This Weekend Opinion Friday Clear 67/43 The Editor and Saturday Partly Cloudy Publisher review a 67/36 year of The Citizen Sunday Chance of Rain 58/36 Page 6 carrborocitizen.com march 20, 2008 u Carrboro’s community newspaper u Volume II No. I Free

Beyond the crisis: Revisiting the community-based model

by Taylor Sisk “We did some good work to try stead form local management entities somehow it would all be okay,” Car- Staff Writer and wrap things up, but there’s a (LMEs) that would oversee private raway says. “But it wasn’t.” lot of unfinished business and it’s a providers. The OPC Area Plan is the Despite the fact that the reform Debbie Carraway is 37, works major transition, and having to do LME for Orange, Person and Cha- legislation called for LMEs to over- in information technology and has that, having to leave without hav- tham counties, and the Caring Fam- see but not directly provide services, bipolar disorder. For 14 years, until ing somebody else in place …” Her ily Network (CFN) was selected as OPC director Judy Truitt said in an just a couple of weeks ago, she was a voice trails into a sigh. the primary provider for those three email to The Citizen that while OPC client of Marilyn Ghezzi, a therapist In 2001, when the General Assem- counties. Until last spring, when CFN would have been allowed to step in at Caring Family Network. Caring bly voted to overhaul the state’s men- announced the initial cutback in its when CFN closed, “one of the fun- Family Network no longer provides tal health care system, it was decided services, it had approximately 1,000 damental issues that you have to therapy services in Orange County, that counties would no longer directly clients in Orange County. demonstrate is that no other options and Carraway is feeling the blow. provide treatment. They would in- “I had my little delusions that were available. That is not the case in The loss of continuity is at the top of our area. her list of concerns. mental health numbers to call: “OPC has a strong provider network “What I had before that I don’t have that has joined with us in the challenge anymore is history,” Carraway says, CFN is currently referring existing consumers to other of making this as smooth a transition “having someone who actually knows agencies. Those who haven’t yet been referred may choose as possible. While there remain many my story, who knows me, who has one of the new providers who have been identified to provide details that will have to be resolved over been with me through this walk. It’s services. Consumers who have Medicaid, Medicare or no in- the next couple of months, the option been a long time, and having to leave surance can call OPC at 913-4100 and will be put on a waiting of OPC resuming service provision that very suddenly is very hard.” list to be referred to one of the new agencies. would not have reduced or eliminat- Carraway says that she and Ghe- If you have questions, please call the OPC customer service ed those transition issues.” zzi had only three or four sessions in line at 913-4120. photo by ken moore which to close things out. SEE HEALTH PAGE 7 Redbud’s many shades of pink Middle School flora By Ken Moore EVE CARSON MEMORIAL redistricting Follow the redbuds and dogwoods planned for fall by Susie Dickson ative pink-flowered Staff Writer redbud, Cercis Ca- nadensis, is right on One hundred Chapel Hill-Car- schedule beginning rboro City Schools middle school its three-week-long students could be moved to different flowering.N It will be followed in a schools under a proposed redistrict- week or two by the pure-white ing plan that will be considered by the school board in a work session Flowering Dogwood, Cornus tonight (Thursday). florida. The combination of these The proposed redistricting plan two native trees’ spring awaken- includes changes that would shift ings gives us four to five weeks the Chinese-English dual-language of flowering with a dramatic program to McDougle Middle overlapping of the two. School, reduce enrollment at Cul- In recent years, this extended breth Middle School and move or- beautiful beginning of our natural phan segments that were created during elementary redistricting last Piedmont spring has been over- year. An orphan segment is a small shadowed by the short, week- group of students that is the only long blinding white explosion of group from an elementary school to the exotic Bradford Pear, Pyrus attend a particular middle school. calleryana ‘Bradford’, over-planted According to district projections, along city streets and in parking Culbreth Middle School would be lots and residential landscapes. more than 80 students over capac- photo by isaac sandlin ity during the 2008-09 school year However, along rural high- Though the tribute to Eve Carson was more about the joy of her life than the sorrow felt by her passing, emotions still ran strong. under current middle school assign- ways, where one’s eye is not ments, while the other three middle distracted by invading pears, schools would be under capacity, you’ll find stretches of redbuds, University celebrates Eve Carson’s life with McDougle more than 130 stu- beginning first with a hint of dents under capacity. dark pink before the flowers by Susie Dickson To relieve overcrowding at Cul- fully open, brightening the for- Staff Writer breth, the plan proposes moving est edges with clouds of pastel several segments from Culbreth to The atmosphere was more cel- McDougle. These segments include pink. I really want to call redbud ebratory than tearful as thousands of Chambers Ridge Apartments, West- “pinkbud,” and I wonder that students, faculty and Carolina com- brook, Canterbury, Willow Terrace, perhaps some colorblind bota- munity members came together on Sunstone Apartments, Camelot nist never really appreciated this Tuesday to honor and say a final good- Apartments, 250 South Estes Con- tree’s progression through the bye to UNC Student Body President dos (the University Mall area), full spectrum of pink colors. Eve Carson. Carolina Apartments and Wild- Some folks enjoy tasting the Carson, an Athens, Ga. native who wood Springs. The proposed change buds and young flowers as a came to UNC as a Morehead-Cain would move nearly 40 students to scholar, was shot and killed in a rob- McDougle from Culbreth. sweet snack. If you are so in- bery during the early morning hours According to school officials, clined, then you can’t avoid ap- of March 5. Two suspects – Demario moving the Chinese-English preciating how much the mature James Atwater, 21, and Lawrence Al- dual-language program from Cul- pale-pink flowers look like pea vin Lovette Jr., 17 – have been arrested breth to McDougle would also flowers. The telltale bean pods and charged with first-degree murder. help relieve overcapacity at Cul- hanging from the tree in the late Police apprehended Atwater breth while increasing enrollment summer let you know that this photo by isaac sandlin SEE CARSON PAGE 7 Chancellor Moeser charged the university to live up to Carson’s image of Carolina. SEE SCHOOL PAGE 8 tree is indeed a member of the bean family. And the distinctive lime-green, heart-shaped leaves A Report to Our Readers . . . are a delight to behold through Dreaming to express yourself the long growing season. in ways you can’t say Newspaper still exists SEE FLORA PAGE 12 Proprietors say it’s full speed ahead “I’m a layperson with a great recently . . . After a year of producing The owmont, on campus and throughout interest in psychology and what By Valarie Schwartz Carrboro Citizen, Robert Dickson downtown Chapel Hill. The Citizen makes people tick,” Dyer said from and Kirk Ross, publisher and edi- also maintains home-delivery service inside her Carol Woods home. “I’m a logi- tor, respectively, and owners of the to 160 households. We all have dreams. cal person to come to town and start newspaper, said Thursday that the Dickson said that distribution Besides the big ones, like world a Jung Society!” Town reviews enterprise is going strong after a through voluntary pickup by read- peace, there are the ones that come It served to lead her to local Jung- conservation ideas year. Thanks to a loyal and grow- ers seems to be resonating with lo- with sleep, serving as guides or revela- ians — therapists who follow the ing readership, The Citizen is now cal advertisers. See page 3 tions into our unconscious. “depth psychology” Jung approach, the most widely read weekly publi- Since inception, more than 189 “Dreams don’t tell us things we al- which involves digging deeper into Index cation in town. businesses and individuals have ready know about ourselves,” Marilyn the psychic layers to find answers With distribution of its press run purchased display advertising with Dyer told me. “What would be the that we have blocked ourselves from News ...... 3 of 5,000 papers expanded now to The Citizen and 164 more have point — they’d be a waste of time.” knowing. Community...... 4-5 more than 90 locations (see list on bought classifieds. In addition,The Opinion ...... 6 Dyer, being one who seldom wastes Dyer refers to a classic case where Page 8), The Citizen is picked up by Citizen has contributed roughly Schools ...... 8 time, waited only four years after a painter, who was blocked in his cre- more than 3,000 people within the $17,000 in advertising to local Sports ...... 9 moving to Chapel Hill in 1979 before ative process, decided to try Jungian Carrboro town limits alone. Addi- nonprofits and charities. Land & Table ...... 10 starting the C.G. Jung Society of the analysis and learned that the root of tional distribution expansion has in- Real Estate ...... 11 Triangle. She had lived all over the creased readership in Hillsborough, Classifieds ...... 11 world with her Foreign Service officer Pittsboro, Southern Village, Mead- SEE NEWSPAPER PAGE 5 THE MILL, Water Watch ...... 12 husband before they moved here. SEE RECENTLY PAGE 5 2 thursday, march 20, 2008 The Carrboro Citizen

Music Calendar spotlight: funky hip hop General Store Café: Trail Mix. Local 506: Jason Adamo Band, Tain 8:30pm Collins, Uphonik. 9pm. $6 NLocal 506: icole Atkins & The Nightlight: Domer Beats, Crash, Sea, Parlor Mob, The Houstons. Metermaids, BIsc 1. 9:30pm 9:30pm. $10 Wednesday CMar H 26 Nightlight: Wolverines, Whitman, Lake Inferior, Rob the Killing Tree. Blue Horn Lounge: Marla Vickers 9:30pm Band. 10pm Cat’s Cradle: Tooth, Black Skies, Sunday CMar H 23 Colossus, DJ sets by Spacelab The Cave: 3 Dollar Hostage. Soundsystems. 9:15pm LocalB 506: litzen Trapper, Fleet TheE Cave: arly: Mark Cool. Late: Foxes, Auxiliary House. 9pm. $10 Blaine Ziglar. Monday MCar H 24 Local 506: Gary Jules, AM, Mando Saenz. 9:30pm. $10 Cat’s Cradle: Brother Ali, Abstract Rude, Toki Wright, BK-One. 9:30pm. Thursday CMar H 27 $12 Blue Horn Lounge: John Craige. RThe Cave: obert Griffin & Stu 10pm Cole. Cat’s Cradle: Badfish, Scotty LocalN 506: ew Model Army, A Don’t, High And Mighties. 8pm. $18 Rooster for the Masses. 9pm. $10 TheE Cave: arly: Shame Train. $5. Tuesday maC r H 25 Late: Atlantic Crossing. $5 Blue Horn Lounge: Samo & Susie General Store Café: Jazz with Bo Hicks Habitat for Humanity benefit. Lankenau. 8pm 9pm LocalT 506: he Moaners, Bellafew, TheL Cave: ate: McCauliffe Bibis Ellison. 9pm Brothers Nightlight: Remora, M Coast, Diplomat.

