Mason Farm Rd near for all ages. Fridays & Saturdays, 7:30 Stone Center, 150 South Rd, Chapel Repertory Co. In Paul Green Horrace Williams House - Applications St, Chapel Hill, 933-1455, www. 15-501 Bypass, Chapel Hill, 962-0522, pm. Harold Night. Thursdays, 8 pm. Hill, 962-9001, www.unc.edu/depts/ Theatre. Through Mar 25, www. available for artists wishing to exhibit kidzuchildrensmuseum.org. www.ncbg.unc.edu. Improv Jam. Fridays, 11 pm. Mister stonecenter. playmakersrep.org. UNC Campus: in 2008. Through May 13. Applications: Diplomat - longform improv. Fridays, Center for Dramatic Art, 120 [email protected]. Horace Altered Feast - earthenware vessels 9:30 pm. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 Don Sturkey - Photojournalist Country Club Rd, Chapel Hill. Williams House, 610 E Rosemary by Ronan Kyle Peterson. Through N Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr discusses his career & photographs. St, Chapel Hill, 942-7818, www. Mar 31. Journey - works by Peg Mill Mall, Carrboro, 338-8150, www. Thu, Mar 22, 5:45 pm. UNC Campus: Etc. chapelhillpreservation.com, Tue-Fri Bachenheimer. Through Mar 31. dsicomedytheater.com. Wilson Library, 201 South Rd, Ronald McDonald House - Seeking 10 am-4 pm, Sun 1-4 pm. Works by NC Wood Workers & Chapel Hill. volunteers for tasks around the Wood Turners. Through Mar 31. Comedy Hour - Fourth Saturdays, house, cooking dinners for families & Why - Chapel Hill Public Arts NC Crafts Gallery, 212 W Main 7:30 pm. Comedy open mic - Fourth UNC Law Prof Arthur M Weisburd community service projects. Ronald Commission’s 2007 Community Got an event you’d like to St, Carrboro, 942-4048, www. Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 pm. The Cave, 452 - “The War on Terror & International McDonald House, 101 Old Mason Art Project will be on view in public see in our calendars? nccraftsgallery.com, Mon-Sat 10 am-6 1/2 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, 968- Law.” Fri, Mar 23, 11 pm Church Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, 913-2040, www. places throughout Chapel Hill & pm, Sun 1-4 pm. 9308, www.caverntavern.com. of Reconciliation, 110 N Elliot chapelhillrmh.net. Carrboro. Any interpretation of Why? Send your information to Rd, Chapel Hill, 929-2127, www. is welcome. Fri, Mar 23, 10 am-4 pm [email protected] Endings & New Starts - paintings by Dance churchrec.org. Rape Crisis Support Groups - Winter and Sat, Mar 24, 10 am-4 pm Info: Karen Shelton. Through Apr 13. Sizl Ballroom - Dancing. Fourth & Fifth & spring support groups at the 968.2749, www.communityartproject. Or drop us a line at Box Gallery, 405 E Main St, Carrboro, Thursdays, 7-9:30 pm, 933-8982. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former OCRCC: Primary Survivors Group; org. Chapel Hill Museum, 523 E 248, Carrboro, N.C. 27510 960-0098, www.sizlgallery.com. Chapel Hill Senior Center, 400 S Brazilian president - “Globalization Men’s Group; “Healing with Nature” Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, 968-2070. and Development: The Brazilian Group. Pre-screening required. Free Paintings by Nick Wade & Jason Experience.” Mon., Mar 26, 7 pm & confidential, Info: groups@ocrcc. Craighead. Through Mar 23. Brazilian - Samba, pagode & forro, 843-6339, [email protected]. UNC org. Orange County Rape Crisis Somerhill Gallery, 1800 E Franklin capoeira; ages 21+. Last Saturdays, Campus: Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Center, 825-A Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, St, 3 Eastgate, Chapel Hill, 968-8868, 11 pm. www.nccapoeira.com/party. 150 South Rd, Chapel Hill, 962-9001, 968-4647, www.ocrcc.org. www.somerhill.com. Talullas, 456 W Franklin St, Chapel www.unc.edu/dpets/stonecenter. Hill, 933-1177, www.talullas.com. Guided Garden Walk - Discussions Works by Simon Bull. Through Apr 5. Susan Donaldson - “The Southern on fall planting, garden maintenance, Turning Point Gallery, University Mall, Community - With live calling & Agrarians, Gone with the Wind & design & gardening for wildlife with bird & butterfly gardens. Saturdays. Niche Gardens, 1111 Dawson Rd, off Old Greensboro Hwy, Chapel Hill, Where Can I 967-0078, www.nichegardens.com. Find My ? NC Botanical Garden Guided Tours Citizen - meet at the stone gathering circle in The Arts Center front of the Totten Center. 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In addition, Wilson said he plans to cal- they should at least be able to defend that Edwards’ staff evacuated the building after a staff member The Orange County Board of Commis- culate the effects of the transfer station on decision with a clear record of a well-orga- opened the letter and white powder spilled out. The offices sioners last week postponed a vote to de- traffic and to conduct research to determine nized, complete search.” reopened the following day after preliminary tests on the powder termine the location of the county’s future what areas of the county produce the most Dave Richter, a resident of the Highlands revealed no chemical or biological agents. waste transfer station, requesting more in- waste. neighborhood, said, “Much is owed to Rog- The FBI is investigating the case. formation from solid waste director Gayle Former county manager John Link, a res- ers Road.” He added, “Every time you take Wilson and county manager Laura Black- ident of the Eno Township, told the board out your trash, it goes to Rogers Road, to Carolina North meetings slated mon. the residents of the neighborhoods near the their backyards. Why are we doing this U.S. 70 sites deserve a meeting to discuss again?” The university is soliciting your input on the development of The board is considering three transfer the potential transfer station, as well as the Commissioner Barry Jacobs said, “It’s not Carolina North via a series of community meetings to be held the station sites, including two sites off U.S. 70 last Tuesday of each month through May. The first of these will in the Eno Economic Development District opportunity to visit a currently operating only one moral issue — it’s a number of take place Tuesday, March 27, at 3:30, in Room 2603 of the School and the Eubanks Road landfill. The landfill transfer station. moral issues.” of Government’s Knapp-Sanders Building. That presentation will will reach capacity in 2010. The county plans Residents of the Rogers Road neighbor- Board Chairman Moses Carey urged the then be repeated at 5:30 the same day, same location. to set up the transfer station to transport its hood, which is near the Eubanks Road site, board to make a decision in a timely man- University representatives will be presenting three conceptual solid waste out of the county. met with county staff in January to discuss ner. He said, “There is a difference between approaches to how Carolina North might be developed. These Residents of the neighborhoods sur- the station. They were also able to tour a a landfill and a transfer station — a signifi- approaches reflect the guiding principles of the Leadership rounding each of the sites were critical of Greensboro transfer station with county of- cant difference.” Advisory Committee for Carolina North, comprised of the county’s site search and the lack of for- ficials. Commissioner Valerie Foushee, who vis- representatives from the university and the local community, as mal criteria in determining potential sites. Several Rogers Road neighborhood resi- ited the Greensboro transfer station, argued well as an ecological assessment of the 900-plus-acre tract and Wilson said he is developing the criteria to dents argued that because the neighborhood that a transfer station is in fact a garbage sustainability strategies. present to the board at its March 27 meet- already has hosted the landfill since the early site, adding, “I am not in a position to vote Tuesday, March 27, at 3:30 and again at 5:30, Rm. 2603 Knapp-Sanders ing. 1970s, the county should not consider the on this item tonight.” Building. Parking is available in the NC 54 lot and the Rams Head deck, Wilson added that he and Blackmon are Eubanks Road site for the transfer station. Jacobs said, “I never have [felt], and still and in the School of Government deck for the 5:30 presentation only. writing a report responding to a number of “It is undeniable that the Rogers Road do not feel, that we did a good job on the different questions from the board, includ- residents have lived with the burden of our site search…. I think that once we see what Mt. Carmel improvements ing how much time, if any, the board has county’s trash for long enough,” said Tracy our parameters are we might be better able to determine the site. He also hopes to de- Kuhlman, a resident of the Rogers Road to make [a decision].” Mount Carmel Church Road will see several improvements velop a contingency plan in case the county neighborhood. She added, “If the county’s over the next two years as part of the N.C. Department of Transportation 2007-2008 Secondary Roads Construction Program. The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted on March Helvey named town’s Volunteer of the Year 13 to approve the program, as well as the 2006-2007 program. Under the plan, the DOT will resurface and widen the shoulders You may have seen her at a unanimous vote of the board. Website design at her business of Mount Carmel Church Road between U.S. 15-501 and the the Community Dinner with a The Indiana