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By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Plans for the Inter-Faith Council’s Community House, a combination transitional shelter and health care center, will get its first official review Tuesday night. The Chapel Hill Planning Board is scheduled to hear a presentation at 7 p.m. at Town Hall on a special-use permit for a two-story, 16,250-square- River-edge ice patterns reward a winter foot building the IFC wants to build on grounds owned by the university at day’s walk. Photo by robert dickson the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Homestead Road. The university board of trustees approved By Ken Moore a site and design plan for the project at flora its November meeting. “We’re ready,” IFC executive direc- New Year’s tor Chris Moran said of the series of presentations and discussion ahead. resolve for weekly Moran said that he expects to hear some concerns raised about the purpose explorations for the building and the town’s recently his time every year, I adopted shelter guidelines, but that the encourage folks to resolve Drew Fogleman, 2, and his sister Eliza, 6, of Hampstead enjoyed the snow last weekend during a visit with their advisory boards are tasked with review- grandparents in Chapel Hill. Southern Orange County received about five inches of snow, the bulk of it falling ing the design of the facility. to walk a trail through Moran said the new design by local local natural areas at least overnight on Saturday and into Sunday morning. The second major snowfall of the year temporarily closed roads with ice and winds, causing sporadic power outages. It was only the 11th recorded snowfall at RDU airport on Christmas architect Josh Gurlitz has changed as every weekend, beginning Day since the National Weather Service started keeping snowfall records there in 1944. a result of feedback over the past few with New Year’s Day. That notion T Photo by Hal fogleman years from the council and residents. was long ago inspired by the Eno “We think we’ve got a good design River Association (enoriver.org) and we expect it will sell itself,” Moran New Year’s Day Hike. Subsequently, said. “Then hopefully for us, after 25 years of searching, we’ll finally have there are guided hikes along the The year in review a permanent home for Community Eno every Sunday through the end This year had a somber undertone, the unmistak- tics and policy, challenging institutions and assump- House. of spring. able impact of an extended period of high unemploy- tions and forcing a reconsideration of long-planned The plans include a 52-bed hous- You can avoid crowds if you plan ment and a fairly stagnant economy. projects in both the public and private sectors. Going ing area with clinics and offices on a your own walk. A good website to While by many measures this community fared forward, we’ll see next spring what will be reaped as 1.8-acre site. The shelter also includes get you started is ncnatural.com/ better than most in riding out the recession, the re- a result of elections this past November. emergency housing space for an addi- TriangleRec cent census data shows that over the past year hun- In our annual Year in Review on pages 4 and 5 of tional 17 people. When Citizen publisher Robert dreds more families slipped below the poverty line. this issue, we look at the hundreds of events — large, The Planning Board is the first of Those above the line, even far above, were not im- small, serious, light and just strange — that marked several advisory boards that will review Dickson told me that he and his mune to worry either. Although it was not the best this year, and also feature some of our favorite photos the project and offer recommendations wife, Vicky, were going to explore of times, it brought out the best in many people and of the year. And on page 6, we recall some of the to the town council ahead of a public the White Pines Preserve on reminded us of this community’s great heart and neighbors we lost along the way. hearing scheduled for March 21. Christmas Eve, I responded: “Wow, strong spirit. Have a wonderful New Year. that area at the confluence of the Unease about the future colored the year in poli- We’ll see you each Thursday in 2011. SEE SHELTER PAGE 3 Deep and Rocky rivers south of Pittsboro is one of my favorite places and I haven’t explored it in years! Take some pics for me.” Robert’s image of the icy pattern VisArt Video closing its doors surrounding the moss-covered knee By susan dickson business over the last three or four years of a submerged log was just one of Staff Writer reflecting a shift in the way people rent several appealing “closer looks” that movies, according to Price. The small he shared. VisArt Video, a mainstay in down- chain of video rental stores has already town Carrboro, will soon close its closed its locations in Durham and Vicky’s verbal image of the day’s doors after more than 20 years rent- Chapel Hill, leaving only the Charlotte hike was equally engaging: “There’s ing DVDs and videos to the public. store open. just something about a river – wa- Manager Cameron Price, who has “It all kind of started with DVDs ter that comes from somewhere worked in the store for 14 years, said taking over, because it started to get else, and goes somewhere else – VisArt will probably close sometime really cheap,” he said. “It’s all digital that’s awe inspiring. And the conflu- within the next week. downloads and movies by mail and ence of two rivers, like the Rocky “We still don’t know the exact those red boxes.” date,” Price said, adding that it will While the store has a number of loyal and Deep, is even more so. depend on whether staff has to remove customers, there weren’t enough to keep “The stark white sycamores at the racks from the store. VisArt’s lease VisArt in business. the edge of the river, the rusted expires in February. cable that once was part of the VisArt has seen a steady decline in SEE VISART PAGE 3 bridge kids crossed to go to school, the high bluffs over the river and the silver and rainbow-colored ice Light of a different color that traps the river at its margins are all brought into vivid relief by recently . . . the starkness of the winter land- By Valarie Schwartz scape. Your attention is drawn to A covering of snow like we saw things you might not notice in any this past week has transporting other season.” properties. Snow days of my child- hood in Dallas were generally magi- cal, and as rare as they were here SEE FLORA PAGE 8 during the mid-20th century. My first snow memory starts with the light in the house before I’d gotten out of bed. Light reflected from the snow on the ground lightened spirits inside and brightened rooms. This latest snow remained on the trees throughout the first day, In Memoriam blanketing each one with thick tufts tucked onto all horizontal – See page 6 and even some vertical – surfaces of rough-trunked trees like loblolly index pines. Though each tree was likely cloaked, the uniqueness of the many Community ...... 2 varieties provided a multi-faceted Community Briefs ...... 2 backdrop as I sat in the hot tub on House Calls ...... 2 my icy deck, soaking the swollen Community Calendar ...... 2 knee that otherwise kept me house- News ...... 3 bound during the snow event. A Obituary ...... 6 nearby dogwood tree towered like Opinion ...... 6 a giant cotton plant heavily laden Classifieds ...... 7 Water Watch ...... 