The Moaners play Local 506 on Thursday, March 27.

ThursDAY CMar H 20 Cat’s Cradle: Del The Funky Homosapien, Bukue One. 9:30pm. Blue Horn Lounge: Blake Tedder. $20 10pm TheE Cave: arly: Ashley Atkins Cat’s Cradle: Ingrid Michaelson, Bob Schneider, Cary Brothers, Joshua Band. $5. Late: Southpaw with Kelley Radin, AM, Chris Denny. 7:30pm. & The Cowboys. Sold out. General Store Café: Transcenders. 8:30pm EThe Cave: arly: The Woos. Late: Hege V, Hwyl, $5. LocalA 506: cid Mothers Temple, Danava. 10pm. $12 DLocalub 506: Trio, Foreign Islands, Grappling Hook. 9pm. $8 Nightlight: Samara Lubelski, Lam Lam Band, Courtney Brown. 9:30pm Nightlight: Icarus Himself, The Del tha funkee homosapien Nothing Noise, The Men. 9:30pm Saturday CMar H 22 Alternative, underground, funky. Del returns to Cat’s Cradle this friday CMar H 21 The ArtsCenter: Greg Brown week fresh off releasing his new album, “Eleventh Hour.” He per- with Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny forms Friday with Bukue One and Endless Mic. Doors open at 8:30 The ArtsCenter: Gráda. 8:30pm. Irion. 8:30pm. $28 p.m. Tickets $17 in advance, $20 day of. $14 Blue Horn Lounge: Dogwood Blue Horn Lounge: David Deddy. 10pm Spencer Band. 10pm Cat’s Cradle: Cherry Bomb, Cuntry Kings, Miss Mary Wanna, Send your calendar Rachel Riot. 9pm. $12 events to calendar@ TheE Cave: arly: Rodie Ray. Late: carrborocitizen.com Luego w/ Trances Arc. Hege V will be at The Cave tonight.