native moved to UniqueOrn.com, she responded Chatham County line. In addition, Mike Mills, a division engineer camera at the ready. Or maybe the area in 1979 and Carrboro via email when asked about her with the DOT, said the department plans to improve several of the you caught a glimpse of her specifically in 1985, where she volunteer work. road’s intersections, including the intersection with Bennett Road. a few months back at the has since been a principal in the “I’m extremely honored to The 2007-2008 program also includes paving 7.84 miles of rural Christmas Parade trying to get a creation of the Carrboro Music have been named Carrboro roads, while the 2006-2007 program paves 5.14 miles of rural good shot of Santa. Perhaps you Festival and, more recently, the Volunteer of the Year. I love roads. Estimated costs for 2007-2008 total approximately $2.5 know her name because you’ve Carrboro Film Festival. Carrboro and feel so fortunate million, compared with $1.3 million for 2006-2007. been visiting carrboro.com to Before starting up carrboro. to have landed at this place on keep track of Sima Fallahi’s com to document the history earth. Carrboro is full of great immigration case or just browse and goings-on here, she held people who care as much about Cho chosen chair of county GOP through the volumes in it. the only official state employee our community as I do. It takes Chapel Hill resident Augustus Cho was recently elected chairman Whatever way you came across classification of “bartender.” all of us volunteering our time of the Orange County Republican Party at the county GOP the work of Jackie Helvey, you From her post at the Pine Room and effort to make Carrboro a convention. know that the title Carrboro of the Carolina Inn, which is now place we can all be proud of. I Web designer, carrboro.com Cho, who was born in Korea, is a member of the Chapel Hill Volunteer of the Year is a well- privately run, she served some of am only one of many.” creator and mom, Jackie Helvey Transportation Board. He has served as a Presbyterian minister as deserved honor. Helvey received the state’s best and brightest. And a good one at that. was named Carrboro’s Volunteer well as a teacher to American soldiers stationed in Korea. Cho also the honor Tuesday, March 13 after In the midst of a flurry of of the Year teaches tae kwon do. Although there are twice as many registered Democrats as Republicans in the county, Cho said he is undaunted by the Blunden wins N.C. Sustainability Energy Leadership Award challenges ahead. His top priorities are fund-raising, local issues and getting more GOP candidates to run for office. By Mary Beth Bardin communities in Orange County. Cho also said he would like to see lower taxes and thinks Staff Writer Arcadia (where he resides) and government can become more fiscally repsonsible. Pacifica are models for low-impact living. Small private living areas and Whether he’s riding his bike to work Commissioners go live shared common spaces utilize both in rain or shine, advising councils on passive and active solar technology. Beginning March 27, Orange County residents will be able to environmental issues or designing Through a partnership with Orange view live broadcasts of the Board of County Commissioners affordable co-housing communities, Community Land Trust, seven of regular monthly meetings on a new county governmental access Giles Bluden is always thinking about Pacifica’s 46 homes are classified as channel. sustainability. affordable housing. Live broadcasts and replays of commissioners’ meetings held That’s why on March 8, Blunden, “[The award] is about contributing at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill will be president of Blunden Studio, a to the general well-being of society,” available to Time Warner Cable customers on digital channel 265. green architecture firm in Carrboro, Blunden said. “Choosing a path that’s Replays of commissioners’ meetings held at the Gordon Battle received one of two N.C. Sustainable not necessarily highly profitable Courtroom in Hillsborough will be available on channel 265 on the Energy Leadership Awards for but more oriented toward public following Wednesday and Thursday. Environmental Stewardship. service.” To receive channel 265, Time Warner Cable customers must Larry Shirley, director of the He encourages people to make either subscribe to digital service or request and install a special North Carolina State Energy Office, conscious choices based on digital cable box. Customers can receive the free box by contacting presented Blunden with the award consumption, recyclability and the county manager’s office at 245-2301 or [email protected]. during a luncheon banquet at the reduction of carbon dioxide. But, nc.us. N.C. Sustainable Energy Conference he said, these choices don’t mean in Raleigh. people have to make sacrifices in Guillory selected for Hall of Fame Blunden, who is a lifetime the amenities they enjoy: On April 1, UNC journalism professor Ferrel Guillory will be PHOTO by Phil Bisesi member of the American Solar “I don’t find my life is in any way inducted into the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame. Energy Society and the former diminished by doing these things. The hall of fame recognizes individuals who have made Carrboro’s Giles Blunden is presented with an N.C. Sustainable chairman of the North Carolina It takes effort; it’s choosing a path outstanding contributions to Energy Leadership Award by Larry Shirley, director of the North Sustainable Energy Association, that’s more difficult—kind of like Carolina State Energy Office. journalism. Those recognized has designed two co-housing riding your bike all winter.” must be native North Carolinians or distinctly Peak Oil movies and identified with the state. Guillory, who has taught in talks scheduled Emergency Medicaid the School of Journalism and Mass Communication since Well, nothing lasts forever. docudrama by Jim McQuaid, expenses studied 1997, worked as an associate That’s essentially the message he too a local filmmaker. The editor and contributor to The Most care for childbirths of a couple of upcoming lo- film is set in near-future Orange News & Observer in Raleigh Most state Emergency in the U.S. for less than five years. for more than 30 years. He cal screenings — the “nothing County, with gas now priced at Medicaid spending funds According to the Government also serves as director of forever” in question being the $10 a gallon and dangerously the university’s Program on good life, as we’ve heretofore close to depletion. Comments? childbirth and pregnancy- Accountability Office, states Southern Politics, Media and known it, here in the U.S. of A. Solutions? A discussion to this related complications for with high immigration rates Public Life. On Sunday, March 25, from effect will follow, featuring uninsured women, emergency have seen a rapid increase care for sudden-onset problems in Emergency Medicaid Seven other communications 1:00 to 5:00, the Community short presentations from envi- GUILLORY professionals will be inducted and end-stage complications spending. Church of Chapel Hill Unitar- ronmental activist Simon Rich, into the Journalism, Advertising of chronic conditions, says a Annette Dubard, research ian Universalist will be hosting local businessman and sustain- and Public Relations halls of fame and the N.C. Association of new study from researchers associate at the university’s a screening and discussion of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at the ability advocate Eric Henry and at the university and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Carolina Inn on campus; tickets are $65 a person. What a Way to Go: Life at the End Patrick McDonough, a board Carolinas Center for Medical Health Services Research and of Empire from Chatham Coun- member of the Village Project Excellence. lead author of the study, said, ty filmmakers Sally Erickson and a transportation planner. String of house fires in Carrboro According to the study, “There’s a misconception that and Tim Bennett. This docu- Emergency Medicaid spending, a lot of the Medicaid budget Carrboro firefighters had a busy week, logging five house fire mentary examines our capac- A screening and discussion of which represents about one is going to recent immigrants. calls in a week. Since last Wednesday, March 14, crews responded ity for denial, and the urgency What a Way to Go: Life at the percent of the state’s Medicaid However, we’re spending to fires on N.C. 54, Jones Ferry Road, Union Grove Church Road to confront that denial, as we End of Empire will be held at the budget, increased 28 percent, money at the wrong end of and Broad Street. relentlessly pursue this wholly Community Church of Chapel Hill from $41.3 million in 2001 to care…. We can make better use According to a release from the fire department, none of the fires were related. One was caused by a wood stove, one started in a unsustainable lifestyle, and as Unitarian Universalist, 106 Purefoy $52.9 million in 2004. Emergency of these health care dollars by kitchen and two were caused by electrical shorts. our physical world just keeps Rd., Chapel Hill, Sunday, March Medicaid reimburses hospitals increasing access to preventive tumbling down. A discussion 25, 1:00-5:00 p.m. for emergency care provided to care, which would alleviate Citizens appointed to boards with Erickson and Bennett will The Century Center, 100 N. patients who would otherwise demand for costly emergency qualify for Medicaid but are care and improve the health of On Tuesday night, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen appointed follow. Greensboro St., Carrboro, will pres- ineligible because federal law this population.” Elizabeth Brisson to the town’s Appearance Commission. The Then, on Thursday, April 5, ent a screening of After the Peak, board also approved the appointment of transportation advisory at 7:00 p.m., the Century Cen- followed by a public meeting, Thurs- excludes undocumented and —From Staff Reports board members Tom High and Heidi Perry and Chatham County ter in Carrboro will be present- day, April 5, 7:00 p.m. legal immigrants who have been resident Bob Eby to the Smith Level Road Task Force. ing After the Peak, a half-hour —Taylor Sisk page 4 — Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The Carrboro Citizen Patrolling in the passenger seat