8 SEE RECENTLY PAGE 3 Along Morgan Creek near King’s Mill on Sunday Photo by Johnny Randall 2 thursday, december 30, 2010 Community The Carrboro Citizen Briefs House Calls Jazz concert to benefit IFC More Literacy Bags Practicing family physicians from the UNC The Bradshaw Quartet and Christen Campbell available at library Department of Family Medicine have teamed up will perform a concert to benefit the Inter-Faith Due to popular demand, the Orange County with The Carrboro Citizen to bring you a weekly Council at 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 at United Church of Main Library is offering more Literacy Bags with feature responding to your questions about Chapel Hill. several books on various themes. health and medicine. Send your questions or The Bradshaw Quartet was founded in 2003 More than 80 literacy bags on a variety of themes comments to [email protected] to extend the musical fellowship they enjoy as the are available, including several bilingual bags with United Voices of Praise Gospel Choir rhythm sec- books in both English and Spanish. More early This week we respond to encouraged me to eat more herpes medicine and took a tion. The group will showcase selected jazz stan- childhood education-themed bags and juvenile fic- fish. I am concerned about dards, new interpretations of R&B and pop classics questions about mercury in culture that came back positive tion bags have been added to the collection. With fish, herpes infections and mercury, especially for my for herpes. I have heard that and original compositions. the bags, parents, children, teachers and others can bruises. children. Can you give me some you can’t get herpes from a Christen Campbell has performed as a jazz quickly check out 10 books on particular themes. guidance? partner unless they are having singer in dozens of major cities around the world. The loan period is three weeks with one renewal Dear HOUSE Calls, Can symptoms. Is this true? United Church is located at 1321 Martin Lu- allowed, unless a hold has been placed on that par- bruises be dangerous? I’m a Efforts to avoid mercury are ther King Jr. Blvd. ticular bag. healthy young person but a important. This is especially We are sorry for your Music-therapy program A complete list of the Literacy Bag themes, along klutz. I’m always covered with true during pregnancy and experience. Unfortunately, with the books each bag contains, is available at the bumps and bruises. Someone for young children because of it seems that you already receives donation library’s Children’s Services Desk. For more informa- the effects of mercury on the Voices Together, a local music- tion, visit www.co.orange.nc.us/library/literacybags. told me that a bruise can turn know the answer to your therapy program, has received a asp or call 245-2532. into a blood clot. Is that true? developing brain. You should question. A person is less donation of musical instruments consider eating fish lower on likely to get herpes from an A bruise can turn into a from the Fender Music China fir selected as the food chain and not eating asymptomatic partner; but blood clot just under the Foundation. Hillsborough Treasure Tree those every day. Fish that infected people without skin or a hematoma, but Voices Together is The Hillsborough Tree Board has selected a China are highest in mercury are symptoms still give off viruses, not the kind of deep blood one of 12 programs fir as its second Treasure Tree. at the top of the food chain albeit at lower levels. So yes, clot that can occur in the nationwide that The tree, located at 392 St. Mary’s Road, is a pyra- (shark, swordfish, tilefish, king it is possible to catch herpes was chosen to legs or lungs. So don’t worry midal evergreen tree with an exotic appearance. It was mackerel). Fish with lower this way. The good news is receive instru- about bumps and bruises. selected for its rarity, exceptional height and overall levels of mercury are salmon, that herpes outbreaks are ments funded by Cunninghamia lanceolata, But you might want to worry beauty. The China fir, is a tuna, tilapia, most white treatable and preventable. the foundation’s highly prized tree in its native country. It was intro- about the causes of your falls fish and most freshwater But we would be remiss if “Adopt a Music duced into the U.S. in 1804 and is most commonly and the potential for more fish.I f you eat fish higher we did not remind you about Program. Save a found in the South. It has fragrant, reddish-brown serious injuries. You could Life,” fundraiser. in mercury, consider doing the risk of other sexually bark that sheds in long strips. consider taking yoga or other The program focuses on providing music thera- so infrequently and in small transmitted infections and The Tree Board encourages citizens to look out for martial arts or dance classes py for individuals with developmental disabilities. portions. pregnancy with unprotected trees with exceptional qualities to nominate as future to help develop balance and Programs had to demonstrate that they taught Treasure Trees. Nomination forms are available on sex. coordination. You could also Dear HOUSE Calls, I music to those who would otherwise not have the the Tree Board page of the Town of Hillsborough’s opportunity and that they were committed to the discuss this with your family am 27 years old and recently website, ci.hillsborough.nc.us, or by calling Public House Calls is a weekly ongoing success of their program. Works supervisor Ken Hines at 732-1270, ext. 78. doctor to make sure there is had unprotected sex with my nothing causing the klutziness girlfriend. She’s had herpes but column by Dr. Adam Gold- and then develop a strategy was not having an outbreak. stein, Dr. Cristy Page and Calendar for prevention. Good luck. The next day, she developed Dr. Adam Zolotor on behalf symptoms and three days later of Your Health and the Dear HOUSE Calls, I Tuesday Jan 4 Men. Carrboro Century Center, Compassionate Friends I developed two bumps. 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The Carrboro Police Department announced and coordinating these objectives with the Or- Hill Planning Department, said ally majestic with its long beans In a city where millions lived on Tuesday that rape suspect Frank Cruz, 33, has ange County Board of Commissioners. after the presentations on Tues- trailing like tassels out of twisted and millions more worked, I been charged with additional rapes that occurred Citizens interested in planning and devel- day night the Planning Board snow clumps; the wild cherry stood alone – the silence bro- in 2005 and 2006. opment issues are encouraged to apply. Gen- will take public comments. Once tree appeared both stately and ken only by the pounding of my Cruz, of 224 Rolling Road, Burlington, was al- eral planning knowledge is preferred but not it opens the review, he said, the sinister with its upward-reaching heart. Something awoke inside, ready in custody after he was charged with another required. board has 35 days to forward a branches clad in white. Cloud- replacing the hot-white anger rape that occurred in March 2006. He was arrested To apply online, visit www.co.orange.nc.us/ set of recommendations to the draped, they were all dressed the with a caressing warmth that on Oct. 21 after a DNA analysis of evidence at the boards. For more information, call Donna Baker council. same, yet individual characteris- dulled my disappointment and scene linked him to the crime. The new charges are at 245-2130 or Jeanette Jones at 245-2125. tics of each earth-springing