sa 4/12 signal fest: le castle vania, music villans**($15) su 4/13 ceiling tile benefit venues [afternoon show] mo 4/14**($15) reckless kelly carrboro w/mickey and the motorcars The ArtsCenter tu 4/15**($14) dave barnes 300-G E. Main St. we 4/16 929-2787 susan tedeschi artscenterlive.org w/lee boys**($20/$22) sa 3/29 15 families benefit: Cat’s Cradle dirty5thirty, blount th 4/17 will hoge 300 E. Main St. th 3/20 hotel cafe tour harvey + more . . . . w/leslie** ingrid sold Caribou 967-9053 michaelson,out mo 3/31**($15) fr 4/18 spring reggae fest: catscradle.com mike doughty’s dub addis + more . . . . bob schneider, fr 5/2 pressure band w/panderers cary brothers, sa 4/19 wcom benefit boys reunion show!!** Open Eye Café tu 4/1**($10/$12) stranger spirits, water 101 S. Greensboro St. Joshua radin, su 5/4 man man callers, harmute, am & chris denny caribou w/yeasayer** 968-9410 we 4/2**($16/$18) prayers and tears of openeyecafe.com fr 3/21 del the funky tu 5/6 british sea homosapien say anything arthur digby sellers, sweater weather + more power/rosebuds** Reservoir w/bukue one, endless mic** w/manchester orchestra, biffy clyro, weatherbox su 4/20 eisley we 5/7 easy star 100-A Brewer Ln. sa 3/22 cherry bomb, all-stars**($14/$16) 933-3204 cuntry kings fr 4/4 gary louris w/the myriad, vedera, and the envy corps**($12/$14) fr 5/9 the old reservoirbar.net w/miss mary wanna, (from the Jayhawks) ceremony**($10) rachel riot**($10/$12) w/vetiver**($16/$18) we 4/23 anti-flag** w/street dogs, briggs + more sa 5/10 polvo**($10) mo 3/24 truth is here tour: sa 4/5 so long, schoolkids chapel hill records show: schooner, fr 4/25 cd release party tu 5/13 and we 5/14 brother ali two w/bk one, abstrakt rude, north elementary, sames, bombadil drive by nites Blue Horn Lounge toki wright**($10/$12) wil donegan, michael rank sa 4/26 who’s bad?! truckers**($20/$22) 125 E. Franklin St. we 3/26 the club is open: / mark e. smith + more . . . . (michael Jackson tribute) tu 5/20 the 929-1511 (free local series) tu 4/8**($10/$12) Greg su 4/27 destroyer presidents of the bluehornloungechapelhill.com collossus, black skies, bassnectar w/andre ethier**($12) united states of tooth f r e e s h o w w/dJ eliot lipp america**($17/$20) The Cave mo 4/28 Brown th 3/27 badfish: a we 4/9**($13/$15) meat beat mo 5/26 clinic**($13/$15) 4521/2 W. Franklin St., tribute to sublime weakerthans 968-9308 manifesto**($15/$18) tu 5/27**($2/$23) w/scotty don’t and w/aa bondy caverntavern.com we 4/30 Josh w/detroit cobras high and mighties**($15/$18) th 4/10** x also presenting ritter**($15/$17) tu 6/10 fr 3/28 wxyc 80s dance between the mudhoney local 506 (chapel hill): Local 506 **($5 unc students / $8 g.p.) buried and me w/birds of avalon**($15) we 4/2 handsome furs 506 W. Franklin St. w/lye by mistake + more sa 6/28**($28/$30) w/violens 942-5506 carolina theatre (dur): fr 4/11 signal fest: iris dement local506.com sa 3/22-($21/$24)** dJ babu, J-rocc tift merritt & dJ rhettmatic w/sara watkins (of nickel creek) Mansion 462 (beat Junkies)** su 4/13-($21/$24)** 462 W. Franklin St. spoon w/walkmen 967-7913 the artscenter mansion462.com (carrboro): sa 3/22 - ($28/$30) Nightlight greg brown w/sara lee guthrie 4051/2 W. Rosemary St. and Johnny irion 933-5550 sa 4/12 - ($12/$15) nightlightclub.com Jason collett su 4/20 - ($20) on sale 3/14 shawn mullins we 4/23 - ($25) hillsborough nick lowe w/ron sexsmith Blue Bayou Club we 4/30 - ($12/$14) 106 S. Churton St. Spoon american 732-2555 music club bluebayouclub.com memorial hall (unc-ch): tu 4/15 sold out iron and wine pit tsboro lincoln theater (raleigh): General Store Café th 4/24-($18/$20)** 39 West St. son volt Tift Merrit w/bobby bare Jr 542-2432 meymandi concert thegeneralstorecafe.com catscradle.com ( 919.967.9053 ( 300 e. main street, carrboro hall (raleigh): **asterisks denote advance tickets @ schoolkids records in chapel hill & raleigh, cd alley in chapel hill, bull city records th 5/15 sold out in durham ( order tickets online at etix.com ( we serve carolina brewery beer on tap! ( we are a non-smoking club the swell season The Carrboro Citizen News Thursday, march 20, 2008 3 News Briefs Board studies proposed conservation rules Ellie fest 2008 Kirk Ross development and several regu- Board member Jacquie Gist vestigate strategies for helping “Ellie Fest 2008” is a celebration of state Sen. Eleanor Kin- by Staff Writer latory approaches for existing said the governments should foster the development of a lo- naird’s contributions to the state of North Carolina and a rally developments, including man- consider an adequate public-fa- cally owned, run, stocked (etc.) for her re-election campaign. It will be held on Sunday, April 6 After receiving an update datory irrigation retrofits, a pos- cilities ordinance for water, simi- economy.” from 2 to 5 pm at the Carrboro Town Commons. Music will on water-conservation efforts sible retrofit-on-sale ordinance lar to the one for schools. The task force will include be provided by Tim Stambaugh, Jimmy Magoo and Saludos among Carrboro and its neigh- and water audits. All of those “Water, like classroom seats, two aldermen, two to three at- Compay. Paperhand Puppet Intervention will entertain and bors, the town’s Board of Alder- proposals would likely require comes under pressure as we large members, two members state Sen. Janet Cowell will be the featured speaker. Refresh- men discussed how best to build action by local governments. grow,” she said. from the town’s Economic Sus- ments will be provided by Open Eye Cafe. conservation into the town’s In addition, the group suggests She suggested asking devel- tainability Commission and two TTA Easter hours ordinances. that either OWASA or the local opers to show how the commu- to three members of the local An interlocal work group governments launch an exten- nities would save water during a business community. Triangle Transit will not operate bus and shuttle routes on made up of officials from Car- sive education program and start drought when the broader com- The board also made appoint- Friday, March 21st in observance of the Good Friday holiday. rboro, the Orange Water and retrofitting facilities in schools, munity was under Phase Three ments and re-appointments to Triangle Transit offices will also be closed. Triangle Transit will Sewer Authority, Chapel Hill parks and public buildings. restrictions, as it is now. the planning board. resume regular Saturday service on Saturday, March 22nd. and Orange County have formed Board member Joal Hall The board referred the report Debra Fritz and Seth Chad- Candidate speaks a work group to consider water- Broun said the retrofits were to the town’s staff for review. bourne were returned to the demand management and water a good idea, adding that there The interlocal group’s report is board and Damon Seils and Senator Kay Hagan, Democratic candidate for the United conservation. In a new report needs to be a serious approach to available on the town’s website Rose Warner were appointed. States Senate, will speak on Wednesday, March 26 at 6:30 to local governments presented conservation among all the gov- at townofcarrboro.org/pzi/Env/ Fritz, Chadbourne and Seils will p.m. in the multipurpose room of the Central Carolina Com- to the Carrboro board at its ernments involved. She stressed Water/conservation.htm serve four-year terms and War- munity College in Pittsboro. meeting at Town Hall Tuesday that the options would be point- In other action, the board ner will serve the remaining two The event, which is sponsored by the Chatham County night, the group recommends less if people continued to waste agreed to create a Local Living years of a vacant seat. Democratic Women, will be open to the public and free of new conservation rules for new water elsewhere. Economy Task Force to “in- charge. There will be a question and answer period following her remarks. Senator Hagan, who is in her fifth term in the NC Senate, OBITUARIES be made to Duke Hospice Inpa- Chapel Hill seeks to improve co-chairs the Appropriations Committee. She is running for tient Facility at 1001 Corporate the US Senate seat now held by Elizabeth Dole. Dr., Hillsborough, NC 27278. For information contact Barb Alotis at [email protected]. Charlie A. Carden, Condolences may be sent to the safety along Fordham Boulevard com. family at www.walkersfuner- Sr. alservice.com. Safety improvements for pe- The improvements to the inter- Family house opens Mr. Charlie A. Carden, Sr., Arrangements with Walker’s destrians and bicyclists at the sections are required as part of 97, of Greentree Drive in Hills- SECU Family House, a 40-bedroom hospital hospitality Funeral Home of Chapel Hill. intersection of Fordham Bou- UNC’s development plan. The borough, died Saturday, March house for adult critical care patients and caregivers at UNC levard and Manning Drive and university has paid the town 15, 2008 at Greensboro Com- Hospitals, will open its doors to its first patients and families Wei-Lee Kuo at the intersection of Old Ma- $50,000 for the streetlights. mons in Greensboro after a brief on March 31. Wei-Lee Kuo, 46, of Chapel son Farm Road and Fordham Also on Monday night, the illness. SECU Family House will provide housing to thousands of Hill died Saturday, March 15, Boulevard should be finished by Orange County Health Depart- Mr. Carden was born Febru- pre- and post-surgical patients from the transplant, oncology, 2008 peacefully after a battle August. Kumar Neppalli, engi- ment asked the council to extend ary 17, 1911, to the late George burn, eating disorders and trauma units, making it possible with ovarian cancer. neering services manager for the its smoking ban to include all and Gertrude Carden. He was for their family members and caregivers to stay nearby during The former Taiwan native Town of Chapel Hill, reported tobacco use in all county and a lifelong resident of Hillsbor- lengthy stays that stretch a family’s budget and drain mental was a dedicated wife, mother, on the progress of the project to municipal buildings. Rosemary ough and a U.S. Army veteran of and emotional reserves. The facility, located at 123 Old Mason and friend to many. As a talent- the Chapel Hill Town Council Summers, director of the Orange World War II, where he received Farm Road, was funded with $8.1 million in cash and in-kind ed artist and an interior designer on Monday night. Crosswalks County Health Department, the Purple Heart. gifts. specializing in office space de- at both intersections will be presented the department’s pe- Mr. Carden was preceded A grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be sign, she worked for Alfred Wil- equipped with pushbuttons, au- tition at the council meeting. in death by his wife, Kather- held in the Clark Courtyard of the house in early May. liams & Company and Closet dible beepers, bicycle activated Summers asked for a resolution ine Carden, and son, Kenneth by Design. She loved to commu- signal loops and a timer. to allow enforcement of the Carden. He was also preceded nicate with others. She was the At the Manning Drive and county’s ban on the use of all to- in death by sisters Pearl Scar- organizer of a Chapel Hill Lady’s Fordham Boulevard intersec- bacco products in county facili- lett, Nellie Scarlett and Dorothy club. tion, pedestrians will be able to ties inside the Chapel Hill town Walker and brothers Hubert Survivors include her hus- cross Fordham Boulevard on limits. She also asked the council Carden, George Carden and band, Thung-Shenq Lai and son the south side of the intersection to extend the town’s smoking Billy Carden. Michael Lai of Chapel Hill. and a crosswalk will be installed ban in its buildings to include He is survived by a son, A funeral service will be across Manning Drive on the all tobacco products. The coun- how to reach us Charles Carden, and wife Jo conducted at Walker’s Funeral residential side. A small 30-to- cil agreed to receive the petition Anne of Graham and grandson, Home at Franklin street, Chapel 40-foot section of concrete side- and refer it to its staff. The Carrboro Citizen Scott Carden, and wife Silvia of Hill at 10 am on Friday, March walk will be built at the corner In February, Orange County P.O. Box 248 Austin, TX. Survivors also in- 21, 2008. to protect people waiting to cross approved a ban on all tobacco Carrboro, NC 27510 clude sisters Mary Ellen Scarlett In lieu of flowers, the fam- Fordham Boulevard. products in all of its buildings, 919-942-2100 (phone) and Annie Dodson of Hillsbor- ily requests that donations be Streetlights at the intersection vehicles and grounds of any 919-942-2195 (FAX) ough, Margaret Yarborough of made to Duke University String of Manning Drive and Fordham county Health Department or [email protected] Monroe, Anna Kiger of Indian School. Boulevard should be in place Department of Social Services Trail, Frances Watts of Elon and Arrangements with Walker’s within the next two months and buildings. The ban becomes ef- Advertising Alice Redmond of Killeen, TX. Funeral Home of Chapel Hill. at the intersection of Old Mason fective April 1. Violators of the [email protected] He is also survived by a host of Farm Road and Fordham Bou- ban will be subject to fines of up 919-942-2100 nieces and nephews, who all levard by August of this year. to $500. — Rich Fowler cared for him. A special thanks Classified & Real Estate to all of Charlie’s neighbors who carrborocitizen/com/classifieds cared for and loved him. 919-942-2100, 8:30-3 M-F Mr. Carden worked for We’re Carrboro Pediatrics & Classifieds deadline is midnight Tuesday years with White’s Furniture in Hillsborough and Craftique Online in Mebane. He was a faithful Moving! 