By Nick Sotolongo mobility and unique hours his job He must think I’m a detective. over his radio. I sit in suspense as Courtesy of The Carrboro provides him. Reinas and another unidentified we race to the scene. Whenever I A lady Reinas identifies as a regular is hunched Commons officer stand in the front yard and feel like Reinas is about to floor over in the parking lot with a can. I see “I’m excited about the lunar shine their flashlights through the the gas pedal, the cars in front of that she is painting the pavement a To better understand the issue eclipse tonight,” he says as we pull dark at the windows. us, seeing a patrol car approaching, of crime in Carrboro, I arranged into downtown. “This is another slow down to the crawl of the melon green. to ride along with the Carrboro great part about working nights. 6:30 — Reinas secures the actual speed limit. variety of calls the department “It’s a liberal place, and residents Police Department. For three We’ll get to see the whole course perimeter and talks to the responds to, there is a core group feel like they can leave their doors hours on a Saturday night, Officer of the eclipse just because we’ll neighbors. He returns to the car “The first time I got to drive a of people that causes trouble on unlocked without theft. There are Paul Reinas graciously let me sit be out and about in the town.” and fills out an alarm response cop car in Michigan, I was real a daily basis. parts of Carrboro that have the in the front seat of his police car. sheet. I ask him if he has ever excited because I was a notorious same kind of law enforcement The following is a transcript of 6:20 — Our first call of the night caught a robber off an alarm call. speeder growing up,” Reinas 7:35 — Reinas explains to me the issues that a large city has, which what took place that night. comes in. An alarm has gone off says. “But it turned out to be the boundaries of his jurisdiction, is something a lot of people don’t at a residence on Stratford Drive “Just the other week I caught a slowest I’ve ever driven in my life. which reaches a mile outside recognize.” 6:00 — I wait for Reinas and the dispatcher assigns us to man on one, hiding under the Like, everyone goes five under the town limits. He tells me the at the Carrboro Police investigate. As Reinas whips off front porch,” Reinas tells me. — and don’t even try to turn on Carrboro police have an excellent 8:39 — We get what will probably Station in the downtown to the house, he explains to me “He signed a written promise to your blue lights because you’ll relationship with the Chapel Hill be my last call accompanying Century Center. His lieutenant and that five patrol officers and two appear in court that night and have people pull to the left or to police. Meanwhile, we pull into Reinas. A vehicle is broken down shift supervisor for the night, Lt. ranking officers work on each never showed up.” the right or just stop in the middle Lake Hogan Farms, which Reinas on Homestead Road, which is T.A. Raymond, makes me fill out 12-hour shift. Each officer is of the road.” describes as a wealthy area. He on the other side of town from a waiver. Apparently Carrboro has assigned to patrol one of three Reinas explains to me the booking hides his car off the main road of where we presently are. only two police cars with airbags areas in the town limits. Zone one process in North Carolina. When 7:02 — We pull into an apartment the neighborhood and the two of complex. A lady Reinas identifies in the front passenger seats — the I stay in the car to provide cover. Reinas us lurk in a gravel driveway. 8:45 — We arrive on the scene to rest have been disabled because of as a regular is hunched over in find a dark-green minivan sitting a safety issue stemming from the has locked the doors. the parking lot with a can. I see The street is lined on the opposite in the middle of the road. Reinas that she is painting the pavement installation of computers. Soon is dominated by the apartment side with a three-story cliff of puts on his lights, gets out to talk he arrests suspects, he presents a melon green. Reinas puts on all Carrboro police cars will have complexes on Jones Ferry Road fashionably lit houses. Reinas to the driver and lets me divert the them to one of two magistrates the take-downs and gets out of the computers. My ride-along will and the Carrboro Plaza Shopping is waiting for people to run an traffic around the vehicle with his in Orange County. The the car; I stare from inside. The be the last in the department’s Center, zone two is primarily awkwardly placed stop sign that flashlight. Eventually cars stack up magistrates are located at the jail woman seems disoriented and history. comprised of downtown and sits 15 feet away. I scribble “my behind the minivan and I have to in Hillsborough and at the Chapel confused by Reinas as he shines zone three is the residential area first stakeout” into my notebook stop the other lane to wave them Hill Police Station. his flashlight on her. 6:04 — Officer Reinas walks in of northwest Carrboro. I ask and flip up the collar of my coat. around. The cars, already cautious the lieutenant’s office and starts to from Reinas’s blue lights, respond Reinas if downtown has the most “The magistrate determines if I 7:04 — Two minutes later, Reinas file paperwork. After my presence action and he tells me that zone had probable cause to arrest the 7:42 — One car has passed by, immediately to my directions. I is explained, he looks at me and has successfully argued to the and as the driver touches his glance over at Reinas, who is on one is the busiest, followed by detainee and either sets a bond or elderly suspect the disadvantages asks, “Do you want to be a cop, or zones two and three. gets a written promise for them brakes I look over at Reinas. He’s the phone with a tow truck driver. do you want to write about being of painting the parking lot; explaining his policy on tickets. If He hangs up and turns to the to appear in court,” Reinas says. he deems an arrest or ticket one?” I really just want to sit in 6:23 — Three minutes later we’re he feels the driver has learned a driver of the minivan, who looks “If they don’t show up to court, unnecessary. the front seat of his car and turn on the scene. Reinas flashes his there’s a warrant out for their lesson, he doesn’t issue a ticket. distraught. the siren on and off, but I lie and If the driver seems aloof or white lights — he explains they’re arrest and we’ll probably end up “The average person has contact say I’m a writer. We sit in silence called “take-downs” — and picking them up off the street unapologetic, he writes the ticket. 8:52 — The tow truck arrives and as he finishes his paperwork. with the police maybe once in the driver thanks Reinas as we pull hops out of the car to snoop out again in a few weeks or so.” their life, disregarding traffic possible burglars. I stay in the 7:52 — Four or five more cars away and head back downtown. 6:15 — The two of us walk to the stops,” Reinas says as he fills out have passed us, each one stopping Reinas laments that I missed out car to provide cover. Reinas has 6:58 — After driving around the response paperwork. “But squad car. Reinas is a mountain locked the doors. zone three for nearly a half hour, for a progressively shorter period. on any serious action or arrest and of a Michigan man with a friendly others deal with us three or four We sit idly and listen to the radio is disappointed that his lieutenant we get dispatched on our second times in one day, like that lady.” face. He’s worked for the Carrboro 6:24 — A family of curious chatter that’s becoming more only let me ride till nine. I remind call. Reinas explains that the Carrboro Police Department for a year and neighbors cautiously walks by and intelligible with time. Reinas’ code him of the lady who we found police deal with a wide range of a half and previously worked a middle-aged man gives me a “This is going to be a good one,” name is 238, and 10-4 means painting the parking lot, which issues, from domestic disputes for the sheriff’s department in frozen glance into the take-downs. Reinas says after listening to some “okay.” Reinas has already forgotten. Monroe, Mich. Reinas enjoys the unintelligible numeric police code to alarm responses. Despite the 8:00 — The dispatcher finally “Oh yeah, I guess we can count bails us out and sends Reinas