cre- made life again seem wondrous. related to rapes in November 2005 and January ation stood evident. Remembering that walk 2006 and include second-degree rape, first-degree Rabid raccoon The sight took me back to the and not being able to venture burglary, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree “We think we’ve A raccoon found in Chapel Hill tested posi- greatest snow experience of my out in this past snow spurred sexual offense, attempted second-degree sexual of- tive for rabies last week at the State Laboratory life, on Feb. 14, 1981, when I me to see the doctor who as- fense and communicating threats. got a good design of Public Health. lived in Los Angeles but became pirated fluid from my knee, Evidence at the scene of both crimes again The raccoon was submitted after a resident in and we expect it stranded in New York City dur- freeing me from near-crippling linked Cruz to the incidents. the vicinity of Tadley Drive and Ridgecrest Drive ing a blizzard that paralyzed the pain, returning my former Chatham sets landfill meetings saw it in a fenced-off area under a porch while will sell itself.” East Coast. Not being able to re- abilities, helping me to again walking a dog. The resident removed the dog turn home cancelled yearned-for rejoice in the wonders of life. Chatham County has scheduled community from the area and contacted authorities, who eu- Valentine’s Day plans, leaving Snow brings light of a dif- meetings to discuss the evaluation criteria that will thanized the raccoon and removed it for testing. In addition to the Planning me feeling helpless and angry. ferent color, solitude within a be used to narrow the list of potential landfill sites, The dog was currently vaccinated against ra- Board meeting, the schedule for When I could no longer stand universal family, and a blanket with the first meeting set for Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. at bies and received a booster shot within 120 hours advisory board review of the IFC being cooped up inside my ho- of uniformity that accentuates the Western Senior Center in Siler City. Other of exposure, which is required under North Car- proposal is as follows: tel room, I furiously layered on differences. meetings will be held Jan. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cha- olina law. Animals exposed to rabies that have • Jan. 13, Transportation all the clothes I had with me As we enter the second de- tham Community Library; and Jan 20, 6:30-8:30 not been vaccinated must either be destroyed or Board; and walked outside, stomping cade of this still-new millenni- p.m., Moncure Fire Department. quarantined for six months. • Jan. 19, Parks and Recre- my way from the westside east- um, may you find the elements After the meetings, the project team will nar- So far this year, Orange County has received ation Commission; ward. When I reached Park Av- required to refresh your senses, row the list of nine potential sites to three sites 11 positive rabies tests. If any possible exposure • Jan. 25, Bicycle and Pedes- enue, I crossed onto the median restore your balance and open for the next stage of evaluation. Information to a bat, raccoon or fox is suspected, call Animal trian Advisory Board; and strip and, looking toward what you to the possibilities avail- that will be discussed at the meetings is available Control at 245-2075 or call 911. • Jan. 26, Community De- was then the Pan Am build- able to anyone with the cour- online at chathamnc.org/Index.aspx?page=1402 sign Commission. ing, suddenly realized that not age to strive. Transportation meeting Gordon Allen dies The Town of Pittsboro seeks input on the Gordon Allen, who represented Orange and VISART dearly missed, especially since about movies and could help transportation facilities needed to serve project- it’s the only independent vid- you find very obscure films. Person counties and served in both the N.C. ed future growth in and around the town. from page 1 House and Senate, died last week. He was 81. eo store left in town,” adding “VisArt has been a treasure A public meeting to learn about the Comprehen- that the store has been a great to this town, and has given us Allen, owner of a Roxboro insurance com- sive Transportation Plan process and to provide feed- pany, served in the Senate from1969 to 1975. “They’re all just really neighbor for his music club. access to high art and culture back on future planned roadways will be held Jan. 6 sad,” Price said. “It’s hun- Mia Prior, a VisArt cus- that we cannot get easily else- He was elected president pro-tem and majority from 4 to 7 p.m. in the CCCC multipurpose room. leader in 1971 and played a key role during the dreds of people saying the ex- tomer for 20 years, said she where. In fact, I fear that the reorganization of the UNC system and the ex- Holiday closings act same thing over and closing of the store is pansion of the state’s community colleges. over again. closing the door to Orange County solid waste convenience cen- After 20 years as a lobbyist for the N.C. “You know it’s sincere; finding out about a lot ters and the landfill – along with all associated Bankers Association, Allen returned to the Gen- but at the same time, it’s “There was a reason I worked of these great movies services, like the hazardous waste facility and eral Assembly in 1997. He retired in 2005. ‘where have you been for for many people.” mulch sales – will close at 2 p.m. on Friday and the last five years?’” he here for almost 15 years. Most of the store’s Planning board vacancy remain closed New Year’s Day. added. 12 employees have Chapel Hill Transit will operate on a Satur- It was the best job I ever had. Orange County seeks applications from resi- The store is selling its other part-time jobs, day Service schedule (no U or NU service) on DVDs and other mer- I got to be surrounded Price said, so they won’t dents of Little River Township to serve on the Friday. There will be no service Jan. 1-2. county’s planning board. chandise, much of which be unemployed once is already gone. by movies all the time.” VisArt closes. “We still have a lot But though he left, but a lot of what we won’t be unemployed, Study says tobacco effort working have is stuff people have Price said he is “really Tobacco-prevention programs bacco Prevention and Evaluation at least $10 in lower long-term never heard of,” Price said, loved the store’s unusual se- going to miss working” at funded by the N.C. Health and Program (TPEP). medical costs.” adding that there were some lection. VisArt. Wellness Trust Fund continue “Tobacco-prevention pro- The report found that Health good movies left, but custom- “Just browsing the store “There was a reason I to pay dividends: Fewer youth grams are a key part of our state’s and Wellness Trust Fund pro- ers might have to dig to find and looking at the employee worked here for almost 15 continue to take up smoking, arsenal against fighting cancer grams are in part responsible for them. picks was educational, “ she years. It was the best job I more public places have become – the leading cause of death in preventing more than 53,000 Frank Heath, owner of said. “The other thing I loved ever had,” he said. “I got to smoke-free and more adults that North Carolina – and reducing youths from starting to smoke Cat’s Cradle, next door to was the knowledge of the be surrounded by movies all smoke are quitting. health care costs,” said Adam since 2003 and last year helped VisArt’s 7,000-square-foot people who worked behind the time.” That’s the conclusion of the Goldstein, director of TPEP. support more than 8,000 North space, said, “VisArt will be the counter. They knew a lot 2010 annual independent evalu- “For every dollar North Caro- Carolinians through QuitlineNC, ation of the programs conducted lina spends on tobacco-use pre- a free telephone cessation service. by researchers at the UNC To- vention, the state probably saves – UNC News Services carrborocitizen.com/classifieds