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Special Events Express Yourself! — Art pro- UNC Friends of the Library gram for ages 3-8 & their caregivers. Book Sale — Thousands of books Weekly art projects for children & of all genres are available. Thu, Mar adults to explore their own creative 27, 5-8pm: preview sale for Friends paths; registration requested. Satur- of the Library Members; Fri, Mar days, 10:45-11:15 & 11:30am-noon. 28, 9am to 8pm: Public sale; Sat, $2. Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 “Psalm for Monday” by Galia Goodman. Her exhibit “Marking Mar 29, 9am to noon: $3 per bag of E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 933-1455, Transcendance” is on display at The Community Church of Chapel Hill books. American Legion Building, www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org. Unitarian Universalist. 1714 Legion Rd, Chapel Hill. Pro- ceeds benefit the University Library Volunteers Carrboro caffedriade.com Endowment. Call 962-4207 or visit RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program — seeks volunteers to match other El Sur Comes South — Pedro Flora, Friend and Foe — water- www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/ volunteers with opportunities for Lash with Los Artistas & local sonide- colors of wildlife by Dale Morgan, BookSale.html for more info. public service. Other volunteer op- ros; Center Gallery. Kardelen (Snow and paintings of botanical subjects by Bingo Night — Hosted by Team Niche Gardens garden walks are Saturdays through June. portunities are available. For more Drop) — Works by Pelin Yazar Claire Miller. Showing through Apr Eurosport, a relay for life team. information call 968-2056. Canez, Orhan Alpaslan, Asuman 29. Totten Center, N.C. Botanical April 11th at the Big Barn Conven- by The Carolina Song & Dance Open Mic —For poetry, music Dogan, Atanur Dogan and Nihal Garden, Old Mason Farm Rd. Call tion Center at 377 JA Max Dr in Meals on Wheels —Seeks Association with a live caller and & short fiction. Tuesdays at 7pm, Kececi to celebrate International 962-0522 or visit ncbg.unc.edu for Hillsborough. Doors will open at volunteers to deliver meals and/or music by the Fabulous Shamrocks. Market Street Books & Maps, 610 Women’s Month. The ArtsCenter. more info. 6:00 pm; Games start at 6:30. 20 bake simple desserts for recipients Fri, Mar 21. 7:30pm workshop, Market St, Southern Village. 933- 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscen- Form in Translation: The games and the cost for all games is in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. 8pm dance. Century Center, 100 5111, www.marketstreetbooks.com terlive.org Art of Judith Ernst — Show- $20. Food and drink available. All For more info, call 942-2948. N Greensboro St. $8 donation Our Bodies, Ourselves: requested. Call 967-9948 or visit Kardelen: Turkish-American ing through May 30. FedEx Global proceeds to the American Cancer English as a Second Language Pregnancy and Birth — read- www.csda-dance.org for more info. Artists Celebrate International Education Center. 301 Pittsboro Society. Please contact 640-6123 or Conversation Club seeks ing and signing with Judy Norsigian, Women’s Month — Paintings by St. 962-2435, international.unc. 640-6220 for details. volunteers to talk with groups of Havana Nights —Cuban Salsa. executive director of Our Bodies Pelin Yazar Canez and Orhan Al- edu/GEC.html Outdoor activities international students Fridays from 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Man- Ourselves, and Miriam Labbok, Paper Trail: The Poster Art of 11:30am-1:30pm. University Meth- sion 462, 462 W Franklin St, Chapel director of Center for Infant and paslan. Showing through Mar 30. East Niche Gardens guided garden Casey Burns and Ron Liberti odist Church on Franklin Street. Hill, 967-7913, www.mansion462. Young Child Feeding and Care. Thu, End Gallery, The ArtsCenter. walks — Saturdays through June, — Pleasants Family Assembly Room Call 967-1448 or email harwellja@ net. Mar 20, 1:30pm. Bull’s Head Book- Mixed media by Chief — a 10am. Discussions on spring plant- (2nd [main] floor), Wilson Library, bellsouth.net. shop, 207 South Rd, UNC Campus. tribute to the artist’s new daughter. ing, garden maintenance, design & Salsa/Mambo —3rd Saturdays, UNC campus. www.lib.unc.edu/ Visit www.ourbodiesourselves.org Showing through Mar. The Beehive gardening for wildlife with bird and lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. $7, spotlight/2008/posters.html Health & Wellness 358-4201, [email protected]. for more info. Salon. 102 E Weaver St. 932-4483, butterfly gardens. Special emphasis Living with Advanced/Meta- Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 thebeehive-salon.com Marking Transcendence — col- on drought-tolerant plants. Free, static Cancer —A bi-weekly Films lage landscapes, calligraphic pieces Garrett Rd, Durham (Hillsborough). Collaborative works by Tori rain or shine. Niche Gardens, 1111 support group. Meets 1st and Uncovered: The whole truth in Hebrew and English, and abstract Ralston and Community Dawson Rd, Chapel Hill. Call 967- 3rd Wednesdays of every month, Ballroom — 4th & 5th Thursdays, about the Iraq War — film and representational pieces by Galia Independent School students 0078 or visit www.nichegardens. 3:30-5pm. Drop-in, no charge. 7-9:30pm, $2. 933-8982. Seymour documentary presented and discus- Goodman. Showing through Apr 29. — Showing through Apr 1. Cen- com for more information. Cornucopia House Cancer Sup- Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Rd, sion by the NC Society for Ethical The Community Church of Chapel tury Center. 100 N Greensboro port Center, 111 Cloister Ct, Ste Chapel Hill, 968-2070. Culture. RSVP 490-6304. Thu Mar Hill Unitarian Universalist. 106 Pure- St. 918-7385, townofcarrboro. Kids 220, Chapel Hill. 401-9333, www. Carrboro DanceJam —Free- 20. 7pm. Caribou Coffee, 1408 foy Rd. 942-2050. com/rp/cc.htm 1st Annual Spring Break Men’s cornucopiahouse.org. style dance to an eclective mix of Franklin St, Chapel Hill. Soccer Camp —Mar 24-27, 9am Bolin Creek and Woodlands: Thirteen Horses: The Journey music. Fri, Mar 21, & every first to noon, UNC Campus. Open to The Compassionate Friends: Natural Treasures — photogra- — a collection of pieces reflective Friday beginning Apr 4. Balanced Other boys ages 6 to 14. $150. Registra- Self-help support after the phy by Dave Otto. Showing through of artist Nancy Jacobsohn’s journey Movement Studio. 304 W Weaver Public Art 360: A Symposium tion Mon, Mar 24, 8:30am, Finley death of a child — Free and March. Carrboro Town Hall. 301 W from a career as an art educator and St, upstairs. Smoke & alcohol free. from Seven Perspectives — a Fields. Bring ball, shin guards, water, open to all adults grieving the loss of Main St. 942-8541, townofcarrboro. museum administrator to a full-time Call 968-8776 for more info. national convention to address the snack & small towel. Call 962-0466 a child or sibling. Third Mondays, 7- com artist. Turning Point Gallery, Univer- 8:30pm. Evergreen United Method- functional and aesthetic interaction sity Mall. S Estes Drive. 967-0402, or visit www.tarheelblue.com for Lectures, Discussions among public art, profession design Partners in Art — oil paintings ist Church. 11098 Highway 15-501. harmonyfineart.com more info. & Open Mics disciplines, private development and and drawings by Fleet Woodley, Call Julie Coleman at 967-3221 or Toddler Time —At the Carrboro “A Historian’s Perspective on government. Fri & Sat, Apr 11 & and photography, mixed media and visit www.chapelhilltcf.org. Southern Village Branch Library. Every Thursday at the American South’s Cur- 12. $70 registration fee. Visit www. haiku by Sherry Woodley. Showing Paintings by Cat Moleski 4pm. For more info, call 969-3006. rent Development Dilemma” publicartcollaborative.org for more through March. Fleet Feet Gallery. Museums — bright, insightful and contempla- — lecture by Lacy K. Ford Jr. of info. 406 E Main St. 942-3102, fleetfeet- Preschool Story Time – At the Planetarium & Digital The- tive oil paintings. Showing through the University of South Carolina. carrboro.com Carrboro Branch Library. Every ater Shows —Science LIVE VITA — a free tax assistance April. Bagwell, Holt, Smith, Tillman & Saturday at 10:30am. All pre- Demos. Ongoing. Morehead Thu, Mar 20, 3:30pm. Royall Room, program for low- to middle-in- Primary Colors — watercolor Jones, PA. 400 Market St., Suite 103. schoolers are invited to this free Planetarium, 250 E Franklin St, George Watts Hill Alumni Center, come clients runs through Apr. For and acrylic paintings by Chapel Hill 932-2225, bhspa.com program. For more info, call Chapel Hill. Info hotline 549-6863, UNC Campus. Free and open to enrollment requirements or more artist Miriam Sagasti. Showing 969-3006. office 962-1236, tickets 843-7997. the public. Visit www.UNCsouth. info visit www.co.orange.nc.us/ag- through Mar 31. NC Crafts Gallery. Hillsborough Thu-Sat 10am-5pm, 6:30-9:15pm. org for more info. ing/VITA.asp. 212 W Main St. 942-4048, nccrafts- ComedySportz 4 Kidz Look B4U Leap — new work by Tickets $5.25; $4.25 seniors, stu- “Ending Illiteracy in Orange gallery.com — Games & improv for the 12 Carolina Mountain Dulcimer the Gallery’s member artists. Show & under crowd. Saturdays, 5pm. dents & children. For more info, County” — lecture by Willis Players — meeting Thu, Mar 20, The Annual Wood Show — in- runs through March 22. Hillsborough $10, students $8, kids under 5 visit www.moreheadplanetarium. Brooks and Dazzie Lane. Thu, Mar 7pm. Carol Woods Retirement cluding turned bowls, vessels and Gallery of Arts. 121 N Churton St, $5. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N org. 27, 2:30pm. Seymour Senior Center, Community, 750 Weaver Dairy Rd, wooden creations by the Gallery’s Suite 1-D. 732-5001, hillsboroughgal- Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill. Beginners and experts favorite wood artists. Showing lery.com Mall, Carrboro, 338-8150, www. Dance Part of the Village Elders Lecture welcome. Call Shirley Ray at 929- through Mar 31. NC Crafts Gallery. Contra Dance — presented Black & White — work by the dsicomedytheater.com. series. 5359 for more info. 212 W Main St. 942-4048, nccrafts- Gallery’s member artists. Opening gallery.com reception March 28 from 6-9 p.m. Sight Unseen — photography by Through April 19. Hillsborough Gal- local, legally blind photographer Tim lery of Arts. 121 N Churton St, Suite Have a Community Event you’d like us to know about? O’Brien. Paintings by Darius Quarles 1-D. 732-5001, hillsboroughgallery. Send your submissions to [email protected] in the side room. Open Eye Café. com 101 S Greensboro St. 968-9410, openeyecafe.com Pittsboro Controlled Chaos — contem- Annual Pottery Invitational pets of the week porary acrylics by Catharine Carter. — works by Mark Hewitt, Ruth Showing through Mar 31. Panzanella. Morgans, Siglinda Scarpa, Doug Dot- Carr Mill Mall, E Weaver St and N son, Janet Resnick and others. Show- Greensboro St. 929-6626, pan- ing through Mar 31. ChathamArts. zanella.com 115 Hillsboro St. 542-4144, www. Images from Chatham County chathamarts.org — photography by Dwain Ritchie. Seed Bead Therapy — eclectic, Showing through the first week of wild, intricate jewelry of Jody James- April. Weaver Street Realty. 116 E. on. Through Mar 31. Eight other local Main St. 929-5658, weaverstreet- artists are also represented. The realty.com Joyful Jewel. Thu 2 - 6pm, Fri & Sat 10 - 6, 1st Sundays 12 - 4. 545-6836. Chapel Hill 45 West St. Picturing the World: Carolina’s New works by David Sovero Celebrated Photojournal- — Showing through Mar 31. Fusions ists — Showing through Apr 6. Art and Fine Craft Gallery. 53 Hills- Perspectives on Public Justice. boro St. 260-9725. Showing through May 4. Ackland Art Fourth Friday Studio Stroll Museum. S Columbia St and Franklin — Six Pittsboro artists open their St 966-5736, ackland.org doors. Fourth Fridays, 6-8 p.m. The Mixed media by Nevton Diniz Joyful Jewel. 45 West St. 545-6836. ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES — Introducing — Showing through Mar. Caffé Dri- APS OF ORANGE COUNTY y— name M is Allie and I’m about Uma! This girl is as close to perfect as they come! She’s super cute, ade. 1215-A E Franklin St. 942-2333, a 2-year-old young calico kitty! I love to lay in the window to catch a sun- sweet, very gentle and will do great in almost any type of home! She can recycled content paper. beam and a good snooze. I am very attentive to people and make them catch treats in the air, but also takes them very gently from your hand. She This newspaper is printed feel so loved and needed. I get along PURRfectly with other cats and don’t likes to play, but settles down immediately when you get on the ground! using soy inks on 35% seem to mind dogs either. I love to share a game of bat the furry mouse Her gentleness will make her great with kids of all ages! Don’t miss out on around! Come see me at Animal Protection Society of Orange County, Uma! Stop by Orange County’s Animal Shelter, 1081 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel recycled content paper. Carrboro’s Community Newspaper 6311 Nicks Road, Mebane, or call 304-2300. You can also go online at Hill, or call 967-7383. You can also see her online at www.co.orange. www.animalprotectionsociety.org. nc.us/animalservices/adoption.asp. The Carrboro Citizen thursday, march 20, 2008 5