to that as some action. You get at a dispute in the Autumn Woods least one of those a shift though apartment complex. – something unexpected,” he says. “A man called and has a problem with two 8-year-old boys throwing “I guess you get used to the crazy stuff at his 7-year-old daughter’s people after a bit. Like I said, window,” Reinas says. “He doesn’t there are certain people I am in need to talk to me. He needs to constant contact with and, to be talk to his daughter.” honest, it just gets old.” 8:06 — Reinas arrives at the scene 8:55 — As we pull back into the and heads toward the apartment. station, Reinas tells me he’s excited I stay in the car. about getting a computer in his Blunden Studio car soon. I thank him earnestly 8:11 — After what seems like a for letting me ride alongside him lengthy discussion, Reinas returns. and step out the door. Hot, Cool He stops by the car and tells me & to get out, and I anxiously open I drive home down West Main the door. I step out to help, and Street, and in my rearview mirror Green picture Reinas and me collaring I see Reinas tailing me through two delinquent youths and tossing town. I cautiously yield at the them in the back of the car. empty crosswalk and continue on Architects in Carrboro at the required 25 miles per hour, www.blundenstudio.com “Look at the eclipse,” he says, wondering if Reinas would really motioning my glance towards the pull me over if I went 31. Then bright emerging moon in the sky. I remember his speech about “It’s almost over.” tickets, and speed off, figuring I’ve already learned my lessons for the 8:15 — Reinas finishes filling night. Reaching home, I go inside, out the paperwork regarding the and lock the door behind me. dispute. He shows me where he wrote that the two 8-year-old suspects were not found. “A lot of times our job is really just to calm people down,” he The Carrboro Commons is a joint says. “A lot of times there’s really project of Jock Lauterer’s Com- not much more we can do.” munity Journalism class and Andy Bechtel’s Advanced Editing class in Coming Soon to a Driveway Near You. 8:20 — As we drive through a the UNC School of Journalism. dilapidated neighborhood, Reinas The Commons is an online publica- points out where I can purchase tion and is posted biweekly during Maybe even Yours. various drugs. I ask him if he thinks Carrboro is a safe place to the fall and spring semesters. 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downtown moratorium paper Protest from page 1 from page 1 from page 1 continued from page 1 Chilton said while there are He produced a mimeograped environmental planner, noted a plan in which it may be possible likely no plans already in the publication called the Carrboro Honking horns were Carrboro, a group of cyclists the bad news and the wose news. to spread the cost out over ten or pipeline that would be affected Centipede. We’ve yet to see prominent at each of two staged a Critical Mass ride in The small collection pond for 20 years. by the moratorium, he expects a copy, although author and other events on and around protest of the president’s war, the stream isn’t going to be cost Board members reacted not so to hear some objections to the Crook’s Corner chef Bill Smith campus on Tuesday. Several convening downtown, then -effective and it’s just the tip of the moratorium from people who are tells us it was a hoot. much from sticker shock as they preparing to take development hundred students walked trekking to campus. iceberg of what the town will be Of course, if it wasn’t for did from the seeming unfairness. concept plans to the town. the town’s decision to change out of class, rallied in the Since the war began in required to do to meet new state “I think this should bother us A concept plan is the first its name in 1914 we might Pit and then headed to the 2003, more than 3,200 U.S. water-quality requirements—the step in what is typically a two- have become The Venable intersection of Franklin and soldiers have been killed in a lot,” Mayor Mark Chilton said. year review process for large so-called “Jordan Rules” for the The towns that have done the Citizen—not nearly as nice a Columbia, blocking traffic for action, including 74 from developments. Under the rules, ring to that. Upper New Hope watershed. the town wouldn’t be able to a bit, demanding the removal North Carolina. most to protect the water supply So, we’re not the first paper of troops from Iraq and May this week next year Unlike the Lower New Hope are going to be faced with the accept any concept plans during the six months the moratorium and not the first publication with declaring, “Whose streets? require no further such Watershed, which drains into stiffest requirements. the word Carrboro atop the front the southern part of Jordan is in place. Our streets!” observance. A stormwater update is planned “Some people are worried page. We’re glad to be here even And here at home in Lake, runoff from Chapel Hill, if we’re not the first. And we’re for the upcoming Assembly of that they’re looking at two years Carrboro and Durham flows into and six months instead of two glad to be your newspaper. Governments meeting. the northern half of the lake, years,” he said. See you next week. On Tuesday the board also: which has much less flow, thanks Dan Coleman said he and •Heard a report on ridership other members of the board in part to the N.C. 751 bridge. “We from Chapel Hill Transit chief want the Northern Study Area obituary really have a mud puddle here,” committee to have time to Steve Slade. Slade said the transit Autry said, pointing to a map of do its work and not be faced system is still tops in the state by Faye Dark Pickard the lake. with a major development to served on the board of the Cape wife, Rami, and Walter Pickard; far in operating cost and ridership. consider while they try to draft Faye Dark Pickard of Chapel So while counties and Lookout Mobile Sportsfishermen her sister, Bunnie Osborne, and Slade acknowledged some bugs new rules for the area. He called Hill died with her family close by municipalities that send their the moratorium “a prudent Association and the Summerfield brother-in-law, Allen; her nieces, with its new Next Bus system and her side on Monday, March 19. stormwater to the lower half of safeguard.” Crossing Neighborhood Associa- Michelle Osborne, Jennifer Col- said he hoped to have the system “We want to stay focused She was 69. lier and Amanda Young; and her the lake won’t have to reduce Pickard was born in Pittsboro tion. She was a lifetime member working with greater accuracy on the principles and land uses of the UNC General Alumni six grandchildren, Caitlyn Phil- nitrogen and phosphorus from without the distraction of a on August 7, 1937, and was raised lips, Ryan Phillips, Patrick Phillips, soon. particular project.” in Raeford. She came to Chapel Association and a dedicated Tar their runoff, the towns and Heel fan. Her other passions Adam Sasser, Daniel Sasser and counties flowing into the northern The system will also experiment The Chapel Hill Town Hill to attend the UNC School Raegan Pickard. Council recently discussed a included gardening, collecting section will have to reduce their with larger buses as well as improve of Nursing in 1955, where she Visitation will be held March moratorium on development in received both a bachelor’s and seashells, bird watching, reading 22 from 2:00-3:00 pm at Christ nitrogen and phosphorus by 35 its maintenance department the north and northwest parts and spending time with her chil- and do a better job of getting of town but is waiting on more a master’s degree in nursing. United Methodist Church, 800 and 5 percent respectively. She was an associate professor dren and grandchildren. Market Street at Southern Vil- The total price tag of information and schedules out information from town staff before making a decision. Council with tenure and held an adjunct She was preceded in death by lage in Chapel Hill. Services to improving the water quality for to the pubic; members have expressed concern faculty position in the School of her mother, Tommie Birnstein, immediately follow at 3:00 p.m. the Jordan Lake area just from • Appointed Sharon Cook about growth in the northern Medicine. From 1973 to 1977, she her father, Virgil Dark, and her Memorial contributions may be made to the UNC at Chapel Hill existing development is estimated to the Planning Board and Jim region, including worries that served as the first chairperson of stepfather, Henry Birnstein. She growth might lead to further leaves to cherish her memory School of Nursing Patron’s Fund, at $403 million, with Carrboro’s Rabinowitz, Amy Jeroloman and widening of Martin Luther King the Department of Nursing for CB# 7460, Carrington Hall, portion of the cost likely to run Jay Bryan to the Northern Study Jr. Boulevard. UNC Hospitals. her two daughters, Mary Gwen Chapel Hill, NC 27599, or the more than $10 million. Autry Area Implementation Review On Monday, the Council is Pickard was a founding mem- Phillips and husband, Ron, and Raeford Hoke County Museum, said the town will have to work Committee. scheduled to consider setting a ber of the North Carolina Area Lynn Sasser and husband, Jeff; 111 South Highland Street, Ra- date for a public hearing on a Health Education Centers. She her two sons, Chris Pickard and eford, NC 28376. with other governments to draft moratorium.