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u In January u In April Citing the poor economy, UNC’s Temps announces it Residents debate an urban deer hunt as Chapel Hill holds a will close. forum on deer population control. State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird says she will seek another term. Three suspects are arrested and charged with first-degree murder The statewide indoor smoking ban for most restaurants and after allegedly throwing a victim from a car in Northern Orange nightclubs takes effect. County on March 29. In a move that could aid plans for a new Inter-Faith shelter, the Early voting starts in the primaries and the Orange County Chapel Hill Town Council approves new shelter guidelines. Schools Board of Education election. The new Orange County main Library opens on Margaret Lane Hillsborough invites the public to submit ideas on a downtown in Hillsborough. proposed rail station. Town and county managers inform their boards that it will be Vimala Rajendran, gaining a reputation for her Indian cooking, another difficult budget year. announces she’ll open a restaurant. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools’ Phoenix Academy celebrates UNC is awarded a $14.5-million stimulus grant to expand its its first graduating class genetic research facility in Bingham Township. Carrboro and Chapel Hill see a wave of car break-ins. Orange County commissioners cut 21 open county positions Real estate markets continue to slow down while the state re- and promise to cut more as the county’s budget picture dims. ports record foreclosures. A report by Orange County Emergency Services says the service is failing to meet performance goals and needs additional funding. A gazebo at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery is dedicated in memory of Rebecca Clark, who died in 2009. u In February Hillsborough Town Manager Eric Peterson announces the town The News and Observer Publishing Co. announces the sale of is looking into records backdating at the police department. its Franklin Street headquarters to Top of the Hill’s Scott Maitland, Chapel Hill and Orange County reach an agreement for an u In June who plans to open a distillery. artificial-turf soccer field at Cedar Falls Park. A major winter storm drops eight inches of snow, causing a near- UNC system President Erskine Bowles criticizes cuts for the Tony Waldrop, UNC’s vice chancellor for research and eco- complete shutdown of travel and commerce, days of closed schools system in Gov. Beverly Perdue’s proposed budget. nomic development and a former UNC track star, is named provost and widespread inconvenience. Demario Atwater pleads guilty to federal carjacking, kidnapping of the University of Central Florida. NASA climate scientist James Hansen, members of the Sierra and firearms charges in exchange for life in prison without parole in WCOM-FM, Carrboro’s community radio station, remains at Club and university students and faculty gather at UNC’s co-gener- the slaying of UNC Student Body President Eve Carson. 103.5 on the dial but moves its studio from the corner of Greens- ation plant and ask that the school stop burning coal. Carrboro and state transportation officials say they’ve reached a boro and Weaver streets to a building off Main Street near Cat’s Local restaurants, clubs and organizations hold a community- major breakthrough in negotiations on a design for Smith Level Road. Cradle. wide effort to raise funds for relief in Haiti after a massive earth- Students hold a walkout at a speech by former Republican con- Orange County commissioners hear from the public on a pro- quake devastates the country. gressman Tom Tancredo. His speech on campus a year earlier led posed sales-tax hike. The quarter-cent hike would require voters’ A debate over plans to pave a section of the proposed Bolin to protests and arrests. approval via a November referendum. Creek Greenway heats up. Early-vote totals are lower than normal in the primary elections. Carrboro police say DNA testing helped solve the 1984 rape and The family of Atlas Fraley, a Chapel Hill High School athlete Census takers begin household surveys in Hillsborough. murder case of a 7-year-old girl at the Rocky Brook Mobile Home who died after being left alone at home by a county paramedic, files Orange County receives a $150,000 state grant to protect 153 Park. George Richard Fisher, in prison for a similar crime, eventu- a lawsuit against the county and the paramedic. acres of farmland in Schley. ally pleads guilty in the case. It grows increasingly clear to basketball fans here and elsewhere According to statistics kept by the Orange Water and Sewer Orange County adopts a $175.3-million budget and holds the that this will not be one of the Tar Heels’ best seasons. Authority, April 2010 is the driest April on record. ad valorem tax rate to 85.8 cents per $100 of valuation. As filing season opens, Hillsborough police Chief Clarence Birk- The Chapel Hill Town Council approves a $52.6-million head announces a run against Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass. Pender- budget, holding the town’s tax rate at $49.4 per $100 of valuation. grass, the state’s longest-tenured sheriff, files for re-election. u In May The council also agrees to sell bonds for library expansion, sidewalk The community mourns the loss of Tom Robinson, who sold improvements and parks projects. seafood here for four decades, most of that time from the little Incumbents Barry Jacobs and Lindy Pendergrass and newcomer After an investigation into department record-keeping practices, white concrete market in downtown Carrboro. Earl McKee win their primary races. Hillsborough’s police department withdraws from the Commission Chapel Hill holds a public hearing about a potential ban on cell Secretary of State Elaine Marshall falls short of the necessary on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies. phone use while driving. threshold for an outright win in the U.S. Senate primary and draws OWASA approves a scaled-down rate increase averaging 9.25 Gloria Steinem hosts a fundraiser in Chapel Hill in support of a second race against second-place finisher Cal Cunningham. percent. Private Violence, a documentary on domestic violence by local film- At a press conference with state officials and representatives of Club Nova cuts the ribbon on a completed renovation including makers Cynthia Hill and Rebecca Cerese. the Sierra Club, Chancellor Holden Thorp announces the univer- new murals and improvements to its clubhouse. sity will end its use of coal by 2020. Hog Day returns to its old spot in Hillsborough. Much barbe- Chapel Hill and county leaders meet to try to develop a frame- cue is consumed. work for a deal on library services. The class of 2010 graduates. u In March The ArtsCenter celebrates 35 years with an outdoor Cirque des County commissioners agree to a November referendum asking Civil-liberties champion and longtime UNC law professor Dan Artes and a major new fund drive. for the authority to hike sales