RECENTLY met Carl Jung in 1955 on Jung’s 80th birthday, helping to seal Youth poetry contest set to spark creativity from page 1 his devotion to the practice he will share on Friday night in a by Stephanie Kane boro’s devotion to the arts as a his problem was that his mar- talk titled, “The Legacy of C.G. Carrboro Commons Writer town and hope to cultivate this riage of 15 years had never been Jung.” The Saturday workshop is through programs within the consummated. Imagine that “Working with Dreams,” where In an initiative to promote art high school after other issues — and how deeply an abnor- Kirsch, who practices in San among youth, the Town of Car- inherent in a new school are mality like that would have to Francisco, will discuss recent rboro is conducting its first Car- settled. be pushed down in order to con- scientific findings in the study of rboro Youth Poetry Contest. “We have [a lot] to do to sup- tinue in a marital union without dreams before discussing Jung’s Three winners from the ele- port our student voices through such physical expression. view of that subject to which he mentary, middle and high school poetry,” said Jan Gottschalk, an A Jungian therapist helps owed his existence. levels will be announced on May 11th-grade Carrboro High Eng- people find the way to their The usual $15 fee for the Friday 4 in conjunction with festivities lish teacher. secrets and then to make the night event at 7:30 will be waived for the 13th annual Carrboro ”We need to provide a venue changes necessary to alter the in celebration of the anniversary, Day. The awards ceremony will for those voices, which we cur- dysfunction. but the $48 fee will be charged for include public readings of the rently do not.” Each fourth week of the Saturday’s workshop, which runs winning poems and the distribu- “I was excited about it as soon month, those who practice the from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., all at Bin- tion of various other prizes. as my teacher told our class,” said theories, and those like Dyer, kley Baptist Church. Kim Andrews, a recreation Mariah Norris, a junior at CHS for whom it holds great interest, Dyer started the society hop- supervisor with the Carrboro who writes for the school’s stu- gather to hear a lecture on Friday ing “that since other places had Recreation and Parks Depart- dent publication, the JagWire. evening and/or attend a work- one, in a community like this ment, is currently receiving the “Poetry is an important way shop on Saturday. The guest it would take hold and bloom poem submissions. However, she to express yourself, and I think speakers offer a variety of topics — and it did,” she said. credits Neal McTighe, Carrboro that’s a lot of what Carrboro and for people to explore. During its charter year, there poet laureate, with proposing the Chapel Hill are about,” Norris The 25th anniversary event were 110 members, which over the competition. said. She plans to enter the con- on March 28 and 29 will feature years peaked at 365, but generally “It was Neal’s prerogative as test and hopes that other creative Dr. Thomas B. Kirsch, a man there are about 200. Members pay poet laureate to get youth in- young writers will join her. who not only has been treating a reduced fee at events and have ac- volved in poetry,” Andrews said, Andrews hopes to connect patients since the mid-1960s, cess to a library of taped lectures. adding that the Parks and Rec- with the 18 and under population but who is the son of two first- See the schedule of speak- reation Department would sup- in Carrboro through other initia- generation Jungian analysts. ers at www.jungnc.org or call port this initiative however they tives by the Parks and Recreation After moving from London 483-9722. can. Department, under the program PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KANE to Los Angeles, Kirsch helped “Poetry Alive.” These include Contact Valarie Schwartz McTighe and the Carrboro Mariah Norris, a junior at Carrboro High School, reads in her Carrboro found the Jung Institute of Los Open Mic Nights at the Open at 923-3746 or valariekays@mac. Day Committee will be judging home. Norris writes for the CHS student newspaper, The JagWire, and Angeles. Besides growing up the poems. Eye Café and the annual West com. plans to enter the Youth Poetry Contest. surrounded by Jungians, Kirsch Though this is the pilot year End Poets weekend in October. for the event, both Andrews and “Once people are exposed to level will have one first-place win- phone number, email address and McTighe said they anticipate the poetry and see that there are so ner and one honorable mention. date of birth, as well as the name NEWSPAPER contest becoming an annual tra- many different forms of it, we’ll Winners will read their poems of the poet’s school and a little from page 1 dition, one that might spark ad- reach some community members at the Carrboro Day ceremony, about the poet. Submissions ditional youth poetry programs who might not have been inter- and first-place poems will be pub- must be received by April 4. in the future. ested but can really get engaged lished in The Citizen. Revenue has grown steadily Most Carrboro High School with this,” Andrews said. To submit a poem, mail it to Stephanie Kane is a UNC-CH The Citizen and now has a staff English classes incorporate poet- Participants must be 18 or Carrboro Youth Poetry Context, student writing for the Carrboro of three full-timers and six part- ry into the crowded curriculum, younger, a resident of Carrboro Attn: Kim Andrews, 100 North Commons, the bi-weekly online lab timers. The paper has also of- although educators and students and a poet. The contest will be Greensboro St., Carrboro, NC, newspaper for Carrboro produced fered an educational experience believe more could be done. divided into elementary, middle 27510. Submissions should in- by Jock Lauterer’s Community to 11 interns over the course of Moore, who has written 53 ar- Many teachers note Carr- and high school levels, and each clude the poet’s name, address, Journalism class. its first year and published doz- ticles and contributed more than ens of stories and photos from 120 photos on native plants and aspiring journalists studying at conservation; Phil Blank, who the university. has contributed a weekly pen- bring their own. All events will starts at 8:30 a.m. The event is The Citizen recently expanded and-ink drawing since June 21 of Community Briefs take place at Emerson Waldorf free and includes lunch. its standard issue by two pages to last year; and Valarie Schwartz, School, 6211 New Jericho Rd., The summit features speak- 12 per week with an additional who has penned 31 columns on The lecture is required for those Chapel Hill, NC 27516. To ers, a panel discussion with two full-color pages. Printing of people and service organizations Compassion talk register, call Rachel Larsen at many area officials and a video the paper is now done by Trian- in our community since starting Emerson Waldorf School who wish to attend the partici- patory workshop that follows 539-7168 or email rachelblars- screening. The event is meant gle Web, allowing for an earlier- in late August. will host a lecture and partici- [email protected]. to inspire, towards the goal of morning start to its Thursday Ross said traffic to The Citi- patory workshop in Compas- on Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., where attendees creating and maintaining af- distribution schedule. zen’s website has built over the sionate Communication (or Housing summit fordable housing in Chatham On the editorial side, the year as well, with an average of Non-Violent Communication) will learn how to put the lecture ideas into practice. The work- The Chatham County Af- County. The event is made paper has produced more than more than 800 individuals per on Friday, March 28 and Sat- fordable Housing Task Force possible by funding from 2,000 stories and this spring day visiting the site. Weekly urday, March 29. The facilitator shop fee is a self-determined sliding scale from $40-$60. will host a summit on Afford- Neighborworks America and will reach the one million-word page views now exceed 7,000 per is John Cunningham, certified able Housing at the Western an anonymouse donor. To mark. week with the majority of traffic trainer and Waldorf teacher. As the workshop is limited to 50 participants, people are Chatham Senior Center in register, visit http://www.cha- Scores of local residents con- coming from the local vicinity. Cunningham will give a lec- Pittsboro on April 11. The thamnc.org/housingsummit or tributed stories, letters, com- By policy, The Citizen’s web ture on Friday, March 28 from urged to register early. Lunch is available Saturday onsite for a gathering starts at 9 a.m. and call 542-0794 ext. 212. ments and photos over the past archives are free and open to 7 to 9 pm, donations accepted. lasts until 4 p.m. Registration year. Standouts include Ken anyone, without registration. modest fee or participants may