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to bring their plants back after 10 to 12 weeks to have their portraits taken while they hold up the fruits of their efforts. “When we did this in 2005, we had 180 kids pick up seedlings and 30 of them came back to get their picture taken,” Neal said. “They were adorable.” As for the rest of the year, look for the return of the market’s trademark tomato tasting along with more events that pair local farmers and chefs to help people get some ideas in developing menus and working with some of the more exotic varieties to grace the market. While there’s plenty of activity in town, things are happening on a really big scale in the countryside. Spring in their step

Visit Alex and Betsy Hitt in late summer and they might share a fatigue story or two of how the aches come on quicker than they did when the couple started Peregrine Farm in 1981 on a little piece of Alamance County a dozen or so miles from Carrboro. But now, especially after a good dousing last week kicked their plants into overdrive, the Hitts are in high spirits and ready for Saturday’s market opening. For Betsy it means more than being open for business for a long stretch of Saturdays. It means seeing people she hasn’t seen since last October. “It’s my social life,” she says. “We couldn’t do what we do without seeing friends at the market.” photo by kirk ross In peak season, Peregrine Farm is very likely the Alex and Betsy Hitt of Peregine Farms look over the progress of flower seedlings in most diverse and productive three and a half acres their greenhouse as they prepare for the season ahead and the opening of the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on Saturday. in the state. Last year, their innovations and careful development of different plants in conjunction with local restaurants and stores won them national adjusted the floating row cover, a gauze-like net honors. They represented the Southeast as one of that keeps tender crops from getting nailed by frost four farms nationwide to win the annual Patrick in the unpredictable spring weather. Local farmers look for help with new Madden Award for Sustainable Agriculture by the In the greenhouses, the Hitts look over the Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education seedlings that are ready to fill in as crops in the processing center in Orange County (SARE) program, a federal clearinghouse for best field are harvested. “This is third week of April,” practices in sustainable agriculture. Alex Hitt said, pointing to one set of flats. “This And while the workload of their on season over here is the first week of May.” State Senator Ellie Kinnaird remembers spot picked out near Town Hall was The Hitts are longtime Farmers Market could whither the hardiest of laborers, last year’s when she was a mayor on a mission. The appropriate. Despite the objections, the organizers and board members. Both remember mission was to try and find a new home market got built and Kinnaird still counts off season was pretty enviable. The couple were the struggle to get the market built at its present and some funding for a growing farmers it as one of the major successes of her part of a large group from the Triangle to attend site and both know the long process it took to get market. long tenure as mayor. the annual Terre Madre Slow Food Conference the market running as well as it is now. She and a handful of local farmers Now, as a senator on the verge of in Turin, Italy. The Slow Food movement, which “The community support has always been there, headed to Raleigh. They found a retirement, she’d like one more farm- has a huge following among local chefs and small always been strong, “Betsy Hitt said. “And I think sympathetic ear in Sen. James Speed, related victory. farmers, is aimed in part at restoring the connection now the market understands a little more how then chair of the Senate agriculture Kinnaird and Sen. Robert Atwater, between consumers and farmers. important that community support is.” committee. And they found enthusiastic who represents Chatham and Durham The Hitts toured small markets in Italy with Ben Alex said the challenges ahead are incorporating support in the House from Reps. Anne counties, have sponsored a bill to provide and Karen Barker, the chef-owners of Magnolia more value-added foods. “The market is seeing more Barnes and Joe Hackney. They also got $1 million to build and equip a value-added Grill and longtime friends and collaborators. As diversity with meat, eggs and cheese.” a little lucky. processing facility to serve local farmers a result, The Hitts have new plantings of beans The demand for space is growing along with the “It was good timing,” Kinnaird said. It and other small-business entrepreneurs. the Barker’s picked out—just the beginning of a market’s reputation. “We may expand the season,” wasn’t so much of a lean year in Raleigh. The facility would include kitchens for process of checking out the varieties’ requirements Alex Hitt said. “We’re talking about maybe having “We managed to get $260,000. Now that things like jams, jellies and salsas. for soil and sun. Alex Hitt said knowing a crop well a winter market.” work would cost half a million and it The facility is also designed to aid enough to put it into full production often takes As for whether or not that means shoppers will probably wouldn’t happen. We really owe Orange County’s effort to get more three years or more. get a chance at Peregrine produce come December, a debt of gratitude to Anne Barnes and schools, hospitals and groceries to buy Betsy Hitt is especially excited about new well, you might want to ask them about that in Joe Hackney.” local by ensuring a steadier supply of eggplants being grown from seeds brought back August. The Carrboro Farmers Market is open from Even though the town got the boost it goods. from Italy. Last year’s trials were disappointing, 7 a.m. to noon Saturday through Dec. 22. The needed to move the market from Roberson Kinnaird said she hopes the new facility but they tried some varieties this year that were Wednesday Farmers’ Market opens April 11. Hours Street near the EMS building, Kinnaird will make it easier for producers, and, like “really, really good,” Betsy said. “We hope these are 3:30-6:30 p.m. said, the plan still had its detractors. the market, will be another key piece of are the right ones. We won’t know until we pick On May 3, the Thursday Farmers’ Market at “There was some tension,” she said. infrastructure that keeps local growers the first few.” Southern Village opens with hours from 3:30- 6:30 p.m. “Some people called it a waste.” in business. Other plants the Hitts have mastered and a Others, she said, didn’t think the —Kirk Ross quarter-acre plot with 10,000 head of lettuce is More information about the market can be evidence of that. “Two–thirds of this is going found at www.carrborofarmersmarket.com to Weaver Street [Market],” Alex Hitt said as he Page 6 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 O PINION The Carrboro Citizen Of Radishes and Rims It is entirely appropriate to take a moment or two out of March Madness to appreciate a frenzy of activity of a different kind. Just a short drive out Jones Ferry, Old Greensboro, N.C. 54 or Mount Carmel there are people hard at work nurturing seedlings, weeding through coldframes, getting crops in the field and preparing the land for another rotation. It’s appropriate to think about this because this state’s obsession with the game of basketball owes a great deal to its farmers. As historian Alvis Dunn has pointed out it was the farm-to-market road program—a post-war effort to improve highways and secondary roads to help farmers get their products to markets in the cities and town—that made it easier for high school teams from rural communities to travel and compete. Unlike baseball and football, the winter season sport of hoops was a better match for the rhythm of rural life. The roads program coincided with another statewide program to helps schools build gyms. Throw into photo courtesy of the news journal the mix the post war influx of high octane college Paul Dickson sitting in his office on Main Street in Raeford in January 1935, if we can believe the calendar. While this office no longer exists, coaching from Everett Case, Frank McGuire and many items in the photo can still be found. The table at which my grandfather is sitting and the safe in the background are in use today at Vic Bubas and you can understand why there are The News-Journal. The typewriter, while no longer used, maintains a place of honor on a desk in the front office. The type case at the right, or few places in the world where the countryside is one very much like it, is in my office in Raeford and is still full of type. The tall secretary in the background was payment in kind to my great grandfather Dr. A.P. Dickson for delivering “Turkey” Lacey in 