taxes a quarter-cent. The bulk of the Pollitt dies at 88. Rita Bongarten is named the new principal for Frank Porter money would go to schools and economic-development efforts. Former Hillsborough Mayor Joe Phelps and Carrboro Board Graham Elementary School. Author and Chapel Hill resident Timothy Tyson along with of Aldermen member Joal Hall Broun file to challenge incumbent Carrboro police conduct pedestrian decoy operations to snare state NAACP head Rev. William Barber and two others are ar- Barry Jacobs in the race for an at-large seat on the Orange County drivers who ignore people using crosswalks downtown, handing out rested after a sit-in protest at a Wake County Board of Education Board of Commissioners 47 citations. meeting. Chapel Hill adopts an inclusionary-zoning ordinance aimed at Former U.S. Rep. Ike Andrews dies at 84. After failing to get the deal it wanted from the town, the Chapel expanding the range of housing stock and making more of it avail- The Carrboro Farmers’ Market launches Truck Bucks — a new Hill Museum board of directors announces that the 14-year-old able to low- and moderate-income families. currency that allows patrons to use credit cards or government food museum will close. The Inter-Faith Council begins a series of community conversa- benefits cards to purchase food at the market. The Town of Carrboro bids farewell to Town Clerk Sarah Wil- tions on the proposed new Community House on Martin Luther Pittsboro and Chatham County officials announce a task force liamson, who started working for the town in 1972. King Jr. Boulevard. to develop plans for rebuilding the Pittsboro Courthouse. The Inter-Faith Council files for a permit to build a new shelter A raccoon found at the corner of Columbia Street and Mount Car- Brothers Joey and Freddie Shelton are hailed as heroes for foiling and move the IFC Community House from downtown to a site mel Church Road becomes the first confirmed rabies case of the year. a daylight abduction in downtown Chapel Hill. near the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Homestead Local health care-reform advocates cheer on the passage of OWASA officials get an earful at a hearing on a proposed rate Road. sweeping federal reform legislation after a bruising yearlong battle hike. Brothers Joey and Freddie Shelton receive the keys to the Town in Congress. Citing concerns about county plans for the area and asking for of Chapel Hill. Two people are killed in a townhouse fire on Legion Road. more information, Carrboro officials refuse to sign off on a change A wet winter has local growers scrambling to get fields ready for in water and sewer boundaries in Efland. market season. The Chapel Hill Town Council and developer Roger Perry of u In July The Chapel Hill Town Council agrees to hold off for a while on East West Partners discuss initial plans for Obey Creek, a major a proposed bond sale for a library expansion. retail, office and residential development on U.S. 15-501 directly Carrboro United Methodist Church celebrates its centennial. The historic Pittsboro Courthouse is destroyed by fire. across from Southern Village. The Chapel Hill Museum closes its doors and makes plans to Hillsborough police Chief Clarence Birkhead resigns. Demario Atwater pleads guilty in state court to the first-degree distribute its collection. The UNC Men’s Basketball team beats the Rhode Island Rams, murder of former UNC Student Body President Eve Carson. Under A crowd of nearly 100 citizens turns out to protest plans for a 68-67, and advances to the title game in the National Invitational a plea agreement, District Attorney Jim Woodall agrees to drop the dramatic hike in sewer fees in Efland. Tournament. death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea carrying a sentence of Chapel Hill High student Kristen Powers, organizer of the Andrew Douglas Dalzell, a former Carrboro resident suspected life without parole. school’s Green Tiger program, attends a White House ceremony in the 1997 disappearance of Deborah Key, is sentenced to nearly UNC trustees approve site plans for a new UNC law school in as one of 15 high-schoolers recognized by Vice President Joe 27 years in federal prison for attempting to seduce underage girls in the area occupied by . Biden as a member of Parade magazine’s All-American High an Internet chat room. Carrboro approves an $18.5-million budget keeping the town’s School Service Team. tax rate steady at 58.94 cents. 2010: The Year in Review

u In November In what President Barack Obama describes as a “shellacking,” Democrats loose control of the N.C. House and Senate for the first time since 1898. In Orange County, the GOP does not win a race. In Chatham, the GOP takes all three county commis- sioner seats. Orange County voters narrowly reject the proposed quarter- cent sales tax referendum. James Harris, Carrboro’s community- and economic-de- velopment director, announces he will retire after 29 years of service. Residents express concerns about a potential deal to put a new building with a CVS drugstore as the anchor at the corner of Greensboro and Weaver streets. OPC Area Program, the local governmental agency that oversees publicly funded mental health, developmental disabil- Open Eye Cafe’s Scott Conary flies to London to be head judge ity and substance abuse services, enters into merger negotiations of the 11th annual World Barista Championship. u In September with an agency in Alamance and Caswell counties. Carrboro forms its Centennial Committee. UNC head football coach Butch Davis announces the suspension Residents decry a proposal to start a town Development In a summer that eventually sets the record for number of days of defensive tackle Marvin Austin. Several more suspensions follow. Agreement process on the Obey Creek project, citing decades above 90 degrees, a heat wave of 100-plus temperatures settles in The Carrboro High School Jaguars continue the impressive start of consensus on the property. The Chapel Hill Town Council for days. to their football season by walloping Orange High 30-0. agrees to further study before considering one. Carrboro updates its invasive-plants list. Mulch sales resume at the landfill. Harrington Bank sends a letter to the town saying it will not UNC announces a massive expansion of its Bingham research Carrboro dedicates its new fire station on Homestead Road, meet a year-end deadline to settle issues with regulators. Car- facility off N.C. 54 despite long-running environmental concerns showing off its green features. rboro’s banking contract is later awarded to BB&T. raised by its neighbors. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen pick Harrington Bank as the Chapel Hill Assistant Police Chief Chris Blue, who moved to One man is killed and two are injured in the mid-afternoon town’s new banking partner, provided the company can satisfy town when he was 12, is named the department’s new chief of crash of a flight at Horace Williams Airport. capitalization concerns raised by its regulator. police. UNC says the sluggish economy has led to a change of plans, Cornucopia Cancer Support Center moves to new digs on Developers brief the Chapel Hill Town Council on the major and a public-private innovation center will not be the first build- Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard. redevelopment planned for University Square. ing at Carolina North. University officials also say that its AHEC Catherine C. Wilson, town clerk for Kiawah Island, S.C., is A prison inmate at UNC Hospitals for treatment escapes, air operations will likely be moved in 2011 after a new hangar is named Carrboro’s new town clerk. steals a UNC police car and leads officers from several law-en- completed at RDU. Chatham County and Central Carolina Community Col- forcement agencies on a high-speed chase through town. After Duke Energy awards Durham Tech $250,000 for a sustainable- lege (CCCC) officials hold a joint ribbon cutting to open the new crashing near Mebane, he is arrested. technologies program at the community college’s Hillsborough Chatham Community Library and the Sustainable Technologies Two sanitation workers fired by the town of Chapel Hill file campus. Building on the CCCC campus in Pittsboro. grievances with the town and a complaint with the U.S. Equal The NCAA initiates an investigation of the university’s football Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board member Joe Green resigns Employment Opportunity Commission. program. to take a position at Marquette University. Neil Pedersen, who has served 17 years as superintendent of A large number of nursing moms gather in Southern Village as Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, announces he’ll retire. part of the World’s Breastfeeding Challenge. u In December The family of sends an open letter to the commu- The Orange County Board of Commissioners votes 5-2 to close nity saying the coach is experiencing memory loss. the county dental clinic at Carr Mill Mall and consolidate dental Ideas are bandied about for what to do with the old Chapel Hill A proposed framework for library services and support between services at the county’s Hillsborough clinic. Library building on East Franklin Street. Chapel Hill and Orange County gets mixed reviews, with several Two of the six defendants charged with the first-degree kidnap- Local government, university and business leaders discuss council members saying it doesn’t go far enough. ping and murder of 20-year-old Joshua Bailey plead guilty to lesser the potential for a new collaboration on economic-development charges in a plea agreement. efforts. Despite objections by some nearby residents, Carrboro and the Forestry-management plans for about 1,900 acres of OWA- u In August N.C. Department of Transportation strike a deal on improvements SA-owned land near the Cane Creek Plans Reservoir draw an to Smith Level Road. It took 30 years. angry response from hundreds of residents. The utility’s board Carl Maytac becomes the new N.C. Cooperative Extension agrees to postpone a decision and extend the public-comment director for Orange County. period. UNC says it will relinquish its $14.5-million stimulus grant Chapel Hill planners hold a discussion about future develop- and greatly scale down its plans at its Bingham research facility. u In October ment in the Ephesus Road-Fordham Boulevard area. A deal between Alamance Regional Medical Center and The Chapel Hill Town Council bests the Carrboro Board of Plans by management of The Courtyard to build an 88-space UNC clears the way for a new UNC Hospital near the Durham Aldermen in a WCHL Quiz Bowl. parking deck and convert top-floor spaces to apartments wins Tech campus in Hillsborough. Hillsborough selects Duane Hampton, a lieutenant with the approval. Former track star and UNC assistant coach Antonio Pet- Durham Police Department, as its new chief of police. Harrington Bank officials say capital problems that led to tigrew is found dead in the back seat of his car on a bridge at An oil leak from an old underground tank causes a strong new enforcement actions by regulators have been resolved. Jordan Lake. His death is later ruled a suicide. smell of oil near the intersection of Robert Hunt Drive and North The Carrboro High School Jaguars end the winningest foot- The N.C. 54 park-and-ride lot goes permit only. Greensboro Street. ball season in school history with a hard-fought loss in the third Carrboro engineers and officials hold a series of discussions Two banks – one in Hillsborough and one in Chapel Hill – are round of the 2A state playoffs. on the town’s pending big dig along Weaver Street. robbed in the same week. Police say the robberies are unrelated. Residents tell the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board that a Weaver Street Market announces that changing the discount Chapel Hill suspends and later fires two sanitation workers, new superintendent needs to be prepared to work hard to close system, cost cutting and a hiring freeze saved about $750,000 sparking protests from the NAACP and others. the achievement gap. and helped the co-op turn a profit after losing $1.2 million in Brumley Forest, a 613-acre property between Hillsborough and In a moving eulogy at a service in Raleigh, Cate Edwards the previous year. Chapel Hill, is turned over to the Triangle Land Conservancy. remembers the life of her mother, Elizabeth Edwards. An electrical fire shuts down The ArtsCenter for a couple of It is dedicated to the family of George and Julia Brumley, who Brad Broadwell, Orange County’s director of economic de- days. died with their two children and other relatives in a plane crash in velopment, resigns. Longtime columnist Eddy Landreth starts writing a weekly Kenya in 2003. Orange County commissioners agree to plans to spend $1.47 UNC sports column for The Carrboro Citizen. Work begins on a new food-processing center for local farmers million on renovations to the county health and dental clinic in Following complaints by a national anti-abortion organiza- in Hillsborough. Hillsborough. tion, the UNC system begins allowing students enrolled in the Early voting begins in the general election. After mixed results in the early season, basketball fans here student health plan to opt out of an elective abortion benefit. Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran announces his retirement. and elsewhere remain unsure if this will be a good year for the Chatham County narrows its landfill search. Chatham County receives a $25-million Rural Development Tar Heels. A new solar array is dedicated at the Maple View Agricultural loan to construct a new judicial center in Chatham County. Chapel Hill officials announce they’re in talks with University Center. Neal Cassada, suspected in the 2008 murder of Irina Yarmo- Mall owner Madison Marquette about moving the town library The Carrboro Board of Aldermen deadlocks on whether to lenko, dies a day before he was set to go on trial for the killing. into space now occupied by Dillard’s instead of expanding the cur- shift its banking services to Harrington Bank or BB&T. Business leaders launch a sustained effort to rally support for the rent library. Davidson College president and UNC School of Law gradu- quarter-cent sales-tax hike. ate Thomas Ross is named as the new UNC system president. Orange County officials announce they have a contract on land on Hillsborough Road in downtown Carrboro as a possible site for a southwestern branch library. Halloween in Chapel Hill continues to see lower attendance thanks to an effort to make it very difficult to get an automobile into town. 6 thursday, december 30, 2010 Opinion The Carrboro Citizen letters Dictating medical needs I am a longtime resident of Chapel Hill as well as a patron of Since 2007 the town’s Easy Rider bus service since its inception. To be eligible to use Easy Rider, it is necessary Your Communityj Newspaper to show that you cannot physical- ly utilize the regular town buses. Locally Owned & Operated Reservations