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This week’s answer appears on page 10. 6 Thursday, march 20, 2008 Opinion The Carrboro Citizen for the record letters Welcome to Volume II Tax has positives You hold in your hands issue number I of Volume Mark Zimmerman’s guest II of The Carrboro Citizen. Whether it is the first column railing against the time you’ve picked up a copy of the paper or this is upcoming vote on a proposed the 53rd time you’ve delved into one long enough to land transfer tax [“The wrong reach the Opinion page, please know that we could tax and the wrong time,” March not have made it a year without you, our readers. 13, 2008] paints this revenue- It has been an arduous year in many ways — do- generating tool as regressive, ing a lot of things for the first time is exhilarating but unreliable, unfair and just plain not all that efficient. And throughout our first four awful. But to the average Car- seasons, all of us involved have been buoyed by the rborean, it just might be a pretty encouragement and, in some case, the outright affec- good thing. First, if you don’t tion displayed toward our little newspaper. own property, it won’t cost you When we started, we were not sure if y’all would a dime. And second, if you’re a take to The Citizen, given that this is supposedly an homeowner and you don’t sell age of declining newspaper readership and a society your home, it still won’t cost you leaning toward a more and more homogenized, less a dime — more importantly, it locally focused and, well, vapid media. might have a direct positive effect But we were driven by a strong belief in the impor- on our ever-upwardly-spiraling tance of a local newspaper and an equally strong de- property taxes. Our current over- sire to prove the doomsayers in our industry wrong. dependence on property taxes We were inspired, in fact, by everyone who told us to finance government services we were crazy, including prominent members of the has driven away more and more local business community who pointed to other pa- lower- and middle-income hom- pers and said the locals wouldn’t care and our com- eowners, lessening the diversity petition would be too fierce. And then there was the and character of our community. editor of a nearby daily who scoffed at us and told a Coming home The land transfer tax offers the friend he thought Carrboro was “overserved” by lo- county a new revenue tool and cal media and didn’t have enough “news” to warrant promises a little tax relief to the comed our interest in their lives. doing so much for this communi- its own paper. ROBERT DICKSON average homeowner. If passed, the There are so many great stories to ty and for making my family and In truth, we kinda figured that few people around sale of a $300,000 house would tell from our town and our region me feel welcome. here knew what a local community weekly was any When Mary Beth, Kirk and I incur a $1,200 tax bill. My guess and they just keep on coming. Jackie was just the start. I more. Folks kept saying, “What’s your slant?” or, walked into last year’s Commu- is that this new cost would be Carrboro is home, though, and it’s greeted a good number of folks “What do you mean by community newspaper?” nity Dinner, I felt a bit like a deer shared among the seller, buyer to here we’ll always return. whom I’ve gotten to know, as well The fun thing about all that was how those questions in the headlights. There were so and, if involved, real estate agent Many friends have come into as finally putting faces with names stopped once the paper hit the streets. many people I wanted to meet and — perhaps that’s the part of this my life from every possible angle. of others with whom I’ve had the We hope we’ve been clear in our intent to each talk with but in that big crowd I tax that Mr. Zimmerman and his Coworkers, advertisers, subscrib- pleasure of communicating. And week provide that living diary of the life of this town, really didn’t know where to start. industry group find really unfair. ers, writers and readers have all when I got my hug from Nerys just as we promised. From who’s on stage to follow- Somewhat audaciously, I had Jack Nestor added the line “The Carrboro enriched my life in the ways I had Levy, well, that just about did it. ing the drought, from the details of new develop- Carrboro hoped when we conceived of The In some ways, the past 52 weeks ment to what’s at the Farmers’ Market, we have tried Citizen” to my nametag. We were Citizen. seem like an eternity compressed to make each issue of nThe Citizen a informative and a couple of weeks away from get- Flagrant omission That’s been my experience for into a millisecond. And when I fun read. ting the first issue on the street, so the last year. I’ve met and talked pause to have that conversation Whilee w were in your We know it can get better and, thanks to your in addition to a few curious looks with lots of you now and you’ve all at the gym, market or bar that I charming town this weekend to support, bigger, and we intend to continue to pursue one lady even made the comment made me feel like I belong here, wouldn’t have had a year ago, it visit Camellia Forest Nursery, I solid, fair journalism and weave in all the features that I wasn’t the only one. No kid- and that just maybe I’m helping strikes me what a gift I’ve been picked up a copy of The Carrboro and items of interest that make us the weekly page- ding. provide something worthwhile for given. By publishing this weekly Citizen, drawn by the promise of turner. Since that dinner, I haven’t our town. newspaper, I’ve transformed my a “Spring Gardening Special Sec- And while all those pats on the back have been a had to explain nearly so often that the So when I returned for this relationship with my town from tion Inside.” Since we own a nurs- boost, we recognize that it’s not exactly like we in- I’m not Carrboro citizen. Put- year’s dinner, it felt like I had passive to active, from observer to ery in Southside Virginia, we are vented the wheel. A weekly newspaper may be hard ting 5,000 copies a week on the come full circle. I went with my participant. And in the process, always interested in the gardening work at times, but it’s not rocket surgery and there street for 52 weeks seems to have wife and daughter, and the first I’ve received the richness, warmth sections printed in newspapers in are a lot of examples even around here of how to do helped. person to greet us was a smiling and friendship of our community. surrounding towns. We have been it right. From Hillsborough to Pitts- Jackie Helvey. Thanks for the ads, So thanks, Carrboro. I’m home dealing with garden centers, nurs- This week, as a form of personal celebration, boro to White Cross to the big city of Chapel Hill, folks have wel- she said. No, Jackie, thank you for now. eries and landscape professionals I finally plunked down $35 at the Bookshop for a in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area faded, yellowed set of Volume VIII of The Chapel for 25 years, so I was particularly Hill Weekly and spent some time in the office leafing interested to see the names of through editor Louis Graves and company’s take on Peace: If not now, when? many of our customers listed our community circa 1930. in the various categories. One In addition to learning about the trustees nam- ANTHONY FLEG flagrant omission from your list of ing Frank Graham president of the university, the As our community feels the landscape services was a business tax rate dropping by 12 cents and a gas pipeline from which has celebrated responsible Durham being completed, I also read about Profes- painful consequences of violence, with an unidentified 16 year old gardening in your area for many sor Totten growing a beard during a transcontinental years, Spring Branch Landscap- adventure, jam sessions at Paul Green’s home, a curi- and UNC senior Eve Carson both being shot within walking distance ing, owned and operated by Car- ous snake with feet, and read a gripping first-person rboro resident Mary Jane Pearson account of Graves and a professor friend chasing a from UNC’s tree-lined, picturesque campus, it puts an added perspec- Baker (springbranchlandscapes. large rat around the house of the editor’s next-door com/aboutus.html). neighbor. tive on the five-year anniversary of the violence of the Iraq war. As Spring Branch has promoted The lesson that Graves and others like him, in- responsible, organic and sustain- cluding the grandfather and father of Citizen pub- much as we are hurting, this day reminds us of violent deaths num- able gardens for many years. lisher Robert Dickson, offer to all of us in this busi- Gardens designed by Mary Jane ness is that newspapers belong to their communities bering more than 100,000, each of which leaves a family, a community Baker and installed by Spring and not vice versa. Bottle caps for peace made by the Chapel Hill High Peace Club Branch have been featured in This is your paper. We’ve known that from Day suffering and grieving. This is a day that implores us, separated,” Sarah says, “the best how to turn it into peace, Peace national magazines and have won One. It is an honor to have the opportunity to be The numerous awards. Her designs sCitizen’ stewards. those who have come face-to-face peace work we can do is to better Pilgrim echoed Sarah’s sentiments: with violence in our community, our community, one person at a “The real problem is immaturity, are featured at a number of Here’s to Year One — and to you. public spaces not only in Chapel — Kirk Ross to become champions for peace, time.” [and] the key is approaching with to advocate for another way of be- The Peace Club is now affili- love and openness, rather than ha- Hill/Carrboro but throughout the ing toward our neighbor, our com- ated with O Ambassadors, groups tred and mistrust.” She would add Triangle; each garden is different munity, our fellow nations and the of youth working for social change that the peace needed was not sim- and beautifully suited to its area. planet that is struggling to support through Oprah. And on April ply the absence of war, but the ab- Plants featured within the gardens us. 3rd, they will be invited guests of sence of the causes of war. include the best of our natives I turn to two humble examples Oprah, hoping to appear on the Inspired by these two cham- as well plants from around the of the drive for a peaceful, loving, show itself. pions for peace, I know that each world, all individually selected to trusting, equitable world that we When asked for her vision for of us can be thermostats for peace, suit our tough Southern summers all seek, expecting that their stories peace, Sarah takes a deep breath, not thermometers that mirror the with minimal additional water editorial will inspire us to make peace the trying to put words to her life’s politicized ideas of what is “re- once established. way of our hearts and lives. mission. “It is easy to say that you alistic,” and which often tell us Although we understand how Robert Dickson, Publisher want peace, but it is much harder to that violence and war is necessary. easily such omissions occur in the [email protected] The Peace Club at CHHS do something about it. I think that Responding to the recent acts of rush to get to press, your research Sarah Jane Kerwin is a young department had only to check the Kirk Ross, Editor woman who embraces being a little if people would just think before violence in our community, I don’t [email protected] they act, whether it is an offensive hear suggestions that such events phone book or Google “Land- different. A freshman at Chapel scape Services Carrboro NC” to Susan Dickson, Staff Writer Hill High School, she is troubled by word they are using, a way they are necessary, nor have I heard the are destroying the environment or label “unrealistic” given to the idea find a list. We feel an apology [email protected] the violence she sees around her. should be offered to Ms. Baker “It begins long before nations be- how we support violence through of working together toward a com- Taylor Sisk, Contributing Editor and a notice of this omission gin to fight other nations ... it is in our silence, we could make peace a munity where violence is not pres- [email protected] reality.” ent. Yet, we accept war as “neces- printed in the next issue of The the language we use, the racial and Carrboro Citizen. We are sure it Liz Holm, Art Director homophobic slurs around us and The Peace Pilgrim sary,” and consider the promotion of peace (including the conditions was never your intention to slight [email protected] the bullying we see in schools.” The woman known as Peace Ms. Baker or anyone else and that Sarah and fellow freshman Ma- Pilgrim offered the world a simple that encourage peace) “unrealistic” Jack Carley, Assistant Editor as a primary means of securing our you will be responsible for cor- [email protected] rina Ramos-Pezzati formed the message as she hiked thousands of recting your error. Peace Club at their high school, miles across the world: When we broader national community. A few Michelle Langston, Web Designer advertising around the school collectively nourish ourselves to of us actively promote this notion, Richard and Judith [email protected] with bottle tops turned into ves- find inner peace, our institutions and the rest of us accept it through Knott Tyler tiges for peace, adorned with signs will reflect that peace and war will our silence. Pine Knot Farms Emily Burns, Editorial Intern Which brings us to a good exit [email protected] and phrases of peace. Says Sarah, be no more. She would not give Clarksville, Va. “I knew that other students cared her name or age, and would sim- strategy for this piece. Find the Lucy Butcher, Editorial Intern about peace. I simply decided that ply describe herself as coming from strength that Sarah and her class- instead of waiting for them to find poverty, with little education and mates have found – take a step advertising me, I would find them.” no special talents. “Rather, I live a toward actively becoming a peace- Little more than six months guided life,” she would say. maker like the Peace Pilgrim. Cul- Marilyn Fontenot, old, the Peace Club, under the tute- A small woman with incred- tivate within the peace that you letters policy Advertising Coordinator wish to breathe into our commu- [email protected] lage of world history teacher Corey ible moral and spiritual strength, Send your letters to: Waters, has decided that embracing she used her legs over the course of nity, our planet and our world. This Letters to the editor: circulation and cultivating a culture of peace- 29 years (1953-81) to make cross- is the only remedy that will bring Box 248, Carrboro, North ful relations among students was country hikes for world peace, log- us from this discouraging moment Carolina 27510 not enough, and instead turned ging over 25,000 miles. She would of time where violence has increas- Email: Jacob Mader, Distribution their focus to working on issues of stop to speak the peace message, ingly taken us all hostage into a day [email protected] Charles Morton, Distribution when we — individually and col- injustices, in our community and living simply and relying on others Fax: 919-942-2195 Published Thursdays by Carrboro Citizen, LLC. beyond. for food and shelter. lectively — know peace as the way “Justice and peace cannot be When asked why war exists and of our world. The Carrboro Citizen thursday, march 20, 2008 7