1900. My father, Paul Dickson, Jr., once commented that it must have been a good more dotted with rims and backboards. trade since Turkey lived to be 90. Now, as one season heads to a close another revs up and it’s time to support that team as well. Starting Saturday, you’ll have a weekly opportunity to do just that as the Carrboro Farmer’s Market Not My Grandfather’s Newspaper opens for the season. From the volunteers and staff who make it tick to the farmers and crews (but not all that different) working the land, our market is a living model robert dickson newspapers have been my life. My earliest respect and a true love for his community. of the importance of the ties between urban and memories are of my father’s newspaper His specialty is mentoring school kids. rural. The produce in the bins traveled only a short pressroom on Elwood Avenue in Raeford, You can find him at lunchtime several distance. The commerce it generates and the pay his is the column where I’m watching the pressman slide sheets of days a week in one school cafeteria or newsprint into the old Babcock letterpress another. He’d be a great addition to for the crews stays—for the most part—in the Tsupposed to tell you that this isn’t my grandfather’s newspaper. He’s and marveling at the wondrous sights and Carrboro too, but he’s doing vital work community. At the high point of its season, when the gentleman you see in the photo sounds of the linotype machine. for his community in Hoke County. events like tomato tastings, gardening programs accompanying this piece. He and my As I grew older, I performed lots I tell you all this because it’s necessary for children and live music are in abundance, the grandmother started a paper in Raeford, of small duties around the newspaper, for you to understand that a true market is the social center of town. And who isn’t bought another one and merged them including mailing, stuffing sections, community newspaper becomes one with inspired by the fruits of our farmers’ labor to into The News-Journal in 1928. delivery and photography. With all the the community it serves. That’s what we’re goings and comings of the town passing striving for here at The Citizen. scratch out a patch of their own just to see what The more I think about it, however, The Carrboro Citizen that I envision is just through that old space, the newspaper We aim to listen to our town, to reflect comes up? an updated version of The News-Journal office seemed like a mighty important our diversity and maintain our history. The market is also a reminder of what can of 79 years ago. place to me back then. It still does. There are stories in Carrboro that can happen when a community pulls together. It took What community newspapers are The press that printed the copy of only be told by a newspaper created just dedication, a bit of luck, and a lot volunteer hours supposed to do is keep up with the normal The Citizen that you’re reading right now for Carrboro. to win the funds that built the market. To make it workings of a town. Sure, we’re going to is sitting pretty much in the same spot as So while there are large differences the Babcock. It’s a 1972 Goss Community between my grandfather’s newspaper a success, though, it also took a community that cover the unusual and the sensational, but we’re not going to create the news TV- that’s aptly named. This old press has and this one, the essentials remain the cares about where its food comes and a collective style or twist some story into something printed more community papers over the same: local ownership and operation, appetite for healthy and adventurous foods. it isn’t. years than we can count. The pressman community involvement and support, and No, the mission of The Citizen is to celebrate that runs it is Mantise Andrews. He may the goal of being an important part of and document the lives and times of the live in Raeford but you’d be pleased to Carrboro for many years to come. residents of Carrboro, North Carolina. have him as your neighbor right here in Births, deaths and everything in between is Carrboro. He’ll do anything for you and the way I like to put it. It’s the usual that’s will do it with a smile. the real story, not the unusual. Mantise’s boss is Ken MacDonald. He Robert Dickson is publisher of The I know this because community runs our office in Raeford with humor and Carrboro Citizen.

www.carrborocitizen.com Underlining that was the announcement approve of the job she’s doing. 309 Weaver Street, Suite 300, Carrboro, NC 27510 that the House had met its goal of all 120 That’s quite a turn around from the 49 Telephone: 919-942-2100 Exile members passing ethics training and that percent favorable rating she had earlier the speaker was meeting regularly with this month according to the Democrats Fax: 919-942-2195 on Jones Street House GOP leader Skip Stam of Wake poll. A Survey of Governance & Policy County as a follow-through on recent More polls to follow, with the last Robert Dickson, Publisher rules changes to improve openness. one—and the only one that counts—on But even the speaker admits he’s still November 4, 2008. [email protected] kirk ross trying to suss out the complexity of the rules. He told a recent meeting of the New immigration court Roll out the agenda Kirk Ross, Editor state’s editorial writers that something After years of North Carolina officials House Democrats unveiled their seven- that seems as straightforward as the pleading the case, the Department of [email protected] point agenda for the 2007 session last customary distribution of bags of peanuts Justice has agreed to open an immigration week with ethics, education and a strong to schoolchildren is questionable since court in Charlotte. North Carolina is economy topping the list—followed by Mary Beth Bardin, Advertising Coordinator they come free of charge via the peanut ranked eighth among the states in number support for military families, better access grower’s association. of undocumented aliens, estimated at [email protected] to health care and improving public Insert your own peanut pun here. 400,000 and counting. It is the only state in safety and environmental protections. the top ten without an immigration court. Got all that? Wright steps down from leadership The new court will also make it easier for Susan Dickson, Staff Writer Translated and fleshed out, the Dems Wilmington Rep. Thomas Wright legal residents, who now will no longer [email protected] “Plan for One North Carolina” highlights continued a long, slow fall by resigning have to make the trip to Atlanta to deal a number of efforts already in the from two House leadership positions: chair with immigration-related concerns. legislative pipeline, including better pay of the House health committee and co- The new court is scheduled to open late Taylor Sisk, Contributing Editor for teachers and Medicaid reimbursement chair of the appropriations subcommittee this year. [email protected] for counties. on capital House leadership. You can also expect to see a bigger Wright, an ally of former Speaker Jim Lancaster to retire effort aimed at improving support for Black, is under investigation by the state Community college system president Meghan Fitzpatrick, Office Coordinator schools in the state’s poorer counties. Last elections board for failure to report Martin Lancaster announced last week that [email protected] session, Rep. William Wainwright made contributions and for possible favor he’s stepping down next year. Lancaster, an impassioned last-minute plea to amend trading. a former four-term U.S. representative the final budget to add more funding The eight-term Democrat has denied and a longtime member of the General Michelle Langston, Design/Layout for low-wealth and low-performing the allegations. Assembly oversaw the transition of the [email protected] schools. The effort failed, but Wainwright community college system into a much promised he’d be back. This year, he’ll Dole posts her positives more effective job training operation. make his case early and often as House Hot on the heels of a recent poll by He’ll step down next May. Majority Leader. Democrats that showed high negative Fred Williams, the system’s number The Carrboro Citizen numbers, Sen. Elizabeth Dole has two executive, also announced last week Ethical ethos countered with a poll she commissioned that he’s leaving. is printed Wednesdays In announcing the leadership’s plan, showing high positive numbers. The by Dickson Press, Inc. House Speaker Joe Hackney reiterated most recent poll showed 64 percent of Kirk Ross is editor of The Carrboro that he hopes the hallmark of his tenure respondents had a favorable impression Raeford, N.C. Citizen. His state politics and policy blog will be a return to trust in government. of the senator and 63 percent saying they is www.exileonjonestreet.com Wednesday, March 21, 2007 COMMENTS The Carrboro Citizen Page 7 Ty and Tyler Steal the