for delivery and pick-up are required to be made from the editor at least two days in advance. However, in case of emergencies, one may call on the day that it is Remainders needed and hope to be able to be People sure meet a lot around here. Not just at res- worked into the schedule for that day. Therefore, one-day reserva- taurants and nightclubs, but officially, with minutes tions are made by persons who and presentations and decisions and all that. not only have a physical handicap Counting all the advisory boards, the number of but also have a particular need meeting hours in Chapel Hill and Carrboro is in the that had not been anticipated. thousands. As happens every December after several I like to be independent as much as possible, but through the hours spent compiling our annual year in review issue, years Easy Rider has come in very the time I spent observing officialdom sinks in. handy when I do not have a car This year, I logged about 200 hours attending or or the weather is precarious. On watching the meetings of the two towns’ elected Thursday, Dec. 16, I called Easy boards. And thanks to the magic of the interwebs, Rider since the weather was severe In memoriam and I needed a ride to the Com- I even got to go back and look at a few of those munity Center swimming pool. precious hours twice. Most of what stood out has A remembrance of some among those our community lost this year: I have made this same call many already appeared in The Citizen in the form of a times in the past and have always dryly written report to the people on what’s being been accommodated. However, this time I was told done in their name. Some weeks, trying to get ev- that same-day reservations could erything that happened into print involves serious no longer be made except for triage, and other weeks it really would be easier to medical appointments. When I describe paint drying. said that I would be happy to pro- As you might guess, there are some pretty inter- vide a prescription from my doc- tor stating that swimming was esting moments that never make it into the meeting a vital component of my health wrap-up. Naturally, there is the occasional expression maintenance, I was told that this of outrage and fury. But there are far more moments “would not fly.” My doctor has when passion for an issue comes out in an eloquent, always praised me for taking care of myself with regular physical ex- well thought-out statement that you just know some- ercise so that my severe disability body sat up half the night thinking how to word. does not require time-consuming Then there are the oddball moments, when the pro- and expensive medical interven- cess veers outside of Robert’s Rules of Order. As when tions. the other evening the county commissioners partici- Since when does the town, rather than my own doctor, dic- pated in a demonstration of one of the dozens of defi- Ashley Osment Rob Hogan tate what are my medical needs? brillators the county had purchased. Hilarity ensued. Since when does the town decide The oddest moment at Carrboro Town Hall came what is important, and what is during a lengthy public hearing on Smith Level Road. not important, for a handicapped After a series of opponents of the deal with DOT person who is requesting assis- tance for something that he or she had made their case, Mayor Mark Chilton, who had feels is vital at the time? worked hard to reach the compromise, uttered the fol- My three phone messages to lowing words: “I’m going to recognize myself.” The the director of transportation ser- mayor then walked up to the podium and in a 20-min- vices were never returned. Perhaps he was at a medical appointment. ute soliloquy laid out the realities as he saw them. I hope it was “authorized.” My favorite moment from the other side of the Carla Shuford tracks came during a slow-moving evening of pub- Chapel Hill lic hearings by the Chapel Hill Town Council. An engineer working for Lowe’s was going through the OBITUARY technical aspects of a proposed expansion of the company’s outdoor area and the elimination of a Timothy Cole parking lot. Then he came to the reason a particular Timothy Christopher Cole light pole in the delivery area had to be moved. departed this life Dec. 23, “This light post has become a target for most trac- 2010. He was the beloved son Tom Robinson Dan Polllitt of Anne Cole of Chapel Hill, tor-trailer drivers who come into the parking area,” he N.C., and Byron Cole of Cary, said, then added: “This light post has lived a hard life.” Kenneth p. strong, longtime PlayMakers Rep- N.C. Timothy was born in And, get this, they pay me to watch this stuff. ertory Company actor and dramatic arts professor at Columbus, Ohio, but spent UNC, of cancer. his childhood and much of his Carolyn Roycroft Cobb, a member of the Pres- adult life in Chapel Hill. He ervation Society and the Cancer Task Force for North attended St. Thomas More El- letters policy Carolina and a Brownie and Girl Scout leader. ementary School and Chapel Tom Robinson, seafood merchant and a sharp-wit- Hill High School. A graduate Letters should be no more than 425 words in length and ted, sometimes-acerbic, honest and forthright individual, of the University of North Car- must be accompanied by the author’s name, address and following a brief illness. olina at Chapel Hill, he also contact information. received a master’s degree from We will publish one letter per author per month. Lengthy Dan pollitt, civil-liberties champion, civil-rights letters written in longhand will mysteriously become lost. pioneer and longtime UNC law professor, at 88. the University of North Caro- Emailed letters are preferred. That said, send your letters to: Virginia e. tolliver, teacher, administrator and lina at Charlotte. He received Letters to the editor civic leader. his law degree from North Box 248 Carrboro, Pearson H. Stewart, the first vice president of the Carolina Central University, North Carolina 27510 Research Triangle Foundation and first executive direc- graduating with honors. Email: [email protected] tor of the Research Triangle Regional Planning Com- Timothy was with the Or- ange County Public Defenders Fax: 919-942-2195 mission and its successor agency, the Triangle J Council of Governments, at 90. Office for several years and prac- Andrew John Miketa, professional football player Arthur Cogswell ticed law in Hillsborough, N.C. and local dentist, while undergoing emergency surgery. At the time of his death, he was staff & contributors Ike Andrews, six-term representative of North Car- Arthur Cogswell, whose work and mentorship of practicing law in Marion, N.C. olina’s 4th Congressional District, at 84. others inspired new directions in architecture. An accomplished guitarist editorial Virginia Julian, passionate equestrian and founder Arlene nutter “Muffin” Brosig, known and composer, music was a large Robert Dickson, Publisher and owner, with her husband, of Milton’s Clothing Cup- throughout the community as the co-founder of Ma- part of Timothy’s life. He also Kirk Ross, News and Opinion Editor board in Chapel Hill. ple View Ice Cream and for her charitable work, of appeared in a number of differ- Taylor Sisk, Managing Editor Ashley Osment, skilled legal strategist and tacti- cancer, at 53. ent roles in community theater. An engaging smile and a charm- Liz Holm, Art Director cian, fierce champion of justice and advocate for an un- June Watson, supervising nurse in N.C. Memo- derdog, musician and mother, at 46, of ovarian cancer. rial