PHOTO BY ISAAC sandlin Thousands gathered in the Dean Dome on Tuesday to remember Eve Carson.

CARSON one bite of his ice cream in the HEALTH Can anyone promise that Mark Sullivan, execu- ple are starting to talk about freezer, but also her care for ev- tive director of the Orange from page 1 from page 1 other private providers that may as a safety-net clinic.” eryone around her. be brought in – who, theoreti- County Mental Health Asso- Gilmore and his col- “Her care for us, for you and cally, will be facing many of the ciation, isn’t very optimistic. leagues have made appli- and Lovette last week after re- me, continues,” he said. “I want Among those stepping in same budgetary issues as was “Lots of us in the advocacy cations for funding to the leasing photos of the suspects to tell her not to worry; to stay is Freedom House in Chapel CFN – will stay in business? community have lost faith,” county and to the state’s using Carson’s ATM card and concerned, but not to worry.” Hill. And because Carraway’s he says. Mental Health Trust Fund driving what appeared to be her Tim Reilly, Carson’s boy- Ghezzi says that Free- relationship with Ghezzi was He says the provisioning and are also looking to apply 2005 Toyota Highlander. friend of three years, spoke of dom House is hiring from about a whole lot more than of mental health care services to several foundations. On Tuesday, people clad in Carson’s thirst for adventure and among the therapists and their weekly sessions, she’s is working within a “faulty According to Commis- Carolina blue streamed into excitement. support staff who were laid also worried about losing a framework,” in which we’re sioner Mike Nelson, the the Dean Dome to say goodbye “Adventure is a life well lived. off by CFN (some had al- holistic approach to her care. overly dependent on private application to the county to their beloved friend, leader, It is life as Eve lived it,” he said. ready found work elsewhere; “Marilyn has worked as a providers. He’d like to see the has gone to the Human Ser- colleague and family member. “Like Eve, let us have the cour- she, herself, has elected to sort of liaison with my psy- county set up a safety-net clin- vices Advisory Commission Many leaned on one another age to choose to be excellent … pursue other opportunities), chiatrist,” she says, “which ic – a comprehensive-services but has not yet reached the for support, but smiled as they with a heart.” and, overall, she says, “I think has been incredibly helpful, agency – a place that people county commissioners. watched a slide show and heard Nearly everyone who spoke that is good because Freedom having them work together as know is going to be there and “There’s talk in Raleigh stories about Carson. at the memorial mentioned Car- House is actually from this a team.” isn’t going to close its doors now about establishing cen- “Today, we are still in mourn- son’s drive to better the univer- community and cares about Psychiatric services were the next time changes occur ters of excellence in men- ing, but we want to celebrate sity and the world. their reputation.” also provided through CFN. – one that would not be run tal health,” Gilmore says, this special person that we “Maybe what we need to do is But Freedom House will Those psychiatrists will now by a private provider. “and we would definitely be knew and love,” Chancellor just work a little bit harder … to not be accepting clients with be employed by OPC. Car- thinking along the lines that James Moeser said. “We honor make up for what she would’ve Medicare. raway’s team will no longer A community-based this would be one of those.” Eve by being the university that done,” said Erskine Bowles, pres- “This is not a minor point,” be under one roof. model. In addition to providing she loved when she talked about ident of the UNC system. Ghezzi says. “The times when I wasn’t John Gilmore is a profes- vital community-based ser- the ‘Carolina Way.’” Lovette has also been charged It means that only those really able to function very sor in the UNC Department vices, Gilmore says the clinic Friends of Carson shared with first-degree murder and who make below the Medic- well,” Carraway continues, of Psychiatry. He and his could provide practical ex- anecdotes and memories, and robbery in connection with the aid threshold of approximate- “or the times when I needed colleagues have put together perience for psychiatry resi- both laughter and tears echoed January slaying of Duke Univer- ly $750 a month and those to be hospitalized, Marilyn a proposal for just such a fa- dents, nursing students, so- throughout the crowd. sity grad student Abhijit Mahato. who can pay with private in- was there, and helped make cility: a community-based, cial work interns and others “She was awesome, no doubt,” Because he is only 17, he is not surance will be able to receive sure I got through to my comprehensive-services men- from among the university said Aaron Charlop-Powers, Car- eligible for the death penalty. services. doctor and was able to get tal health care facility. population. son’s former roommate. “I stand Two days before Carson was “People who are not eligi- medication adjustments. And The first step, says Gilm- Carraway recognizes the here before you, not because of a killed, Atwater showed up to ble for Medicaid are the folks when I did have to go into the ore, would be the Schizophre- appeal of programs that are title, or work done abroad, but as court for a probation violation that fall through the cracks,” hospital, she made sure that nia Treatment and Evaluation designed and administered a friend who misses her because hearing, but the hearing never says Karen Dunn, director services were waiting for me Program (STEP) Clinic, ad- from within the community of her imperfections.” happened because of a paper- of Club Nova, a Carrboro when I got out. ministered by UNC Hospi- – that was, after all, the spirit “She was a terrible driver,” he work error, according to the state clubhouse for people with “That was a very impor- tals and the Department of behind our reforms. Regard- added. “Her plans changed with Division of Community Cor- mental illnesses. “[These] are tant part, and it’s one of the Psychiatry. less, she says, privatization the wind.” rections. Wake County Courts the people who worked long things that I’m really concerned “We would like to expand should be revisited. Charlop-Powers recalled are conducting an investigation enough in their lives that they about.” the clinic out into the com- The free market is great Carson’s constant tardiness and regarding the error. were able to draw disability, John Mader, a local therapist, munity,” Gilmore says. The for many things, she says. propensity toward leaving just but then they’re not eligible has stressed the importance of facility would initially focus The economy “goes up and it for Medicaid because they are having comprehensive services on those with schizophrenia crashes down – and maybe, above that threshold.” under one roof, and of provid- and schizoeffective disorder. on average, over time, things ‘More fragmented, ing a sense of continuity. “We see it as a phased are good. uncertain services.’ “These people are supposed thing,” Gilmore says, “so we “But you can’t have that Is Your Bathroom Safe?? to get more and better care, but would start with that and when you’re dealing with hu- Grab-Bars, Hand Rails Debbie Carraway has pri- what they’re getting is more then we would think about man beings. You can’t wait vate health insurance, which fragmented, uncertain servic- expanding to the SPMI group for things to get better. You & Banisters she acknowledges makes her es,” Mader says. have to have a continuity of in general – which is serious Wheel Chair Ramps somewhat luckier than many. “And we don’t even know if and persistent mentally ill. care; and if it’s not profit- by American Ramps But starting again with a new the next agency coming in will “It’s possible that this able, then it’s not profitable. therapist isn’t the full extent establish any more continuity could end up being what peo- It’s not supposed to be profit- of her concerns. than the one that’s leaving.” able.” Tom Osborne (919) 967-7355 (919) 219-1444 mobile [email protected]

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Senior High in Rockingham. $5 for students and $8 for School Briefs A number of students from adults. For reservations, call the four schools won competi- 929-2461. Belgian exchange tions in various categories. Winners from McDougle Young leaders Thirty Belgian students Middle include: Chris Rupert, and six chaperones will be John and Matthew Ue- third place, career challenge; hling of Culbreth Middle staying with Chapel Hill Kendall Harkey, third place, and Carrboro families from School attended the National graphic design challenge; Young Leaders State Confer- March 22 to April 2 as part of Harkey and Leah Westen- a Smith Middle School inter- ence March 6-9 in Spartan- dorf, second place, structural burg, SC. national exchange program. engineering; Austin Slydel, The students hosted Smith They were joined by 130 first place, electrical applica- other eighth- and ninth-grade students last spring as part of tions; Dunmi Alabi, Chris the European Union grant students from North Caro- Chiesa, Daniel Kaplan, John lina, South Carolina, Tennes- that Smith Middle School O’Regan, Manoj Paladugu received. see and Virginia. and Westendorf, first place, The Congressional Youth Because the visit coincides chapter team; Alabi, Chris with Smith’s spring break, Leadership Council conduct- Chiesa, Nikita Ermoshkine, ed the conference. the group of Belgian students Paladugu and Westendorf, will travel with a group of first place video challenge. CHHS benefit 40 Smith students to Ocean McDougle’s sponsor is Red- A benefit concert to sup- Isle, where they will engage mond Grigg. port “Smiles for Tiles” will be in a cultural seminar. In ad- Winners from Smith Mid- held April 13 at Cat’s Cradle. dition, the Belgian students dle included: Luke Shaw, third The concert will raise will attend classes at Smith on place dragster design chal- money to test the ceiling tiles March 31 and April 1. lenge and third place problem Students in the segment that distance from Culbreth. The at Chapel Hill High School to SCHOOLS This is the seventh ex- solving. Luke’s sponsor is Ray includes Damascus Church proposed change would move determine if latex paint makes change the school has en- Martin. from page 1 Road from Jones Ferry to eight students from Culbreth to the tiles more flammable. Stu- joyed since its opening. Next Winners from Chapel Hill Meacham, Ridgewood Sprin- Phillips. dents at Chapel Hill High March, Smith students will High include: Anna Geer, ghill Forest, Wolf’s Pond and The proposed changes only have painted ceiling tiles over at McDougle. Moving the dual- again travel to Lieges to stay third place, promotional Preston would be moved to Cul- include rising sixth- and sev- the past 14 years, but last year language program would in- with Belgian families. Anyone graphics; Arjun Ajmani, sec- breth from McDougle, because enth-grade students, because the fire department informed crease enrollment at McDougle interested in helping fund this ond place, extemporaneous the segment was orphaned dur- rising eighth-grade students the school the tiles were in vi- by 14 students. trip may contact Robin Mc- presentation; Matt Zeman, ing elementary redistricting. would be allowed to choose to olation of the flammable fin- The proposed plan also in- Mahon at rmcmahon@chccs. second place, prepared pre- In addition, the segment remain at their current middle ish section of the fire code and cludes changes that would move k12.nc.us or 918-2145, ext. sentation; and Sean Burke and that includes Foxcroft Apart- school. would have to be removed. 28 students in orphan segments 21425. Peter Noone, second place, ments would be moved from Because the board will con- After the school commu- from Culbreth to McDougle. The technology problem solving. Culbreth to Phillips Middle sider redistricting during a nity protested, the fire depart- orphan segments include South Jacket contest The CHHS sponsor is Red- School because of transporta- work session, no vote will be ment agreed to test the tiles Greensboro Street from Main The Chapel Hill High mond Grigg. tion issues. Elementary school taken, and board members will to determine if they pass fire Street to Rocky Brook Mobile School Apparel Department Winners from Carrboro students from Foxcroft Apart- make decisions regarding the code, but the school has to Home Park, Old Pittsboro Road, II students recently competed High include: Andriy Rusyn, ments attend Glenwood El- proposed plan at subsequent fund most of the testing. Roberson Place, Maple Avenue in the “Best Made Jacket Con- third place, extemporane- ementary, which is a significant meetings. Four bands will play at the and Royal Park Apartments. test,” sponsored by Mulberry ous presentation; and Natalie benefit, including Big Skinny, Silks and Fine Fabrics Store. Carpenter and Christian Per- and high school bands Emer- Students made lined jack- sico, first place, technology ald City, Moonatiks and Jam- ets, which have been on dis- problem solving. The CHS sterdam. Tickets will be $5 at play at Mulberry Silks for the sponsor is Zoltan Nagy. the door. past month. Customers were Winners will compete at To donate to Smiles for invited to vote on their favor- the 29th Annual North Caro- Tiles, send contributions to ite jacket. lina TSA State Conference in Smiles for Tiles, Chapel Hill Mulberry Silks owners Liz Greensboro April 13-15. High School, 1709 High Kobesky and Cathy Heaton Smith Middle School Lat- School Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, awarded gift certificates to in teacher Great Moseley has 27516. For more informa- junior Barbara Parks for the been selected to attend the tion, contact Bert Wartski at best-constructed jacket and Classical Summer School pro- [email protected]. the jacket voted most attrac- gram at the American Acade- tive by customers. my in Rome and Cumae June Teacher breakfast 16 through August 9. German Day The first part of the work- The fifth annual Teachers’ Five students from Car- shop will take place in Rome, First Breakfast will be held rboro High School received while the “Vergilian Society” May 2, from 6 to 8:30 a.m. at awards at the German Day portion will take place in Cu- Squid’s Restaurant. competition at Elon Univer- mae. As a participant, Mose- Students, parents and oth- sity on March 6. ley will study historical and ers can honor teachers and Ilana Schmidt placed first archaeological sites through- other staff members with in Extemporaneous Speaking out Italy and will acquire re- breakfast or a rose. The break- for Heritage Speakers, while sources for her classroom. fast will kick off Teacher Ap- Hailey Johnson, Samuel LeB- preciation Week. lanc and Eric Taylor finished Musical comedy For more information, or to make payments toward the second in the Level 1 Culture Chapel Hill High School breakfast or roses, visit www. Quiz Bowl Team and Alexa students will present the mu- chccs.k12.nc.us/psf. Orders Holloway finished third in the sical comedy How to Succeed may also be faxed to 968- poster contest. in Business Without Really 7884, but must be received by Trying , April 24, 25 and 26 at April 18. Tech awards 7:30 p.m. Members of Technology The comedy satires big Student Association chapters business and all it holds sa- Something we at McDougle and Smith mid- cred as it follows the antics of should know about? dle schools and Chapel Hill a window washer who climbs PHOTO BY ISAAC sandlin and Carrboro high schools the corporate ladder. calendar@ Third graders at Carrboro Elementary School participated in the school’s annual Wax Museum project on participated March 7 in the Performances will be held carrborocitizen.com Monday and Tuesday. For the project, students write a biography about a character from history, then dress Central/Southwest Regional in the Hanes Theatre at Cha- as the character to perform in a Wax Museum style show. Students performed in both English and Spanish. TSA Conference at Richmond pel Hill High. Tickets are Pictured above is Lucas Argeles, appearing as Astronaut John Glenn on Tuesday evening.