Show frank heath, columnist If it’s mid-March and people around Carrboro scorer Drew Neitzel defensively across a nearly Hansbrough. It’s difficult not to love the Tyler As with the Jordans, the Fords, the Feltons, aren’t thinking about basketball, something is wrong. endless mountain range of bruising screens, he Hansbrough one sees on a basketball court. If the the Charles Scotts, it’s a treat just to watch the But folks around this sleepy mill town are thinking also delivered something that can be even more ball’s loose on the floor amidst a tangle of knees effort that Hansbrough brings each moment he’s about hoops, which can mean but one thing — the precious coming from a point guard: points, and and elbows, Tyler H. is the one most likely to get on the court and the joy he takes in playing the UNC men’s basketball team is still in the NCAA clutch points at that. hold of it, regardless of any perceived peril to life game. Tyler’s place in the same conversation with Tournament, so all is right. On Saturday, when Carolina was in need of a or limb. If there are four defenders between this these other UNC basketball gods is already all but This truth comes courtesy of what I’ve taken dagger late in the game following Marcus Ginyard’s guy and the basket, leave it to Tyler H. to detect solidified; his No. 50 jersey will be hanging high to referring to as the “Ty and Tyler Show,” named nifty theft from Neitzel, Lawson delivered it in the the optimal path to points for the Tar Heels — and one day in Blue Heaven. Any talk of something for Carolina’s sizzling inside-outside duo of Tywon nicely wrapped form of a long-range 3-point basket then will it to happen. more than that would of course have to wait until Lawson and Tyler Hansbrough. off a pass from fellow freshman extraordinaire As was demonstrated in the bloody finish at least, say, the first week of April 2009. Ty Lawson is the freshman point guard who Brandan Wright. to Carolina’s regular season finale against Duke, The best thing about this Ty and Tyler show, gradually, as the season has progressed, has wrestled (Speaking of whom ... please don’t even get me there is seemingly no sacrifice too large for this though, is that it’s not just about two guys, but about control of this UNC basketball team’s personality started on that fellow’s skills. Brandan had been sophomore from Missouri to make in the name a team chock full of talented players —Wright, — albeit at times by fits and starts. A six-foot jet who having a tough game against MSU, getting bounced of the Carolina Blue. Hansbrough, in averaging for instance, will probably be among the first four can get up and down the court faster than practically around a good bit by the Spartan’s post players over 18 points per game during his two seasons at names called in this year’s NBA draft — who all any player we’ve seen (well, outside of Raymond — whose on-court style could best be described UNC, has reached the 1,000-career-points plateau seem to be finally coming together around the twin Felton or Kenny Smith), Lawson possesses the as “football mentality” — but he maintained faster than any other Tar Heel who’s played as a axes of Tyler and Ty to play their best as a team infrequently encountered combination of being focus well enough to make a couple of huge plays, freshman. That list would include guys like Michael here at the end of a long season. able to play the game at breakneck pace and still including a skyscraper blocked shot that helped Jordan, Sam Perkins, Antawn Jamison, Phil Ford, It’s been a season already filled with challenges, remain under control. turn the momentum when things were still tight Joseph Forte, J.R. Reid, Brad Daugherty ... you get some of them unexpected, and there remains When the ball is in Ty’s hands, it’s unlikely an at the end.) the picture. much work to be done before this North Carolina opponent is going to get to it before something good Lawson’s three put the Tar Heels ahead by six Tyler’s 33-point, nine-rebound monster game in basketball team can lay claim to fulfilling its destiny. happens for the Tar Heels. In Saturday’s NCAA and lit the fire of the final push that delivered UNC the win over Michigan State — while playing with But from Carrburritos on the Eastern edge of town, second-round win over Michigan State, Lawson a Sweet 16 date for this Friday night. Ty also calmly a nose broken by a Blue Devil five games previous was relentless in bringing the game straight at the dropped in some important free throws to keep — has elevated him from being a simple ho-hum all the way down Main Street to the Carrboro Plaza Spartans’ nails-tough defense all game long, and still MSU at arm’s length as time began to run thin on garden-variety All-American, national-player-of- ABC Store in the west, folks will salute these Tar had but one turnover against eight assists. the Spartans. the-year candidate into the vicinity of the more Heels as they battle for the privilege to remain in Ty not only ran his Carolina team like a Now for Part II — and certainly not the lesser rarified-air territory of folk hero, Jordan/“The the “conversation” for longer than just another wizard and tirelessly dogged Michigan State main part — of Carolina’s Ty & Tyler tag-team: Tyler Shot”-type legend. week or two.

Weaving into the Fabric kirk ross, editor Unless something happens that we can’t figure about friends from hearing the story of how they access to such things. Add to that the fact that such And although the job was still journalism, the out how to write about in some other way, you won’t got here than perhaps any other conversation. an effort involved traversing long-familiar ground connection between where I walked and what I see too many letters from the editor. My voice is in Few of us are natives and many who are have and you might begin to understand why I seem to wrote was much more nebulous. Some people these pages plenty and part of my job — a good gone away and come back, and there are stories be in a constant state these days of thanking my excel in those situations, but it wasn’t my cup of chunk of it, really — is to get less of me and more in that as well. lucky stars. tea, and I started looking for a way to practice my of you into future issues. It’s been striking how many people in the last Come the end of May, I mark the 23rd year of my profession in the place I live. This space on the Comments page is reserved few years have told me they’re here because world trek across the mountains to the Piedmont. For 17 The search — more of a journey, really — led for ideas and reflection — for your observations events left them ill at ease in a large city. of those years, I worked on Franklin Street and for to these pages and a little office in the 300 block on life in the community and ways to contribute As for me, well, I’ve got a little space yet to go, so most of those years in a newspaper building not of Weaver Street. It’s a little farther west than I’m to its betterment in roughly 500 to 700 words. So settle back for the short version, and not the story far from the Carrboro-Chapel Hill line. Busting out used to, but every bit as familiar, with a view out consider this a call to help us weave this paper into of how I got here originally — that’s a yet-to-be of the newsroom for a walk, whether in search of the window of the corner of Main Street and Jones the fabric of Carrboro. finished novel of dubious quality. This, instead, is sustenance or sanity, was something I’d relied on. Ferry Road and beyond that the PTA Thrift Shop. While experience tells us that there’s no shortage how I got back to Carrboro. There is nothing like walking through a small And a walk downtown sometimes means wandering of opinions around town and the surrounding town waking up in the morning, visiting with by my old apartment above Cliff ’s, my old writer’s countryside on the state of the world, don’t be shy Working my way down the street shopkeepers while they crank out their awnings and studio above Roulette and the establishments where about offering something personal. One thing we’d Last Sunday, I wandered down Weaver Street prep-cook rockers shaking off the night before as I’ll gladly spend time — along with the bulk of like to know falls under the heading of ethnography: from the newspaper office in search of pastry the coffee brews. whatever this enterprise allows me. How did you get here? and a cup of coffee — an act so simple that it’s For the past few years, though, the day started Like a lot of people who live here, this is not my It’s a simple question to ask, but a complicated importance at first escaped me. It’s been a while with a 20-minute (plus) commute saved only by hometown, but it is my home. And it’s good to be one to answer. Over the years, I’ve learned more — four years, in fact — since a short walk afforded the occasional green spaces along Erwin Road. back. So, how’d you get here?