Hospital’s outpatient department, surrounded by ing personality, he was loved by Susan Dickson, Staff Writer the many who knew him. Margot Lester, Lucy Butcher, Alicia Stemper, Toy Cheek, local farmer, active member of both the family and friends in her Dogwood Acres home. Wesley lowder In addition to his parents, Rich Fowler, Mike Li, Kate Tennison, Contributors Orange County Cattleman’s Association and the Carr- , owner of the Reservoir Bar in boro Planning Board, at 81. Chapel Hill, at 32, of injuries sustained in an automobile he is survived by four brothers, Henry Gargan, Will Bryant, Interns Warren Nord, founding director of the Program in accident. Jeffrey Cole of Burbank, Calif., Ava Barlow, Alex Maness Photographers the Humanities and Human Values at UNC, of leukemia. Howard Pendergraph, a detective with the Cha- Barry Cole of Durham, N.C., advertising Bertha “B” Merrill Holt, the first women to en- pel Hill Police Department for 35 years, at 86. Jonathan Cole of Garner, N.C., Marie louise “Peachee” Wicker and Brian Wang of Houston, Marty Cassady, Ad Director roll in the University of North Carolina’s School of Law , one of the [email protected] and the only woman in her class. first women to graduate from UNC with a master’s in Texas; a sister, Lisa New of Bal- Mary Francis eldridge, board member of the psychology and a driving force behind the movement to timore; a nephew, Christopher operations Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library and longtime integrate the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Cole; and a niece, Kendra Cole Anne Billings, Office Coordinator community volunteer, at 83. Nancy sitterson, a member of the first public of Burbank. [email protected] David Roberts, former Chapel Hill town clerk and library board, organizer for Meals on Wheels, active Walker Funeral Home of Chapel Hill handled crema- Distribution tax collector, at Carillon Assisted Living in Hillsborough. member of Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church and Homer morrow tion. A mass will be held at St. Chuck Morton, Wendy Wenck , the “unofficial mayor of Carr- co-founder of the Carol Woods rose garden, at 91. Elizabeth Edwards Thomas More Church in Chapel Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. boro” and a familiar face to many, at 68. , wife of presidential candidate Lucy McKerrow, a physical therapist for those with John Edwards, author and advocate for health care re- Hill on Friday, Dec. 31 at 2 p.m., disabilities and a teacher of tennis and bowling to genera- form, at 61, of cancer. with interment at the St. Thomas tions of high school girls, at the age of 105. Gordon Allen, who represented Orange and Per- More Columbarium. 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White pines, relics of the last glacial period, tower above sycamores along the Deep River. Photo by Robert Dickson FLORA Download the preserve dominant loblolly pine, Jim Shumaker, 1989 guide and map (triangleland. Pinus taeda, if you look for from page 1 org) before you go. The map long narrow cones (like a will keep you oriented as short banana), bluish-green hen Jim Shumaker died 10 years ago this week, it left a huge hole in local jour- Kathy Buck and I fol- you explore. needles that occur five to a nalism, the J-School and my heart. “Shu,” who schooled many a wet-behind- lowed in Vicky and Robert’s Walking beneath the fascicle (bundle), tree limbs the-ears lad (including Citizen editor Kirk Ross) at the old Chapel Hill Weekly footsteps at the preserve mature pines, noticing in whorls around the main was famous for his typewriter-throwing tantrums. Why, in a fit, the old editor on Christmas Day. We were seedlings growing here and stem, like the spokes of a could shot put his long-suffering Underwood eight feet across the office onto impressed with the extensive there beneath them, one wheel, and smooth dark hisW leather couch. Often as not, yr hmbl svt was the cause of such exertion. So this week, we forest of evergreen American can pause to consider that bark. celebrate the life of my first editor and second daddy, who went on to more fame and tirades at hollies, some heavily ber- these characteristic moun- Our Christmas Day walk Howell Hall (before the J-School moved into its posh new digs in Carroll Hall). Shumaker may be ried, and most festive at this tain plants are relics isolated was rejuvenating; I hope we better known in pop culture as the inspiration for the late Jeff MacNelly’s curmudgeonous editor special winter solstice time. here following the retreat will manage such an outing of the Treetops Tattler Tribune. I’m sure MacNelly would approve of us reprinting his cartoon from Medieval druids would be of the last glacial period every week in 2011. the 1989 book Shu – a collection of Shumaker’s stellar columns edited and published by the late, happy here. 10,000 years ago. Specific Celebrate this New Year great Roland Giduz, who writes in the book jacket, “Most important to Shu are the frailties and The occurrence of white environmental conditions of with your own explora- virtues of the common man, the simple life, and a distain for pomp, puffery and pretense.” pines, Pinus strobus, 75 miles temperature and moisture, tion of the White Pines or east of their normal range, critical for survival of the some other natural area, and is the special natural feature species, still exist along the resolve to explore a different A thousand words that led to the White Pines steep slopes at the conflu- place every weekend.. by Jock Lauterer Preserve becoming the first ence of the two rivers. Do you have an important old photo that you value? Send your 300 dpi of the Triangle Land Conser- You can distinguish white Email Ken Moore scan to [email protected] and include the story behind the picture. vancy’s several preserves. pines from the preserve’s at [email protected]. Because every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words. WATER WATCH water supply: Our reservoirs are 66.90% full PRECIPITATION in carrboro : this month: 5.05” past 12 months: 41.28”

CUSTOMER WATER DEMAND Monday: 5.888 million gallons Past 30 days (average): 6.62 million gallons

Estimated Supply remaining : 360 days worth, based on average demand in the last 30 days, and assuming no further rainfall.

source: owasa.org tue dec 28

New Year’s Holiday Schedule Orange County Solid Waste Management Cliff’s Meat Market No Change in Curbside Recycling Service! sizzlin’ savings Please have your bins out by 7:00 am on your regularly scheduled recycling day to ensure service. Solid Waste Convenience Centers Happy New Year! and the Orange County Landfill including associated services such as the CertiFied OrGANiC Hand Dipped FresH dAilY hazardous waste collection and mulch sales Boneless, skinless Chicken Oysters Chicken Breasts will CLOSE EARLY 2:00 pm on Friday December 31. $ 49 They will be CLOSED Saturday January 1. 2. /lb $12.99/pint $2.99/lb Cut to Order Orange County Solid Waste Administrative Office Whole Fresh All NAturAl will be CLOSED December 27, 28, and 31. N.Y. strip Ground Chuck $7.99/lb Chickens $ 99 We will be open from 8am-5pm on December 29 and 30. $ 29 2. /lb Normal hours of operation resume Monday, January 3. 1. /lb Prices good thru 1/7/11 Orange County Solid Waste Management renting party Chairs & tables! 968-2788 [email protected] 100 West Main st., Carrboro Debit www.co.orange.nc.us/recycling 919-942-2196 H Mon-sat 9am-6pm & EBT

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