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PHOTO COURTESY BRENDA LEEPER Billy Marks of the Carrboro High men’s golf team tries to make his way out of the trap. The team took third in the second week of the Hillandale Conference Match.

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Women’s Varsity Basketball Women’s Varsity Swimming Post Player — Tracy Whitman Most Valuable — Emily Tysinger Defensive — Allyson Ropp Coaches’ Award — Kristina Witcher Academics in Athletics — Madeline Gilmore Jaguar Award — Josie Hollingsworth JV Academics in Athletics — Whitney Sharp Men’s Varsity Diving Men’s Varsity Basketball Most Valuable — Colby Isabel Coaches’ Award — Cardin Jones Jaguar / Coaches’ Award — MacKenzie Price Most Improved — Dequan Bradley Hustle Award — David Brooks Women’s Varsity Diving Academics in Athletics — Brooks Covington Most Valuable — Sarah Hubbard JV Academics in Athletics — Ben Thomason Jaguar / Coaches’ Award — Emily Johnston Cheerleading Varsity Wrestling Varsity Coach’s Award — Alex Lynch MVP — Matt Brown Varsity Best All Around — Megan Sullivan JV Coach’s Award — Lerato Tsotetsi Special1A/2A State Swimming Championships 2008 Men’s Varsity Swimming CHS Men’s Team, 3rd Place Most Valuable — Ken Ryan CHS Women’s Team, 3rd Place Coaches’ Award — Taylor Scott Colby Isabel, 3rd Place Jaguar Award — Troy Morelli

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Main Street, from 3 to 5 p.m. to read from coli, collards, turnips, beets, sweet potatoes, chard, kale, spinach, Carrboro lettuce, broccoli raab, arugula, mustard greens, butternut squash, her book The Splendid Table’s 929-2807 How To Eat Supper. acorn squash, red kale, radishes, vegetable and flower starters, springbranchlandscapes.com tulips, daffodils, anemones, pussy willows, ranunculas, baked goods She hosts the radio show (including vegan and gluten free options), breads, jams, wines, grass Spring Branch specializes in The Splendid Table and writes fed beef, pastured pork, pastured chicken, grass fed lamb, buffalo, custom-designed gardens. From a column called Ask the Splen- sausage, chorizo, ground bison, raw milk cheeses, smoked cheeses, their website: “We create gardens did Table for newspapers. Her goat cheese, jams, jellies, pottery, hats, rugs, and more! of great style and emotional ap- third, and latest, book features peal, drawing from a thorough simple and complex recipes and knowledge of color, form and cooking advice. The event is Recipe of the week texture, and a painstaking atten- free and open to the public and From Kelly Clark, Market Staff tion to detail.” sponsored by McIntyre’s Fine Simple Green Salad Green Sky Books. More information at www.fearrington.com Seasoned with a Chapon Sustainable Design 943-7503 greenskyinc.com/ Recipe provided by Farmers: Robert and Henry Pope Spring garden tour Early-season lettuce asks us to be subtle and practiced in our Consultation, design, in- preparation. Using a chapon, which is a stale heel of French bread stallation and maintenance of The Chapel Hill Garden rubbed with garlic, is one way to subtly flavor a salad. landscapes and roofscapes. From Club will hold its biennial Spring their website: “We focus on col- Garden Tour Saturday, April Some tricks of the trade: 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Use a large, deep salad bowl laborating with the natural en- Sunday April 13 from noon to 4 ILLUSTRATION BY PHIL BLANK Wash lettuce carefully. Dry thoroughly vironnment to create sound, re- storative and beautiful outdoor p.m. The tour is self-guided and Know what you like Master gardeners volunteer the history of the first female spaces.” includes 10 private gardens. Re- Splurge on a high quality extra virgin olive oil and vinegar through the Orange County Ex- botanist and her contributions Apply oil and vinegar to your salad, drop-by-drop, bit by bit freshments, exhibits, a raffle, live tension service and receive gar- to botany. Toss gently Haw workshop music, demonstrations and plant sales will be held at the Botani- dening training. And on Sunday, April 27 Taste as you go The Haw River Watch will cal Garden. Tickets are $15 in from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Carolina Recognize what you like host a Macro-Micro Workshop advance, $20 day of. Children’s Rain barrel sale Inn, Ken Moore will speak on A simple green salad relies on your tastes on Saturday, March 29 from tickets are $5, day of only. For Chapel Hill’s Stormw ater “Why We Garden.” Moore was Some days smooth, others tart 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bynum Experiment information and tickets, contact Management Division is spon- the first full-time employee at Beach. River Watch volun- the Botanical Garden at 962- soring a rain barrel sale and the Botanical Garden in 1971. Ingredients teers will teach those interested 0522 or visit www.chapelhillgar- H2Oh! Education Fair on Sat- Along with speaking on the Bo- 1 heel stale French bread about collecting and inspecting dentour.net urday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 tanical Garden’s history, he will 1 large clove garlic,* peeled, root end trimmed water samples for microscopic p.m. at the Eubanks Road Park talk about his own pursuit of the 2 heads lettuce,* or equivalent, washed, gently dried and torn into creatures (with an interlude for Garden help and Ride Lot. Two styles of rain perfect garden and gardening bite size pieces lunch). Examining the creatures Extra virgin olive oil barrels will be offered and may philosophy. can provide information about Chat with a master gardener! Sherry vinegar be pre-ordered, with payment water quality. RSVP and get Master gardeners are volunteers Salt + Pepper and pickup required on the day Northside garden more information from Cyn- trying to help gardeners with of the event. Hillsborough’s The Northside Com munity Procedure thia Crossen at 967-2500 or riv- their questions. You can talk to Mark Ray will sell 55-gallon rain Garden on 400 Caldwell St. has Rub cut end of garlic all over the stale heel of French bread until [email protected] a master gardener: bread feels juicy from the garlic. This is the chapon. April 12 and 13 at the NC barrels for $65 each. Rain Water plots available for rent. Workdays Put lettuce leaves and chapon in large, deep salad bowl. Agriculture talk Botanical Garden, during the Solutions’ 65-gallon rain barrels are Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., Sprinkle with olive oil. Toss gently. Taste. Sprinkle with vinegar, a Spring Garden Tour. will cost $90. Sundays and Wednesdays from The 3CUPS coffee shop will dash of salt, and several grinds of pepper. Toss gently. Taste. Add Through October 31, Wednes- 3 to 5:30 p.m. and from 9 a.m. host a forum on Wednesday, oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper to taste. Toss gently. Discard chapon. days and Fridays from noon to 2 NCBG events to noon the third Friday of each April 9 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss Serve immediately. p.m. at the Home Garden Clinic Keep an eye on several up- month. Volunteers and staff can gaps in local agriculture infra- Serves 4 *Available at Market at the Botanical Garden in per- coming events from the NC Bo- answer questions and provide structure. Leading the discussion son or at 962-0522. tanical Garden: tools on workdays. Workshops are Tim Philpott, food editor for April 1 through September On Wednesday, April 9 at are planned for the spring. The 30, every third Saturday at the the Totten Center at the Botani- garden is a project by the Orange Hillsborough Farmers’ Market; cal Garden, librarian Bill Burk County Extension Service and And March 28 through April presents “From Tobacco Farm the Mental Health Association 30, every other Saturday at the to Botany Library: Alma Hol- in Orange County. For more in- Carrboro Farmers’ Market. land Beers, Carolina’s First Fe- formation, visit on a workday or GHF carrboro citizen 3/5/08 m2:05ale Botanist.”PM Page He1 will discuss call 942-8083.

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