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Wednesday– Beef Burrito w/Salsa; Chicken Patty Carrboro High School goes for the green w/Cheese on a Bun; Whole Kernel Corn; Tossed Salad w/ By Daniel Matchar velopment. High Performance environmental health: sustain- the sinks is going to be heated building Carrboro High are go- Dressing; Chilled Apricots Carrboro High School Columnist Schools (HPS) are designed to able site development, water by solar panels on top of the ing to be recycled. The doors Thursday – Turkey & improve the learning environ- savings, energy efficiency, mate- school. throughout the building are Dressing w/Gravy & Wheat Along with Carrboro High ment while saving energy, mate- rials selection, and indoor envi- The second floor and parts made of wood from protected Roll; Hot Dog on a Bun; School being up-to-date on all rials, and natural resources.” ronmental quality.” of the first floor are going to forests. Outside the school is a Mashed Potatoes; Collard of the latest technology and a Without a doubt, Carrboro The question is, what have have light-sensitive sensors. For city bus stop to promote public Greens; Fruited Gelatin highly professional atmosphere, High School is staying true to the people at Moseley Archi- example, when it’s sunny out- transportation. Friday – BBQ Beef on a Bun; the school is also “going green.” the school board’s wishes. In tects done to Carrboro High Turkey & Noodles w/Wheat side and there is ample natural According to the CHS It was recently given a certifi- fact, Carrboro has recently been School that makes it one of only light, the indoor lights will turn LEED Certificate, Carrboro Roll; Green Beans; Chilled cate naming it an environment- registered as a LEED project Peaches two schools in North Carolina off. When the clouds come out High School is going to be sav- friendly school. Staying true to (Leadership in Energy and En- Monday – Toasted Ham & to meet LEED environmental and cover the sun, the indoor ing the equivalent of nearly 1.7 Cheese Sandwich; Chicken its location, the new high school vironmental Design) through standards? lights will turn back on. million vehicle miles traveled Nuggets w/Sauce & Wheat is building on Carrboro’s already the U.S. Green Building Coun- Through the storage of rain The material on the outside per year. Roll; Steamed Carrots; excellent reputation for caring cil. The intent of LEED is to water, 1.25 million gallons of of the school is designed to re- The message that Carrboro Chilled Pears deeply about the environment. give schools that are willing to drinkable water are going o be flect light, causing the school to High School is trying to send is Tuesday – Macaroni & Beef Policy 9040, written by the be eco-friendly means by which saved. The water collects in a be naturally cooler. Through the that it’s unwilling to settle for w/Tomatoes &Wheat Roll; Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of they can measure the buildings’ large pond outside the school low use of volatile organic com- less than a highly sustainable fa- Hot Dog on a Bun; Garden Education, states that it “sup- “green” performance. from where it then moves into pounds (VOCs), the air quality cility, inside and out. Peas; Baked Beans; Fresh ports the definition of High According their Web site, a storage tank and eventually in the school is going to be ex- Apple Performance Schools provided LEED “promotes a whole- into the toilets. Another feature cellent. Daniel Matchar writes a column below and will incorporate it building approach to sustainabil- of the bathrooms is that the hot In addition, 50 to 75 percent 967-8211 ext. 270 during the design and con- about his new high school for the Info: ity by recognizing performance water that will soon spout from of the waste materials used in struction phases of school de- in five key areas of human and Carrboro Commons.

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friday March 23 ArtsCenter: Ellis Paul, 8:30, $15 Cat’s Cradle: Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey & Bill Rieflin), Johanna Shows this week... Kunin, 9pm, $16 The Cave: Early, Joe Lithgo. Late, 100 Yorktown Local 506: Youth Group, Aquaduct, Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Black North Elementary, 9pm, $8 Open Eye Café: Bob Funck, 8pm Lips, Leo Kottke, Solas saturday March 24 Warning: Former Egyptians Dirty5Thirty, D.LIV(E) with got seats, enjoy the return of Cat’s Cradle: Dean & Britta, Cortney frontman Robyn Hitchcock EROT, Eric Ellington and Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz Tidwell, 8:45pm, $15 The Cave: Early, Greg Thuman. Late, is coming to town Friday, and Alpha Music. at Lincoln Center Orchestra Bengt & The Walkers w/ Exit Clov he can steal your girlfriend if Busy schedule at the ArtsCenter on Sunday, and on Wednesday, Local 506: Battles, Cantwell, Gomez he wants. The guy does it all this week, starting on Wenesday, March 28, welcome back Ben & Jordan, 10pm, $12 – singer, songwriter, guitarist, March 21, with the Peter Rowan Folds to the town where he paid Reservoir: Dark Meat, Drakkar abstract artist, short-story writer and Tony Rice Quartet and a good bit of his dues by hauling Sauna, Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies, 10pm and thespian. Hitchcock will ending next Wednesday, March a rather large piano in and out Open Eye Café: Catbird Seat, 8pm be joined onstage by the Venus 28, with guitar master Leo of places like Local 506. 3: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Young Kottke in for a solo show. His Speaking of Local 506, sunday March 25 Fresh Fellows bassist Scott most recent release, Sixty Six their weekend is looking like McCaughey and drummer Bill Steps, is his second collaboration Aqueduct, North Elementary ArtsCenter: Solas, Mar 25, 7pm, $24 Rieflin of Ministry. The band with Phish bassist Mike Gordon. and Youth Group on Friday, and Local 506: Bishop Allen, Minmae, – which, as Hitchcock points Filling in the center’s week nicely Battles with the ever-dynamic Gray Young, 9pm, $8 out, is also “3/4ths of the Minus is folk singer Ellis Paul on Friday Cantwell, Gomez and Jordan 5 and half of R.E.M” – is on and Irish music supergroup on Saturday. monday March 26 tour promoting its 2006 release, Solas on Sunday. Solas is making Down the street on the West Local 506: Bonde Do Role, Erectro/ Ole Tarantula. good on their promise to play End of Franklin, the Cave is Lock, Mad Happy, 9pm, $8 Other shows at the Cradle the ArtsCenter’s Celtic Concert featuring 100 Yorktown on The Cave: Grey Market, Hammer No this week include the return Series after a snowstorm left Friday and Exit Clov, headed More The Fingers, MoDenA of Atlanta flower punks the the band stuck in Detroit and back home to our nation’s Black Lips on Thursday; the unable to make it to Carrboro capital after playing SXSW, on tuesday March 27 Hazelwood/Sinatra-like Dean for a late-February show. Saturday. Cat’s Cradle: Dirty5Thirty, D-Live w/ & Britta on Saturday and a “Hip Two of the bigger acts EROT, Eric Ellington, Alpha Music, Hop Helps” show Tuesday to coming to town are both playing Mar 27, 9:30pm, $12 benefit the Amani Children’s Memorial Hall, and both sold The Cave: Early, Comedy Open-Mic w/ Mal Ice. Late, The Blue Moon Foundation in Kenya, with the place out fast. So, if you --From Staff Reports Revue Local 506: Coldwar Kids, Tokyo Police Club, Delta Spirit, 9pm, $12 Reservoir: Tim Barry, Josh Small, The Blackwing Yalobusha to fly Wading Girl, 10pm The Moaners’ new release, Wednesday March 28 Blackwing Yalobusha, is already gathering the group a splendid Cat’s Cradle: Matt Wertz, Stephen set of reviews as the duo — just Kellogg & the Sixers, Jon McLaughlin, 8:30pm, $10 back from a trip south that The Cave: Early, Wesley Cook. included Austin, New Orleans Late, Fey and Hattiesburg — get ready Local 506: The Black Angels,Vietnam, for their release party at Cat’s 9:30pm, $10 Cradle. upcoming For the record, out this month on Yep Roc, guitarist Melissa ArtsCenter: Dervish, Mar 29, 8pm, Swingle and drummer Laura King $24. John Jorgenson Quintet, Mar filmed by Yep Roc label chief Tor traveled to the small house in Hanson — is available on the Yep 30, 8:30pm, $20. Walter Valley, Mississippi where Cat’s Cradle: Clipse, Kaze, Free Bass Roc site at http://yeproc.com/ 808, Mar 29, 9:30pm, $20.Ted Leo & blues revival label Fat Possum artist_info.php?artistId=958 or the Pharmacists, Love of Diagrams, once housed its studios. at The Moaners site at www. Mar 30, 9pm, $14. The Moaners, The sessions, amid the ghosts Spider Bags, Un Deux Trois, Mar 31, themoaners.com/ in the heart of delta blues country, The release show for Blackwing 9:30pm, $8. were rockus, as is the record that The Cave: Rose Verhoven, Regina Yalobusha is at Cat’s Cradle, April 19-22 Hexaphone w/ Casados, Mar 30, came out of them. Saturday, March 31, at 9:30 p.m. Mississippi Moan: The Making Loosescrews, Big Fat Gap, Mar 31. Spider Bags and Un Deux Trois Can Joann w/ Jaguar Club, April 1 of Blackwing Yalobusha — a mini- open. Tickets are $8. Local 506: Sons, Calico Haunts, documentary of the trip south 4 Days 4 Stages Heather McIntire, Mar 29, 10pm, Free. and the proceedings in the studio --From Staff Reports More than Fifty Bands! Dance Tent, Kids Area, On-site Camping, Food, Crafts, Workshopss, Fiddler’s and Band Competition and great friendly folks! Photographs by Willa Stein and Auten Mikulka

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